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tsig-keygen (8)

Name

tsig-keygen - TSIG key generation tool

Synopsis

tsig-keygen [-a algorithm] [-h] [name]

Description

TSIG-KEYGEN(8)                      BIND 9                      TSIG-KEYGEN(8)



NAME
       tsig-keygen - TSIG key generation tool

SYNOPSIS
       tsig-keygen [-a algorithm] [-h] [name]

DESCRIPTION
       tsig-keygen  is an utility that generates keys for use in TSIG signing.
       The resulting keys can be used, for  example,  to  secure  dynamic  DNS
       updates to a zone, or for the rndc command channel.

       A  domain  name  can be specified on the command line to be used as the
       name of the generated key. If no name  is  specified,  the  default  is
       tsig-key.

OPTIONS
       -a algorithm
              This  option  specifies  the  algorithm to use for the TSIG key.
              Available  choices  are:   hmac-md5,   hmac-sha1,   hmac-sha224,
              hmac-sha256,   hmac-sha384,  and  hmac-sha512.  The  default  is
              hmac-sha256. Options are case-insensitive, and the "hmac-"  pre-
              fix may be omitted.

       -h     This option prints a short summary of options and arguments.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | network/dns/bind         |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       nsupdate(1),  named.conf(5),  named(8),  BIND 9 Administrator Reference
       Manual.

AUTHOR
       Internet Systems Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       2022, Internet Systems Consortium



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source                was                downloaded                from
       http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.29/bind-9.16.29.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.isc.org/software/bind/.



9.16.29                           2022-05-10                    TSIG-KEYGEN(8)