DNS Extensions R. Arends
Internet-Draft Telematica Instituut
Expires: March 16, 2004 R. Austein
ISC
M. Larson
VeriSign
D. Massey
USC/ISI
S. Rose
NIST
September 16, 2003
Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions
draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-records-04
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Abstract
This document is part of a family of documents that describes the DNS
Security Extensions (DNSSEC). The DNS Security Extensions are a
collection of resource records and protocol modifications that
provide source authentication for the DNS. This document defines the
public key (DNSKEY), delegation signer (DS), resource record digital
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signature (RRSIG), and authenticated denial of existance (NSEC)
resource records. The purpose and format of each resource record is
described in detail, and an example of each resource record is given.
This document obsoletes RFC 2535 and incorporates changes from all
updates to RFC 2535.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Background and Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Reserved Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Editors' Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.1 Open Technical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.2 Technical Changes or Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.3 Typos and Minor Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. The DNSKEY Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 DNSKEY RDATA Wire Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1 The Flags Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2 The Protocol Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.3 The Algorithm Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.4 The Public Key Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.5 Notes on DNSKEY RDATA Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 The DNSKEY RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 DNSKEY RR Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3. The RRSIG Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1 RRSIG RDATA Wire Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1.1 The Type Covered Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1.2 The Algorithm Number Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1.3 The Labels Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1.4 Original TTL Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.5 Signature Expiration and Inception Fields . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.6 The Key Tag Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.7 The Signer's Name Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.8 The Signature Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2 The RRSIG RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3 RRSIG RR Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4. The NSEC Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1 NSEC RDATA Wire Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.1 The Next Domain Name Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.1.2 The Type Bit Map Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1.3 Inclusion of Wildcard Names in NSEC RDATA . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2 The NSEC RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.3 NSEC RR Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5. The DS Resource Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.1 DS RDATA Wire Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.1.1 The Key Tag Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.1.2 The Algorithm Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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5.1.3 The Digest Type Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.1.4 The Digest Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2 Processing of DS RRs When Validating Responses . . . . . . . 19
5.3 The DS RR Presentation Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.4 DS RR Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Canonical Form and Order of Resource Records . . . . . . . . 21
6.1 Canonical DNS Name Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.2 Canonical RR Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.3 Canonical RR Ordering Within An RRset . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A. DNSSEC Algorithm and Digest Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A.1 DNSSEC Algorithm Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A.1.1 Private Algorithm Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A.2 DNSSEC Digest Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
B. Key Tag Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
B.1 Key Tag for Algorithm 1 (RSA/MD5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . 35
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1. Introduction
The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) introduce four new DNS resource
record types: DNSKEY, RRSIG, NSEC, and DS. This document defines the
purpose of each resource record (RR), the RR's RDATA format, and its
ASCII representation.
1.1 Background and Related Documents
The reader is assumed to be familiar with the basic DNS concepts
described in RFC1034 [RFC1034], RFC1035 [RFC1035] and subsequent
RFC's that update them: RFC2136 [RFC2136], RFC2181 [RFC2181] and
RFC2308 [RFC2308].
This document is part of a family of documents that define the DNS
security extensions. The DNS security extensions (DNSSEC) are a
collection of resource records and DNS protocol modifications that
add source authentication and data integrity the Domain Name System
(DNS). An introduction to DNSSEC and definition of common terms can
be found in [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-intro]. A description of DNS
protocol modifications can be found in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol]. This document defines the DNSSEC
resource records.
1.2 Reserved Words
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
1.3 Editors' Notes
1.3.1 Open Technical Issues
The cryptographic algorithm types (Appendix A) requires input from
the working group. The DSA algorithm was moved to OPTIONAL. This
had strong consensus in workshops and various discussions and a
separate internet draft solely to move DSA from MANDATORY to OPTIONAL
seemed excessive. This draft solicits input on that proposed change.
1.3.2 Technical Changes or Corrections
Please report technical corrections to dnssec-editors@east.isi.edu.
To assist the editors, please indicate the text in error and point
out the RFC that defines the correct behavior. For a technical
change where no RFC that defines the correct behavior, or if there's
more than one applicable RFC and the definitions conflict, please
post the issue to namedroppers.
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An example correction to dnssec-editors might be: Page X says
"DNSSEC RRs SHOULD be automatically returned in responses." This was
true in RFC 2535, but RFC 3225 (Section 3, 3rd paragraph) says the
DNSSEC RR types MUST NOT be included in responses unless the resolver
indicated support for DNSSEC.
1.3.3 Typos and Minor Corrections
Please report any typos corrections to dnssec-editors@east.isi.edu.
To assist the editors, please provide enough context for us to find
the incorrect text quickly.
An example message to dnssec-editors might be: page X says "the
DNSSEC standard has been in development for over 1 years". It
should read "over 10 years".
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2. The DNSKEY Resource Record
DNSSEC uses public key cryptography to sign and authenticate DNS
resource record sets (RRsets). The public keys are stored in DNSKEY
resource records and are used in the DNSSEC authentication process
described in [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol]. For example, a zone
signs its authoritative RRsets using a private key and stores the
corresponding public key in a DNSKEY RR. A resolver can then use
these signatures to authenticate RRsets from the zone.
