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<refentry id="man.dnssec-keygen">
<refentryinfo>
<date>June 30, 2000</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><application>dnssec-keygen</application></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname><application>dnssec-keygen</application></refname>
<refpurpose>DNSSEC key generation tool</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<docinfo>
<copyright>
<year>2004</year>
<year>2005</year>
<year>2007</year>
<year>2008</year>
<year>2009</year>
<year>2010</year>
<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<year>2002</year>
<year>2003</year>
<holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
</copyright>
</docinfo>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>dnssec-keygen</command>
<arg><option>-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg ><option>-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">nametype</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-3</option></arg>
<arg><option>-A <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-C</option></arg>
<arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-D <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-E <replaceable class="parameter">engine</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-e</option></arg>
<arg><option>-f <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-G</option></arg>
<arg><option>-g <replaceable class="parameter">generator</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
<arg><option>-I <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">interval</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-K <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-k</option></arg>
<arg><option>-P <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">protocol</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-q</option></arg>
<arg><option>-R <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-r <replaceable class="parameter">randomdev</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-S <replaceable class="parameter">key</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">strength</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-v <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-z</option></arg>
<arg choice="req">name</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para><command>dnssec-keygen</command>
generates keys for DNSSEC (Secure DNS), as defined in RFC 2535
and RFC 4034. It can also generate keys for use with
TSIG (Transaction Signatures) as defined in RFC 2845, or TKEY
(Transaction Key) as defined in RFC 2930.
</para>
<para>
The <option>name</option> of the key is specified on the command
line. For DNSSEC keys, this must match the name of the zone for
which the key is being generated.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Selects the cryptographic algorithm. For DNSSEC keys, the value
of <option>algorithm</option> must be one of RSAMD5, RSASHA1,
DSA, NSEC3RSASHA1, NSEC3DSA, RSASHA256, RSASHA512 or ECCGOST.
For TSIG/TKEY, the value must
be DH (Diffie Hellman), HMAC-MD5, HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA224,
HMAC-SHA256, HMAC-SHA384, or HMAC-SHA512. These values are
case insensitive.
</para>
<para>
If no algorithm is specified, then RSASHA1 will be used by
default, unless the <option>-3</option> option is specified,
in which case NSEC3RSASHA1 will be used instead. (If
<option>-3</option> is used and an algorithm is specified,
that algorithm will be checked for compatibility with NSEC3.)
</para>
<para>
Note 1: that for DNSSEC, RSASHA1 is a mandatory to implement
algorithm, and DSA is recommended. For TSIG, HMAC-MD5 is
mandatory.
</para>
<para>
Note 2: DH, HMAC-MD5, and HMAC-SHA1 through HMAC-SHA512
automatically set the -T KEY option.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the number of bits in the key. The choice of key
size depends on the algorithm used. RSA keys must be
between 512 and 2048 bits. Diffie Hellman keys must be between
128 and 4096 bits. DSA keys must be between 512 and 1024
bits and an exact multiple of 64. HMAC keys must be
between 1 and 512 bits.
</para>
<para>
The key size does not need to be specified if using a default
algorithm. The default key size is 1024 bits for zone signing
keys (ZSK's) and 2048 bits for key signing keys (KSK's,
generated with <option>-f KSK</option>). However, if an
algorithm is explicitly specified with the <option>-a</option>,
then there is no default key size, and the <option>-b</option>
must be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">nametype</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the owner type of the key. The value of
<option>nametype</option> must either be ZONE (for a DNSSEC
zone key (KEY/DNSKEY)), HOST or ENTITY (for a key associated with
a host (KEY)),
USER (for a key associated with a user(KEY)) or OTHER (DNSKEY).
These values are case insensitive. Defaults to ZONE for DNSKEY
generation.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-3</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use an NSEC3-capable algorithm to generate a DNSSEC key.
If this option is used and no algorithm is explicitly
set on the command line, NSEC3RSASHA1 will be used by
default. Note that RSASHA256, RSASHA512 and ECCGOST algorithms
are NSEC3-capable.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-C</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Compatibility mode: generates an old-style key, without
any metadata. By default, <command>dnssec-keygen</command>
will include the key's creation date in the metadata stored
with the private key, and other dates may be set there as well
(publication date, activation date, etc). Keys that include
this data may be incompatible with older versions of BIND; the
<option>-C</option> option suppresses them.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Indicates that the DNS record containing the key should have
the specified class. If not specified, class IN is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-E <replaceable class="parameter">engine</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Uses a crypto hardware (OpenSSL engine) for random number
and, when supported, key generation. When compiled with PKCS#11
support it defaults to pkcs11; the empty name resets it to
no engine.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-e</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If generating an RSAMD5/RSASHA1 key, use a large exponent.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-f <replaceable class="parameter">flag</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the specified flag in the flag field of the KEY/DNSKEY record.
The only recognized flags are KSK (Key Signing Key) and REVOKE.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-G</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Generate a key, but do not publish it or sign with it. This
option is incompatible with -P and -A.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-g <replaceable class="parameter">generator</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If generating a Diffie Hellman key, use this generator.
Allowed values are 2 and 5. If no generator
is specified, a known prime from RFC 2539 will be used
if possible; otherwise the default is 2.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-h</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
<command>dnssec-keygen</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-K <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the directory in which the key files are to be written.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-k</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Deprecated in favor of -T KEY.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">protocol</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the protocol value for the generated key. The protocol
is a number between 0 and 255. The default is 3 (DNSSEC).
