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<refentry>
  <refentryinfo>
    <date>June 30, 2000</date>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle><application>dnssec-signzone</application></refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <docinfo>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <year>2005</year>
      <year>2007</year>
      <year>2008</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>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname><application>dnssec-signzone</application></refname>
    <refpurpose>DNSSEC zone signing tool</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>dnssec-signzone</command>
      <arg><option>-a</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-e <replaceable class="parameter">end-time</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-f <replaceable class="parameter">output-file</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-g</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-k <replaceable class="parameter">key</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-l <replaceable class="parameter">domain</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">interval</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-n <replaceable class="parameter">nthreads</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-o <replaceable class="parameter">origin</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-p</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-r <replaceable class="parameter">randomdev</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">start-time</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-v <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-z</option></arg>
      <arg choice="req">zonefile</arg>
      <arg rep="repeat">key</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
        <command>dnssec-signzone</command> signs a zone.  It generates
	NSEC and RRSIG records and produces a signed version of the
	zone. The security status of delegations from the signed zone
	(that is, whether the child zones are secure or not) is
	determined by the presence or absence of a
	<filename>keyset</filename> file for each child zone.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>-a</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	      Verify all generated signatures.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-c <replaceable class="parameter">class</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Specifies the DNS class of the zone.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">key</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Treat specified key as a key signing key ignoring any
	       key flags.  This option may be specified multiple times.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-l <replaceable class="parameter">domain</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
		Generate a DLV set in addition to the key (DNSKEY) and DS sets.
		The domain is appended to the name of the records.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-d <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Look for <filename>keyset</filename> files in
	       <option>directory</option> as the directory 
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-g</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
		Generate DS records for child zones from keyset files.
		Existing DS records will be removed.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">start-time</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG 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 <option>start-time</option> is specified, the current
	       time minus 1 hour (to allow for clock skew) is used.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-e <replaceable class="parameter">end-time</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Specify the date and time when the generated RRSIG records
	       expire.  As with <option>start-time</option>, 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 <option>end-time</option> is
	       specified, 30 days from the start time is used as a default.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-f <replaceable class="parameter">output-file</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       The name of the output file containing the signed zone.  The
	       default is to append <filename>.signed</filename> to the
	       input filename.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-h</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Prints a short summary of the options and arguments to
	       <command>dnssec-signzone</command>.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">interval</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       When a previously-signed zone is passed as input, records
	       may be resigned.  The <option>interval</option> option
	       specifies the cycle interval as an offset from the current
	       time (in seconds).  If a RRSIG record expires after the
	       cycle interval, it is retained.  Otherwise, it is considered
	       to be expiring soon, and it will be replaced.
	  </para>
	  <para>
	       The default cycle interval is one quarter of the difference
	       between the signature end and start times.  So if neither
	       <option>end-time</option> or <option>start-time</option>
	       are specified, <command>dnssec-signzone</command> generates
	       signatures that are valid for 30 days, with a cycle
	       interval of 7.5 days.  Therefore, if any existing RRSIG records
	       are due to expire in less than 7.5 days, they would be
	       replaced.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-n <replaceable class="parameter">ncpus</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Specifies the number of threads to use.  By default, one
	       thread is started for each detected CPU.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-o <replaceable class="parameter">origin</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       The zone origin.  If not specified, the name of the zone file
	       is assumed to be the origin.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-p</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       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.
	  </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>-t</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Print statistics at completion.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-v <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Sets the debugging level.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>-z</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       Ignore KSK flag on key when determining what to sign.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>zonefile</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	       The file containing the zone to be signed.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>key</term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>
	    Specify which keys should be used to sign the zone.  If
	    no keys are specified, then the zone will be examined
	    for DNSKEY records at the zone apex.  If these are found and
	    there are matching private keys, in the current directory,
	    then these will be used for signing.
	  </para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
    <para>
      The following command signs the <userinput>example.com</userinput>
      zone with the DSA key generated by <command>dnssec-keygen</command>
      (Kexample.com.+003+17247).  The zone's keys must be in the master
      file (<filename>db.example.com</filename>).  This invocation looks
      for <filename>keyset</filename> files, in the current directory,
      so that DS records can be generated from them (<command>-g</command>).
    </para>
<programlisting>% dnssec-signzone -g -o example.com db.example.com \
Kexample.com.+003+17247
db.example.com.signed
%</programlisting>
    <para>
      In the above example, <command>dnssec-signzone</command> creates
      the file <filename>db.example.com.signed</filename>.  This
      file should be referenced in a zone statement in a
      <filename>named.conf</filename> file.
    </para>
    <para>
      This example re-signs a previously signed zone with default parameters.
      The private keys are assumed to be in the current directory.
    </para>
<programlisting>% cp db.example.com.signed db.example.com
% dnssec-signzone -o example.com db.example.com
db.example.com.signed
%</programlisting>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>dnssec-keygen</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>,
      <citetitle>RFC 4033</citetitle>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para>
        <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
    </para>
  </refsect1>

</refentry>

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