The DNSKEY RR may also be used to store public keys associated with
other DNS operations such as TKEY [RFC2930]. The DNSKEY RR is not,
however, intended as a record for storing arbitrary public keys. The
DNSKEY RR MUST NOT be used to store certificates or public keys that
do not directly relate to the DNS infrastructure.
The Type value for the DNSKEY RR type is 48.
The DNSKEY RR is class independent.
The DNSKEY RR has no special TTL requirements.
2.1 DNSKEY RDATA Wire Format
The RDATA for a DNSKEY RR consists of a 2 octet Flags Field, a 1
octet Protocol Field, a 1 octet Algorithm Field , and the Public Key
Field.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flags | Protocol | Algorithm |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
/ /
/ Public Key /
/ /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.1.1 The Flags Field
Bit 7 of the Flags field is the Zone Key flag. If bit 7 has value 1,
then the DNSKEY record holds a DNS zone key and the DNSKEY's owner
name MUST be the name of a zone. If bit 7 has value 0, then the
DNSKEY record holds some other type of DNS public key, such as a
public key used by TKEY.
Bit 15 of the Flags field is the Secure Entry Point flag, described
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in [I-D.ietf-dnsext-keyrr-key-signing-flag]. If bit 15 has value 1,
then the DNSKEY record holds a key intended for use as a secure entry
point. This flag is only intended to be to a hint to zone signing or
debugging software as to the intended use of this DNSKEY record;
security-aware resolvers MUST NOT alter their behavior during the
signature validation process in any way based on the setting of this
bit.
Bits 0-6 and 8-14 are reserved: these bits MUST have value 0 upon
creation of the DNSKEY RR, and MUST be ignored upon reception.
2.1.2 The Protocol Field
The Protocol Field MUST have value 3 and MUST be treated as invalid
during signature verification if found to be some value other than 3.
2.1.3 The Algorithm Field
The Algorithm field identifies the public key's cryptographic
algorithm and determines the format of the Public Key field. A list
of DNSSEC algorithm types can be found in Appendix A.1
2.1.4 The Public Key Field
The Public Key Field holds the public key material itself.
2.1.5 Notes on DNSKEY RDATA Design
Although the Protocol Field always has value 3, it is retained for
backward compatibility with early versions of the KEY record.
2.2 The DNSKEY RR Presentation Format
The presentation format of the RDATA portion is as follows:
The Flag field MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal integer
with a value of 0, 256, or 257.
The Protocol Field MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal integer
with a value of 3.
The Algorithm field MUST be represented either as an unsigned
decimal integer or as an algorithm mnemonic as specified in Appendix
A.1.
The Public Key field MUST be represented as a Base64 encoding of the
Public Key. Whitespace is allowed within the Base64 text. For a
definition of Base64 encoding, see [RFC1521] Section 5.2.
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2.3 DNSKEY RR Example
The following DNSKEY RR stores a DNS zone key for example.com.
example.com. 86400 IN DNSKEY 256 3 5 ( AQPSKmynfzW4kyBv015MUG2DeIQ3
Cbl+BBZH4b/0PY1kxkmvHjcZc8no
kfzj31GajIQKY+5CptLr3buXA10h
WqTkF7H6RfoRqXQeogmMHfpftf6z
Mv1LyBUgia7za6ZEzOJBOztyvhjL
742iU/TpPSEDhm2SNKLijfUppn1U
aNvv4w== )
The first four text fields specify the owner name, TTL, Class, and RR
type (DNSKEY). Value 256 indicates that the Zone Key bit (bit 7) in
the Flags field has value 1. Value 3 is the fixed Protocol value.
Value 5 indicates the public key algorithm. Appendix A.1 identifies
algorithm type 5 as RSA/SHA1 and indicates that the format of the
RSA/SHA1 public key field is defined in [RFC3110]. The remaining
text is a Base64 encoding of the public key.
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3. The RRSIG Resource Record
DNSSEC uses public key cryptography to sign and authenticate DNS
resource record sets (RRsets). Digital signatures are stored in
RRSIG resource records and are used in the DNSSEC authentication
process described in [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol]. A
security-aware resolver can use these RRSIG RRs to authenticate
RRsets from the zone. The RRSIG RR MUST only be used to carry
verification material (digital signatures) used to secure DNS
operations.
A RRSIG record contains the signature for an RRset with a particular
name, class, and type. The RRSIG RR specifies a validity interval
for the signature and uses the Algorithm, the Signer's Name, and the
Key Tag to identify the DNSKEY RR containing the public key that a
resolver can use to verify the signature.
The Type value for the RRSIG RR type is 46.
The RRSIG RR is class independent.
A RRSIG RR MUST have the same class as the RRset it covers.
The TTL value of an RRSIG RR SHOULD match the TTL value of the RRset
it covers.
3.1 RRSIG RDATA Wire Format
The RDATA for a RRSIG RR consists of a 2 octet Type Covered field, a
1 octet Algorithm field, a 1 octet Labels field, a 4 octet Original
TTL field, a 4 octet Signature Expiration field, a 4 octet Signature
Inception field, a 2 octet Key tag, the Signer's Name field, and the
Signature field.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type Covered | Algorithm | Labels |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Original TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Signature Expiration |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Signature Inception |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Key Tag | /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Signer's Name /
/ /
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
/ /
/ Signature /
/ /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
3.1.1 The Type Covered Field
The Type Covered field identifies the type of the RRset which is
covered by this RRSIG record.