Other possible values for this argument are listed in
RFC 2535 and its successors.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-q</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Quiet mode: Suppresses unnecessary output, including
progress indication. Without this option, when
<command>dnssec-keygen</command> is run interactively
to generate an RSA or DSA key pair, it will print a string
of symbols to <filename>stderr</filename> indicating the
progress of the key generation. A '.' indicates that a
random number has been found which passed an initial
sieve test; '+' means a number has passed a single
round of the Miller-Rabin primality test; a space
means that the number has passed all the tests and is
a satisfactory key.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-r <replaceable class="parameter">randomdev</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the source of randomness. If the operating
system does not provide a <filename>/dev/random</filename>
or equivalent device, the default source of randomness
is keyboard input. <filename>randomdev</filename>
specifies
the name of a character device or file containing random
data to be used instead of the default. The special value
<filename>keyboard</filename> indicates that keyboard
input should be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-S <replaceable class="parameter">key</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Create a new key which is an explicit successor to an
existing key. The name, algorithm, size, and type of the
key will be set to match the existing key. The activation
date of the new key will be set to the inactivation date of
the existing one. The publication date will be set to the
activation date minus the prepublication interval, which
defaults to 30 days.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">strength</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the strength value of the key. The strength is
a number between 0 and 15, and currently has no defined
purpose in DNSSEC.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-T <replaceable class="parameter">rrtype</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the resource record type to use for the key.
<option>rrtype</option> must be either DNSKEY or KEY. The
default is DNSKEY when using a DNSSEC algorithm, but it can be
overridden to KEY for use with SIG(0).
<para>
</para>
Using any TSIG algorithm (HMAC-* or DH) forces this option
to KEY.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-t <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Indicates the use of the key. <option>type</option> must be
one of AUTHCONF, NOAUTHCONF, NOAUTH, or NOCONF. The default
is AUTHCONF. AUTH refers to the ability to authenticate
data, and CONF the ability to encrypt data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-v <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the debugging level.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>TIMING OPTIONS</title>
<para>
Dates can be expressed in the format YYYYMMDD or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
If the argument begins with a '+' or '-', it is interpreted as
an offset from the present time. For convenience, if such an offset
is followed by one of the suffixes 'y', 'mo', 'w', 'd', 'h', or 'mi',
then the offset is computed in years (defined as 365 24-hour days,
ignoring leap years), months (defined as 30 24-hour days), weeks,
days, hours, or minutes, respectively. Without a suffix, the offset
is computed in seconds.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>-P <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the date on which a key is to be published to the zone.
After that date, the key will be included in the zone but will
not be used to sign it. If not set, and if the -G option has
not been used, the default is "now".
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-A <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the date on which the key is to be activated. After that
date, the key will be included in the zone and used to sign
it. If not set, and if the -G option has not been used, the
default is "now".
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-R <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the date on which the key is to be revoked. After that
date, the key will be flagged as revoked. It will be included
in the zone and will be used to sign it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-I <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the date on which the key is to be retired. After that
date, the key will still be included in the zone, but it
will not be used to sign it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-D <replaceable class="parameter">date/offset</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the date on which the key is to be deleted. After that
date, the key will no longer be included in the zone. (It
may remain in the key repository, however.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">interval</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the prepublication interval for a key. If set, then
the publication and activation dates must be separated by at least
this much time. If the activation date is specified but the
publication date isn't, then the publication date will default
to this much time before the activation date; conversely, if
the publication date is specified but activation date isn't,
then activation will be set to this much time after publication.
</para>
<para>
If the key is being created as an explicit successor to another
key, then the default prepublication interval is 30 days;
otherwise it is zero.
</para>
<para>
As with date offsets, if the argument is followed by one of
the suffixes 'y', 'mo', 'w', 'd', 'h', or 'mi', then the
interval is measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours,
or minutes, respectively. Without a suffix, the interval is
measured in seconds.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>GENERATED KEYS</title>
<para>
When <command>dnssec-keygen</command> completes
successfully,
it prints a string of the form <filename>Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii</filename>
to the standard output. This is an identification string for
the key it has generated.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><filename>nnnn</filename> is the key name.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>aaa</filename> is the numeric representation
of the
algorithm.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>iiiii</filename> is the key identifier (or
footprint).
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para><command>dnssec-keygen</command>
creates two files, with names based
on the printed string. <filename>Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii.key</filename>
contains the public key, and
<filename>Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii.private</filename> contains the
private
key.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>.key</filename> file contains a DNS KEY record
that
can be inserted into a zone file (directly or with a $INCLUDE
statement).
</para>
<para>
The <filename>.private</filename> file contains
algorithm-specific
fields. For obvious security reasons, this file does not have
general read permission.
</para>
<para>
Both <filename>.key</filename> and <filename>.private</filename>
files are generated for symmetric encryption algorithms such as
HMAC-MD5, even though the public and private key are equivalent.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLE</title>
<para>
To generate a 768-bit DSA key for the domain
<userinput>example.com</userinput>, the following command would be
issued:
</para>
<para><userinput>dnssec-keygen -a DSA -b 768 -n ZONE example.com</userinput>
</para>
<para>
The command would print a string of the form:
</para>
<para><userinput>Kexample.com.+003+26160</userinput>
</para>
<para>
In this example, <command>dnssec-keygen</command> creates
the files <filename>Kexample.com.+003+26160.key</filename>
and
<filename>Kexample.com.+003+26160.private</filename>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>dnssec-signzone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>,
<citetitle>RFC 2539</citetitle>,
<citetitle>RFC 2845</citetitle>,
<citetitle>RFC 4034</citetitle>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
</para>
</refsect1>
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