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diff --git a/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst b/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a127407 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/confgen/tsig-keygen.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") +.. +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 +.. +.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public +.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this +.. file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. +.. +.. See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional +.. information regarding copyright ownership. + +.. highlight: console + +.. BEWARE: Do not forget to edit also ddns-confgen.rst! + +.. _man_tsig-keygen: + +tsig-keygen - TSIG key generation tool +-------------------------------------- + +Synopsis +~~~~~~~~ +:program:`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-" prefix may be omitted. + +``-h`` + This option prints a short summary of options and arguments. + +See Also +~~~~~~~~ + +:manpage:`nsupdate(1)`, :manpage:`named.conf(5)`, :manpage:`named(8)`, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual. |