3.1.2 The Algorithm Number Field
The Algorithm Number field identifies the cryptographic algorithm
used to create the signature. A list of DNSSEC algorithm types can
be found in Appendix A.1
3.1.3 The Labels Field
The Labels field specifies the number of labels in the original RRSIG
RR owner name. The significance of this field is that from it a
verifier can determine if the answer was synthesized from a wildcard.
If so, it can be used to determine what owner name was used in
generating the signature.
To validate a signature, the validator needs the original owner name
that was used to create the signature. If the original owner name
contains a wildcard label ("*"), the owner name may have been
expanded by the server during the response process, in which case the
validator will need to reconstruct the original owner name in order
to validate the signature. [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol]
describes how to use the Labels field to reconstruct the original
owner name.
The value of the Label field MUST NOT count either the null (root)
label that terminates the owner name or the wildcard label (if
present). The value of the Label field MUST be less than or equal to
the number of labels in the RRSIG owner name. For example,
"www.example.com." has a Label field value of 3, and "*.example.com."
has a Label field value of 2. Root (".") has a Label field value of
0.
Note that, although the wildcard label is not included in the count
stored in the Label field of the RRSIG RR, the wildcard label is part
of the RRset's owner name when generating or verifying the signature.
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3.1.4 Original TTL Field
The Original TTL field specifies the TTL of the covered RRset as it
appears in the authoritative zone.
The Original TTL field is necessary because a caching resolver
decrements the TTL value of a cached RRset. In order to validate a
signature, a resolver requires the original TTL.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol] describes how to use the Original
TTL field value to reconstruct the original TTL.
The Original TTL value MUST be greater than or equal to the TTL value
of the RRSIG record itself.
3.1.5 Signature Expiration and Inception Fields
The Signature Expiration and Inception fields specify a validity
period for the signature. The RRSIG record MUST NOT be used for
authentication prior to the inception date and MUST NOT be used for
authentication after the expiration date.
Signature Expiration and Inception field values are in POSIX.1 time
format: a 32-bit unsigned number of seconds elapsed since 1 January
1970 00:00:00 UTC, ignoring leap seconds, in network byte order. The
longest interval which can be expressed by this format without
wrapping is approximately 136 years. A RRSIG RR can have an
Expiration field value which is numerically smaller than the
Inception field value if the expiration field value is near the
32-bit wrap-around point or if the signature is long lived. Because
of this, all comparisons involving these fields MUST use "Serial
number arithmetic" as defined in [RFC1982]. As a direct consequence,
the values contained in these fields cannot refer to dates more than
68 years in either the past or the future.
3.1.6 The Key Tag Field
The Key Tag field contains the key tag value of the DNSKEY RR that
validates this signature. Appendix B explains how to calculate Key
Tag values.
3.1.7 The Signer's Name Field
The Signer's Name field value identifies the owner name of the DNSKEY
RR which a security-aware resolver should use to validate this
signature. The Signer's Name field MUST contain the name of the zone
of the covered RRset. A sender MUST NOT use DNS name compression on
the Signer's Name field when transmitting a RRSIG RR. A receiver
which receives a RRSIG RR containing a compressed Signer's Name field
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SHOULD decompress the field value.
3.1.8 The Signature Field
The Signature field contains the cryptographic signature which covers
the RRSIG RDATA (excluding the Signature field) and the RRset
specified by the RRSIG owner name, RRSIG class, and RRSIG Type
Covered field.
3.1.8.1 Signature Calculation
A signature covers the RRSIG RDATA (excluding the Signature Field)
and covers the data RRset specified by the RRSIG owner name, RRSIG
class, and RRSIG Type Covered field. The RRset is in canonical form
(see Section 6) and the set RR(1),...RR(n) is signed as follows:
signature = sign(RRSIG_RDATA | RR(1) | RR(2)... ) where
"|" denotes concatenation;
RRSIG_RDATA is the wire format of the RRSIG RDATA fields
with the Signer's Name field in canonical form and
the Signature field excluded;
RR(i) = owner | class | type | TTL | RDATA length | RDATA;
"owner" is the fully qualified owner name of the RRset in
canonical form (for RRs with wildcard owner names, the
wildcard label is included in the owner name);
Each RR MUST have the same owner name as the RRSIG RR;
Each RR MUST have the same class as the RRSIG RR;
Each RR in the RRset MUST have the RR type listed in the
RRSIG RR's Type Covered field;
Each RR in the RRset MUST have the TTL listed in the
RRSIG Original TTL Field;
Any DNS names in the RDATA field of each RR MUST be in
canonical form; and
The RRset MUST be sorted in canonical order.
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3.2 The RRSIG RR Presentation Format
The presentation format of the RDATA portion is as follows:
The Type Covered field value MUST be represented either as an
unsigned decimal integer or as the mnemonic for the covered RR type.
The Algorithm field value MUST be represented either as an unsigned
decimal integer or as an algorithm mnemonic as specified in Appendix
A.1.
The Labels field value MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal
integer.
The Original TTL field value MUST be represented as an unsigned
decimal integer.
