DNSSEC-DSFROMKEY(1) BIND 9 DNSSEC-DSFROMKEY(1)
NAME
dnssec-dsfromkey - DNSSEC DS RR generation tool
SYNOPSIS
dnssec-dsfromkey [ -1 | -2 | -a alg ] [ -C ] [-T TTL] [-v level] [-K di-
rectory] {keyfile}
dnssec-dsfromkey [ -1 | -2 | -a alg ] [ -C ] [-T TTL] [-v level] [-c
class] [-A] {-f file} [dnsname]
dnssec-dsfromkey [ -1 | -2 | -a alg ] [ -C ] [-T TTL] [-v level] [-c
class] [-K directory] {-s} {dnsname}
dnssec-dsfromkey [ -h | -V ]
DESCRIPTION
The dnssec-dsfromkey command outputs DS (Delegation Signer) resource
records (RRs), or CDS (Child DS) RRs with the -C option.
By default, only KSKs are converted (keys with flags = 257). The -A op-
tion includes ZSKs (flags = 256). Revoked keys are never included.
The input keys can be specified in a number of ways:
By default, dnssec-dsfromkey reads a key file named in the format
Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii.key, as generated by dnssec-keygen <#
std-iscman-dnssec-keygen>.
With the -f file option, dnssec-dsfromkey reads keys from a zone file or
partial zone file (which can contain just the DNSKEY records).
With the -s option, dnssec-dsfromkey reads a keyset- file, as generated
by dnssec-keygen <#std-iscman-dnssec-keygen> -C.
OPTIONS
-1 This option is an abbreviation for -a SHA1. This digest is dep-
recated.
-2 This option is an abbreviation for -a SHA-256.
-a algorithm
This option specifies a digest algorithm to use when converting
DNSKEY records to DS records. This option can be repeated, so
that multiple DS records are created for each DNSKEY record.
The algorithm must be one of SHA-1 (deprecated), SHA-256, or
SHA-384. These values are case-insensitive, and the hyphen may be
omitted. If no algorithm is specified, the default is SHA-256.
-A This option indicates that ZSKs are to be included when generat-
ing DS records. Without this option, only keys which have the KSK
flag set are converted to DS records and printed. This option is
only useful in -f zone file mode.
-c class
This option specifies the DNS class; the default is IN. This op-
tion is only useful in -s keyset or -f zone file mode.
-C This option generates CDS records rather than DS records.
-f file
This option sets zone file mode, in which the final dnsname argu-
ment of dnssec-dsfromkey is the DNS domain name of a zone whose
master file can be read from file. If the zone name is the same
as file, then it may be omitted.
If file is -, then the zone data is read from the standard input.
This makes it possible to use the output of the dig <#
std-iscman-dig> command as input, as in:
dig dnskey example.com | dnssec-dsfromkey -f - example.com
-h This option prints usage information.
-K directory
This option tells BIND 9 to look for key files or keyset- files
in directory.
-s This option enables keyset mode, in which the final dnsname argu-
ment from dnssec-dsfromkey is the DNS domain name used to locate
a keyset- file.
-T TTL This option specifies the TTL of the DS records. By default the
TTL is omitted.
-v level
This option sets the debugging level.
-V This option prints version information.
EXAMPLE
To build the SHA-256 DS RR from the Kexample.com.+003+26160 keyfile, is-
sue the following command:
dnssec-dsfromkey -2 Kexample.com.+003+26160
The command returns something similar to:
example.com. IN DS 26160 5 2
3A1EADA7A74B8D0BA86726B0C227AA85AB8BBD2B2004F41A868A54F0C5EA0B94
FILES
The keyfile can be designated by the key identification Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii
or the full file name Knnnn.+aaa+iiiii.key, as generated by dnssec-key-
gen <#std-iscman-dnssec-keygen>.
The keyset file name is built from the directory, the string keyset-,
and the dnsname.
CAVEAT
A keyfile error may return "file not found," even if the file exists.
SEE ALSO
dnssec-keygen(8) <#std-iscman-dnssec-keygen>, dnssec-signzone(8) <#
std-iscman-dnssec-signzone>, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual, RFC
3658 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3658.html> (DS RRs), RFC
4509 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4509.html> (SHA-256 for
DS RRs), RFC 6605 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6605.html>
(SHA-384 for DS RRs), RFC 7344 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
rfc7344.html> (CDS and CDNSKEY RRs).
Author
Internet Systems Consortium
Copyright
2026, Internet Systems Consortium
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