dnssec-signkey(1M)					  System Administration Commands					dnssec-signkey(1M)

NAME

       dnssec-signkey - DNSSEC key set signing tool

SYNOPSIS

       dnssec-signkey [-ahp] [-c class] [-e end-time] [-r randomdev] [-s start-time] [-v level] keyset key...

DESCRIPTION

       The  dnssec-signkey  utility  signs a keyset. Typically the keyset will be for a child zone and will have been generated by dnssec-makekey-
       set(1M). The child zone's keyset is signed with the zone keys for its parent zone. The output file is of the  form  signedkey-nnnn.,  where
       nnnn is the zone name.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a	       Verify all generated signatures.

       -c class        Specify the DNS class of the key sets.

       -e end-time     Specify	the  date  and	time  when  the generated SIG records expire. As with start-time, an absolute time is indicated in
		       YYYYMMDDHHMMSS notation. A time relative to the start time is indicated with +N, which is N seconds from the start time.  A
		       time relative to the current time is indicated with now+N. If no end-time is specified, 30 days from the start time is used
		       as a default.

       -h	       Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to dnssec-signkey().

       -p	       Use pseudo-random data when signing the zone. This is faster, but less secure, than using real random data. This option may
		       be useful when signing large zones or when the entropy source is limited.

       -r randomdev    Specify	the source of randomness. If the operating system does not provide a /dev/random or equivalent device, the default
		       source of randomness is keyboard input. randomdev specifies the name of a character device or file containing  random  data
		       to be used instead of the default. The special value keyboard indicates that keyboard input should be used.

       -s start-time   Specify	the date and time when the generated SIG records become valid. This can be either an absolute or relative time. An
		       absolute start time is indicated by a number in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS notation; 20000530144500 denotes 14:45:00 UTC on	May  30th,
		       2000.  A  relative  start time is indicated by +N, which is N seconds from the current time. If no start-time is specified,
		       the current time is used.

       -v level        Set the debugging level.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       key	       The keys used to sign the child's keyset.

       keyset	       The file containing the child's keyset.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Sign the keyset file for example.com.

       The DNS administrator for a DNSSEC-aware .com zone would use the following command to sign the  keyset  file  for  example.com  created	by
       dnssec-makekeyset with a key generated by dnssec-keygen:

       dnssec-signkey keyset-example.com. Kcom.+003+51944

       In  this example, dnssec-signkey creates the file signedkey-example.com, which contains the example.com keys and the signatures by the .com
       keys.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       |Availability		     |SUNWbind9 		   |
       |Interface Stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       dnssec-keygen(1M), dnssec-makekeyset(1M), dnssec-signzone(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       Source for BIND9 is available in the SUNWbind9S package.

SunOS 5.10							    15 Dec 2004 						dnssec-signkey(1M)