The Signature Inception Time and Expiration Time field values MUST be
represented in the form YYYYMMDDHHmmSS in UTC, where:
YYYY is the year (0000-9999, but see Section 3.1.5);
MM is the month number (01-12);
DD is the day of the month (01-31);
HH is the hour in 24 hours notation (00-23);
mm is the minute (00-59);
SS is the second (00-59).
The Key Tag field MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal integer.
The Signer's Name field value MUST be represented as a domain name.
The Signature field is represented as a Base64 encoding of the
signature. Whitespace is allowed within the Base64 text. For a
definition of Base64 encoding see [RFC1521] Section 5.2.
3.3 RRSIG RR Example
The following a RRSIG RR stores the signature for the A RRset of
host.example.com:
host.example.com. 86400 IN RRSIG A 5 3 86400 20030322173103 (
20030220173103 2642 example.com.
oJB1W6WNGv+ldvQ3WDG0MQkg5IEhjRip8WTr
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PYGv07h108dUKGMeDPKijVCHX3DDKdfb+v6o
B9wfuh3DTJXUAfI/M0zmO/zz8bW0Rznl8O3t
GNazPwQKkRN20XPXV6nwwfoXmJQbsLNrLfkG
J5D6fwFm8nN+6pBzeDQfsS3Ap3o= )
The first four fields specify the owner name, TTL, Class, and RR type
(RRSIG). The "A" represents the Type Covered field. The value 5
identifies the Algorithm used (RSA-SHA1) to create the signature.
The value 3 is the number of Labels in the original owner name. The
value 86400 in the RRSIG RDATA is the Original TTL for the covered A
RRset. 20030322173103 and 20030220173103 are the expiration and
inception dates, respectively. 2642 is the Key Tag, and example.com.
is the Signer's Name. The remaining text is a Base64 encoding of the
signature.
Note that combination of RRSIG RR owner name, class, and Type Covered
indicate that this RRSIG covers the "host.example.com" A RRset. The
Label value of 3 indicates that no wildcard expansion was used. The
Algorithm, Signer's Name, and Key Tag indicate this signature can be
authenticated using an example.com zone DNSKEY RR whose algorithm is
5 and key tag is 2642.
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4. The NSEC Resource Record
The NSEC resource record lists two separate things: the owner name of
the next authoritative RRset in the canonical ordering of the zone,
and the set of RR types present at the NSEC RR's owner name. The
complete set of NSEC RRs in a zone both indicate which authoritative
RRsets exist in a zone and also form a chain of authoritative owner
names in the zone. This information is used to provide authenticated
denial of existence for DNS data, as described in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol].
The type value for the NSEC RR is 47.
The NSEC RR is class independent.
The NSEC RR has no special TTL requirements.
4.1 NSEC RDATA Wire Format
The RDATA of the NSEC RR is as shown below:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
/ Next Domain Name /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
/ Type Bit Map /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
4.1.1 The Next Domain Name Field
The Next Domain Name field contains the owner name of the next
authoritative RRset in the canonical ordering of the zone; see
Section 6.1 for an explanation of canonical ordering. The value of
the Next Domain Name field in the last NSEC record in the zone is the
name of the zone apex (the owner name name of the zone's SOA RR).
A sender MUST NOT use DNS name compression on the Next Domain Name
field when transmitting an NSEC RR. A receiver which receives an
NSEC RR containing a compressed Next Domain Name field SHOULD
decompress the field value.
Owner names of RRsets not authoritative for the given zone (such as
glue records) MUST NOT be listed in the Next Domain Name unless at
least one authoritative RRset exists at the same owner name.
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4.1.2 The Type Bit Map Field
The Type Bit Map field identifies the RRset types which exist at the
NSEC RR's owner name.
Each bit in the Type Bit Map field corresponds to an RR type. Bit 1
corresponds to RR type 1 (A), bit 2 corresponds to RR type 2 (NS),
and so forth. If a bit is set to 1, it indicates that an RRset of
that type is present for the NSEC's owner name. If a bit is set to 0,
it indicates that no RRset of that type present for the NSEC's owner
name.
A zone MUST NOT generate an NSEC RR for any domain name that only
holds glue records.
Bits representing pseudo-RR types MUST be set to 0, since they do not
appear in zone data. If encountered, they must be ignored upon
reading.
Trailing zero octets MUST be omitted. The length of the Type Bit Map
field varies, and is determined by the type code with the largest
numerical value among the set of RR types present at the NSEC RR's
owner name. Trailing zero octets not specified MUST be interpreted
as zero octets.
The above Type Bit Map format MUST NOT be used when an RR type code
with numerical value greater than 127 is present.
Bit 0 in the Type Bit Map field indicates the Type Bit Map format. A
value of 0 in bit 0 denotes the format described above, therefore bit
0 MUST have a value of 0. The format and meaning of a Type Bit Map
with a value of 1 in bit 0 is undefined.
4.1.3 Inclusion of Wildcard Names in NSEC RDATA
If a wildcard owner name appears in a zone, the wildcard label ("*")
is treated as a literal symbol and is treated the same as any other
owner name for purposes of generating NSEC RRs. Wildcard owner names
appear in the Next Domain Name field without any wildcard expansion.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol] describes the impact of wildcards
on authenticated denial of existence.
4.2 The NSEC RR Presentation Format
The presentation format of the RDATA portion is as follows:
The Next Domain Name field is represented as a domain name.
