RFC 4033:DNS Security Introduction and Requirement...
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authentication key


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... "subzone.example." Authentication Key: A public key that a security-aware resolver has ...
... authenticate data. A security-aware resolver can obtain authentication keys in three ways. First, the resolver is generally configured to know about at least one public key ...
... security or its descendents can only be authenticated if its authentication keys can be authenticated by some trusted means out of band from the DNS ...
... Key Signing Key (KSK): An authentication key that corresponds to a private key used to sign one or more other authentication keys ...
... authentication key that corresponds to a private key used to sign one or more other authentication keys for a given zone. Typically, the private key corresponding to a key ...
... period in order to provide a more stable secure entry point into the zone. Designating an authentication key as a key signing key is purely an operational issue: DNSSEC validation ...
... signing keys and other DNSSEC authentication keys, and it is possible to use a single key as both a key signing key and a zone signing key ...
... Zone Signing Key (ZSK): An authentication key that corresponds to a private key used to sign a zone. Typically, a zone signing key ...
... validity lifetime. Designating an authentication key as a zone signing key is purely an operational issue; DNSSEC validation ...
... zone signing keys and other DNSSEC authentication keys, and it is possible to use a single key as both a key signing key and a zone signing key ...


... resolution, the target key itself has to be signed by either a configured authentication key or another key that has been authenticated ...


... also be capable of forming an authentication chain from a newly learned zone back to an authentication key, as described above. This process might require additional queries to intermediate DNS zones ...


... security-aware resolver cannot obtain and validate the authentication keys it needs, then the security-aware resolver cannot validate ...



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