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The Type Bit Map field is represented either as a sequence of RR type
mnemonics or as a sequence of unsigned decimal integers denoting the
RR type codes.
4.3 NSEC RR Example
The following NSEC RR identifies the RRsets associated with
alfa.example.com. and identifies the next authoritative name after
alfa.example.com.
alfa.example.com. 86400 IN NSEC host.example.com. A MX RRSIG NSEC
The first four text fields specify the name, TTL, Class, and RR type
(NSEC). The entry host.example.com. is the next authoritative name
after alfa.example.com. in canonical order. The A, MX, RRSIG and NSEC
mnemonics indicate there are A, MX, RRSIG and NSEC RRsets associated
with the name alfa.example.com.
Note that the NSEC record can be used in authenticated denial of
existence proofs. If the example NSEC record were authenticated, it
could be used to prove that beta.example.com does not exist or could
be used to prove there is no AAAA record associated with
alfa.example.com. Authenticated denial of existence is discussed in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol].
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5. The DS Resource Record
The DS Resource Record refers to a DNSKEY RR and is used in the DNS
DNSKEY authentication process. A DS RR refers to a DNSKEY RR by
storing the key tag, algorithm number, and a digest of the DNSKEY RR.
Note that while the digest should be sufficient to identify the key,
storing the key tag and key algorithm helps make the identification
process more efficient. By authenticating the DS record, a resolver
can authenticate the DNSKEY RR to which the DS record points. The
key authentication process is described in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol].
The DS RR and its corresponding DNSKEY RR have the same owner name,
but they are stored in different locations. The DS RR appears only
on the upper (parental) side of a delegation, and is authoritative
data in the parent zone. For example, the DS RR for "example.com" is
stored in the "com" zone (the parent zone) rather than in the
"example.com" zone (the child zone). The corresponding DNSKEY RR is
stored in the "example.com" zone (the child zone). This simplifies
DNS zone management and zone signing, but introduces special response
processing requirements for the DS RR; these are described in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol].
The type number for the DS record is 43.
The DS resource record is class independent.
The DS RR has no special TTL requirements.
5.1 DS RDATA Wire Format
The RDATA for a DS RR consists of a 2 octet Key Tag field, a one
octet Algorithm field, a one octet Digest Type field, and a Digest
field.
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Key Tag | Algorithm | Digest Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
/ /
/ Digest /
/ /
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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5.1.1 The Key Tag Field
The Key Tag field lists the key tag of the DNSKEY RR referred to by
the DS record.
The Key Tag used by the DS RR is identical to the Key Tag used by
RRSIG RRs. Appendix B describes how to compute a Key Tag.
5.1.2 The Algorithm Field
The Algorithm field lists the algorithm number of the DNSKEY RR
referred to by the DS record.
The algorithm number used by the DS RR is identical to the algorithm
number used by RRSIG and DNSKEY RRs. Appendix A.1 lists the algorithm
number types.
5.1.3 The Digest Type Field
The DS RR refers to a DNSKEY RR by including a digest of that DNSKEY
RR. The Digest Type field identifies the algorithm used to construct
the digest. Appendix A.2 lists the possible digest algorithm types.
5.1.4 The Digest Field
The DS record refers to a DNSKEY RR by including a digest of that
DNSKEY RR. The Digest field holds the digest.
The digest is calculated by concatenating the canonical form of the
fully qualified owner name of the DNSKEY RR with the DNSKEY RDATA,
and then applying the digest algorithm.
digest = digest_algorithm( DNSKEY owner name | DNSKEY RDATA);
"|" denotes concatenation
DNSKEY RDATA = Flags | Protocol | Algorithm | Public Key.
The size of the digest may vary depending on the digest algorithm and
DNSKEY RR size. Currently, the only defined digest algorithm is
SHA-1, which produces a 20 octet digest.
5.2 Processing of DS RRs When Validating Responses
The DS RR links the authentication chain across zone boundaries, so
the DS RR requires extra care in processing. The DNSKEY RR referred
to in the DS RR MUST be a DNSSEC zone key. The DNSKEY RR Flags MUST
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have Flags bit 7 set to value 1. If the key tag does not indicate a
DNSSEC zone key, the DS RR (and DNSKEY RR it references) MUST NOT be
used in the validation process.
5.3 The DS RR Presentation Format
The presentation format of the RDATA portion is as follows:
The Key Tag field MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal integer.
The Algorithm field MUST be represented either as an unsigned decimal
integer or as an algorithm mnemonic specified in Appendix A.1.
The Digest Type field MUST be represented as an unsigned decimal
integer.
The Digest MUST be represented as a sequence of case-insensitive
hexadecimal digits. Whitespace is allowed within the hexadecimal
text.
5.4 DS RR Example
The following example shows a DNSKEY RR and its corresponding DS RR.
dskey.example.com. 86400 IN DNSKEY 256 3 5 ( AQOeiiR0GOMYkDshWoSKz9Xz
fwJr1AYtsmx3TGkJaNXVbfi/
2pHm822aJ5iI9BMzNXxeYCmZ
DRD99WYwYqUSdjMmmAphXdvx
egXd/M5+X7OrzKBaMbCVdFLU
Uh6DhweJBjEVv5f2wwjM9Xzc
nOf+EPbtG9DMBmADjFDc2w/r
ljwvFw==
) ; key id = 60485
dskey.example.com. 86400 IN DS 60485 5 1 ( 2BB183AF5F22588179A53B0A
98631FAD1A292118 )
The first four text fields specify the name, TTL, Class, and RR type
(DS). Value 60485 is the key tag for the corresponding
"dskey.example.com." DNSKEY RR, and value 5 denotes the algorithm
used by this "dskey.example.com." DNSKEY RR. The value 1 is the
algorithm used to construct the digest, and the rest of the RDATA
text is the digest in hexadecimal.
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6. Canonical Form and Order of Resource Records
This section defines a canonical form for resource records, a
canonical ordering of DNS names, and a canonical ordering of resource
records within an RRset. A canonical name order is required to
construct the NSEC name chain. A canonical RR form and ordering
within an RRset are required to construct and verify RRSIG RRs.
6.1 Canonical DNS Name Order
For purposes of DNS security, owner names are ordered by treating
individual labels as unsigned left-justified octet strings. The
absence of a octet sorts before a zero value octet, and upper case
US-ASCII letters are treated as if they were lower case US-ASCII
letters.
To compute the canonical ordering of a set of DNS names, start by
sorting the names according to their most significant (rightmost)
labels. For names in which the most significant label is identical,
continue sorting according to their next most significant label, and
so forth.
For example, the following names are sorted in canonical DNS name
order. The most significant label is "example". At this level,
"example" sorts first, followed by names ending in "a.example", then
names ending "z.example". The names within each level are sorted in
the same way.
example
a.example
yljkjljk.a.example
Z.a.example
zABC.a.EXAMPLE
z.example
\001.z.example
*.z.example
\200.z.example
6.2 Canonical RR Form
For purposes of DNS security, the canonical form of an RR is the wire
format of the RR where:
1. Every domain name in the RR is fully expanded (no DNS name
compression) and fully qualified;
2. All uppercase US-ASCII letters in the owner name of the RR are
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replaced by the corresponding lowercase US-ASCII letters;
3. If the type of the RR is NS, MD, MF, CNAME, SOA, MB, MG, MR, PTR,
HINFO, MINFO, MX, HINFO, RP, AFSDB, RT, SIG, PX, NXT, NAPTR, KX,
SRV, DNAME, or A6, all uppercase US-ASCII letters in the DNS
names contained within the RDATA are replaced by the
corresponding lowercase US-ASCII letters;
4. If the owner name of the RR is a wildcard name, the owner name is
in its original unexpanded form, including the "*" label (no
wildcard substitution); and
5. The RR's TTL is set to its original value as it appears in the
originating authoritative zone or the Original TTL field of the
covering RRSIG RR.
6.3 Canonical RR Ordering Within An RRset
For purposes of DNS security, RRs with same owner name, same class,
and same type are sorted by RDATA: first by RDATA length, shortest to
longest, then by the canonical form of the RDATA itself in the case
of length equality, treating the RDATA portion of the canonical form
of each RR as a left justified unsigned octet sequence. The absence
of an octet sorts before a zero octet.
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7. IANA Considerations
This document introduces no new IANA considerations, because all of
the protocol parameters used in this document have already been
assigned by previous specifications. However, since the evolution of
DNSSEC has been long and somewhat convoluted, this section attempts
to describe the current state of the IANA registries and other
protocol parameters which are (or once were) related to DNSSEC.
DNS Resource Record Types: [RFC2535] assigned types 24, 25, and 30 to
the SIG, KEY, and NXT RRs, respectively.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-delegation-signer] assigned DNS Resource Record
Type 43 to DS. [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change]
assigned types 46, 47, and 48 to the RRSIG, NSEC, and DNSKEY RRs,
respectively. [I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change] also
marked type 30 (NXT) as Obsolete, and restricted use of types 24
(SIG) and 25 (KEY) to the "SIG(0)" transaction security protocol
described in [RFC2931].
SIG(0) Algorithm Numbers: [RFC2535] created an IANA registry for
DNSSEC Resource Record Algorithm field numbers, and assigned
values 1-4 and 252-255. [RFC3110] assigned value 5.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change] renamed this registry
to "SIG(0) Algorithm Numbers" to indicate that this registry is
now used only by the "SIG(0)" transaction security protocol
described in [RFC2931].
DNS Security Algorithm Numbers:
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change] created a new "DNS
Security Algorithm Numbers" registry, assigned initial values to
algorithms 2 (Diffie-Hellman), 3 (DSA/SHA-1), 5 (RSA/SHA-1), 253
(private algorithms - domain name) and 254 (private algorithms -
OID), and reserved values 0, 1, and 255. As stated in
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change], value 4 and values
6-252 are available for assignment by IETF Standards Action.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-delegation-signer] created an IANA registry for
DNSSEC DS Digest Types, and assigned value 0 to reserved and value
1 to SHA-1.
KEY Protocol Values: [RFC2535] created an IANA Registry for KEY
Protocol Values, but [RFC3445] re-assigned all assigned values
other than 3 to reserved and closed this IANA registry. The
registry remains closed, and all KEY and DNSKEY records are
required to have Protocol Octet value of 3.
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Flag bits in the KEY and DNSKEY RRs: The Flag bits in the KEY and
DNSKEY RRs are not assigned by IANA, and there is no IANA registry
for these flags. All changes to the meaning of the Flag bits in
the KEY and DNSKEY RRs require a standards action.
Bit zero of Type Bit Map in NSEC RRs: The meaning of a value of 1 in
bit zero of the Type Bit Map of an NSEC RR can only be assigned by
a standards action.
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8. Security Considerations
This document describes the format of four DNS resource records used
by the DNS security extensions, and presents an algorithm for
calculating a key tag for a public key. Other than the items
described below, the resource records themselves introduce no
security considerations. The use of these records is specified in a
separate document, and security considerations related to the use
these resource records are discussed in that document.
The DS record points to a DNSKEY RR using a cryptographic digest, the
key algorithm type and a key tag. The DS record is intended to
identify an existing DNSKEY RR, but it is theoretically possible for
an attacker to generate a DNSKEY that matches all the DS fields. The
probability of constructing such a matching DNSKEY depends on the
type of digest algorithm in use. The only currently defined digest
algorithm is SHA-1, and the working group believes that constructing
a public key which would match the algorithm, key tag, and SHA-1
digest given in a DS record would be a sufficiently difficult problem
that such an attack is not a serious threat at this time.
The key tag is used to help select DNSKEY resource records
efficiently, but it does not uniquely identify a single DNSKEY
resource record. It is possible for two distinct DNSKEY RRs to have
the same owner name, the same algorithm type, and the same key tag.
An implementation which used only the key tag to select a DNSKEY RR
might select the wrong public key in some circumstances.
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9. Acknowledgments
This document was created from the input and ideas of several members
of the DNS Extensions Working Group and working group mailing list.
The co-authors of this draft would like to express their thanks for
the comments and suggestions received during the revision of these
security extension specifications.
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Normative References
[RFC1034] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities",
STD 13, RFC 1034, November 1987.
[RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, November 1987.
[RFC1521] Borenstein, N. and N. Freed, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and
Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC
1521, September 1993.
[RFC1982] Elz, R. and R. Bush, "Serial Number Arithmetic", RFC 1982,
August 1996.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2136] Vixie, P., Thomson, S., Rekhter, Y. and J. Bound, "Dynamic
Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)", RFC 2136,
April 1997.
[RFC2181] Elz, R. and R. Bush, "Clarifications to the DNS
Specification", RFC 2181, July 1997.
[RFC2308] Andrews, M., "Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS
NCACHE)", RFC 2308, March 1998.
[RFC2671] Vixie, P., "Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)", RFC
2671, August 1999.
[RFC2931] Eastlake, D., "DNS Request and Transaction Signatures (
SIG(0)s)", RFC 2931, September 2000.
[RFC3110] Eastlake, D., "RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain
Name System (DNS)", RFC 3110, May 2001.
[RFC3445] Massey, D. and S. Rose, "Limiting the Scope of the KEY
Resource Record (RR)", RFC 3445, December 2002.
[RFC3597] Gustafsson, A., "Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record
(RR) Types", RFC 3597, September 2003.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-delegation-signer]
Gudmundsson, O., "Delegation Signer Resource Record",
draft-ietf-dnsext-delegation-signer-15 (work in progress),
June 2003.
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[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-intro]
Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D. and S.
Rose, "DNS Security Introduction and Requirements",
draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-intro-06 (work in progress),
September 2003.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol]
Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D. and S.
Rose, "Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security
Extensions", draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-protocol-02 (work in
progress), September 2003.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-keyrr-key-signing-flag]
Kolkman, O., Schlyter, J. and E. Lewis, "KEY RR Secure
Entry Point (SEP) Flag",
draft-ietf-dnsext-keyrr-key-signing-flag-08 (work in
progress), July 2003.
[I-D.ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change]
Weiler, S., "Legacy Resolver Compatibility for Delegation
Signer", draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-2535typecode-change-04
(work in progress), August 2003.
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Informative References
[RFC2535] Eastlake, D., "Domain Name System Security Extensions",
RFC 2535, March 1999.
[RFC2930] Eastlake, D., "Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY
RR)", RFC 2930, September 2000.
Authors' Addresses
Roy Arends
Telematica Instituut
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
NL
EMail: roy.arends@telin.nl
Rob Austein
Internet Software Consortium
40 Gavin Circle
Reading, MA 01867
USA
EMail: sra@isc.org
Matt Larson
VeriSign, Inc.
21345 Ridgetop Circle
Dulles, VA 20166-6503
USA
EMail: mlarson@verisign.com
Dan Massey
USC Information Sciences Institute
3811 N. Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
USA
EMail: masseyd@isi.edu
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Scott Rose
National Institute for Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920
USA
EMail: scott.rose@nist.gov
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Appendix A. DNSSEC Algorithm and Digest Types
The DNS security extensions are designed to be independent of the
underlying cryptographic algorithms. The DNSKEY, RRSIG, and DS
resource records all use a DNSSEC Algorithm Number to identify the
cryptographic algorithm in use by the resource record. The DS
resource record also specifies a Digest Algorithm Number to identify
the digest algorithm used to construct the DS record. The currently
defined Algorithm and Digest Types are listed below. Additional
Algorithm or Digest Types could be added as advances in cryptography
warrant.
A DNSSEC aware resolver or name server MUST implement all MANDATORY
algorithms.
A.1 DNSSEC Algorithm Types
An "Algorithm Number" field in the DNSKEY, RRSIG, and DS resource
record types identifies the cryptographic algorithm used by the
resource record. Algorithm specific formats are described in
separate documents. The following table lists the currently defined
algorithm types and provides references to their supporting
documents:
VALUE Algorithm [mnemonic] RFC STATUS
0 Reserved - -
1 RSA/MD5 [RSA/MD5] RFC 2537 NOT RECOMMENDED
2 Diffie-Hellman [DH] RFC 2539 OPTIONAL
3 DSA [DSA] RFC 2536 OPTIONAL
4 elliptic curve [ECC] TBA OPTIONAL
5 RSA/SHA1 [RSA/SHA1] RFC 3110 MANDATORY
6-251 available for assignment -
252 reserved -
253 private [PRIVATE_DNS] see below OPTIONAL
254 private [PRIVATE_OID] see below OPTIONAL
255 reserved - -
A.1.1 Private Algorithm Types
Algorithm number 253 is reserved for private use and will never be
assigned to a specific algorithm. The public key area in the DNSKEY
RR and the signature area in the RRSIG RR begin with a wire encoded
domain name, which MUST NOT be compressed. The domain name indicates
the private algorithm to use and the remainder of the public key area
is determined by that algorithm. Entities should only use domain
names they control to designate their private algorithms.
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Algorithm number 254 is reserved for private use and will never be
assigned to a specific algorithm. The public key area in the DNSKEY
RR and the signature area in the RRSIG RR begin with an unsigned
length byte followed by a BER encoded Object Identifier (ISO OID) of
that length. The OID indicates the private algorithm in use and the
remainder of the area is whatever is required by that algorithm.
Entities should only use OIDs they control to designate their private
algorithms.
A.2 DNSSEC Digest Types
A "Digest Type" field in the DS resource record types identifies the
cryptographic digest algorithm used by the resource record. The
following table lists the currently defined digest algorithm types.
VALUE Algorithm STATUS
0 Reserved -
1 SHA-1 MANDATORY
2-255 Unassigned -
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Appendix B. Key Tag Calculation
The Key Tag field in the RRSIG and DS resource record types provides
a mechanism for selecting a public key efficiently. In most cases, a
combination of owner name, algorithm, and key tag can efficiently
identify a DNSKEY record. Both the RRSIG and DS resource records
have corresponding DNSKEY records. The Key Tag field in the RRSIG
and DS records can be used to help select the corresponding DNSKEY RR
efficiently when more than one candidate DNSKEY RR is available.
However, it is essential to note that the key tag is not a unique
identifier. It is theoretically possible for two distinct DNSKEY RRs
to have the same owner name, the same algorithm, and the same key
tag. The key tag is used to limit the possible candidate keys, but it
does not uniquely identify a DNSKEY record. Implementations MUST NOT
assume that the key tag uniquely identifies a DNSKEY RR.
The key tag is the same for all DNSKEY algorithm types except
algorithm 1 (please see Appendix B.1 for the definition of the key
tag for algorithm 1). The key tag algorithm is the sum of the wire
format of the DNSKEY RDATA broken into 2 octet groups. First the
RDATA (in wire format) is treated as a series of 2 octet groups,
these groups are then added together ignoring any carry bits. A
reference implementation of the key tag algorithm is as am ANSI C
function is given below with the RDATA portion of the DNSKEY RR is
used as input. It is not necessary to use the following reference
code verbatim, but the numerical value of the Key Tag MUST be
identical to what the reference implementation would generate for the
same input.
Please note that the algorithm for calculating the Key Tag is almost
but not completely identical to the familiar ones complement checksum
used in many other Internet protocols. Key Tags MUST be calculated
using the algorithm described here rather than the ones complement
checksum.
The following ANSI C reference implementation calculates the value of
a Key Tag. This reference implementation applies to all algorithm
types except algorithm 1 (see Appendix B.1). The input is the wire
format of the RDATA portion of the DNSKEY RR. The code is written
for clarity, not efficiency.
/*
* Assumes that int is at least 16 bits.
* First octet of the key tag is the most significant 8 bits of the
* return value;
* Second octet of the key tag is the least significant 8 bits of the
* return value.
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*/
unsigned int
keytag (
unsigned char key[], /* the RDATA part of the DNSKEY RR */
unsigned int keysize /* the RDLENGTH */
)
{
unsigned long ac; /* assumed to be 32 bits or larger */
int i; /* loop index */
for ( ac = 0, i = 0; i < keysize; ++i )
ac += (i & 1) ? key[i] : key[i] << 8;
ac += (ac >> 16) & 0xFFFF;
return ac & 0xFFFF;
}
B.1 Key Tag for Algorithm 1 (RSA/MD5)
The key tag for algorithm 1 (RSA/MD5) is defined differently than the
key tag for all other algorithms, for historical reasons. For a
DNSKEY RR with algorithm 1, the key tag is defined to be the most
significant 16 bits of the least significant 24 bits in the public
key modulus (in other words, the 4th to last and 3rd to last octets
of the public key modulus).
Please note that Algorithm 1 is NOT RECOMMENDED.
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