Net::DNS::RR::TSIG(3)

NAME
Net::DNS::RR::TSIG - DNS TSIG resource record

SYNOPSIS
    use Net::DNS;

DESCRIPTION
Class for DNS Transaction Signature (TSIG) resource records.

METHODS
The available methods are those inherited from the base class augmented by the type-specific methods defined in this package.

Use of undocumented package features or direct access to internal data structures is discouraged and could result in program termination or other unpredictable behaviour.

  algorithm
    $algorithm = $rr->algorithm;
    $rr->algorithm( $algorithm );

A domain name which specifies the name of the algorithm.

  key
    $rr->key( $key );

Base64 representation of the key material.

  keybin
    $rr->keybin( $keybin );

Binary representation of the key material.

  time_signed
    $time_signed = $rr->time_signed;
    $rr->time_signed( $time_signed );

Signing time as the number of seconds since 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC. The default signing time is the current time.

  fudge
    $fudge = $rr->fudge;
    $rr->fudge( $fudge );

"fudge" represents the permitted error in the signing time. The default fudge is 300 seconds.

  mac
    $mac = $rr->mac;

Returns the message authentication code (MAC) as a string of hex characters. The programmer must call the Net::DNS::Packet data() object method before this will return anything meaningful.

  macbin
    $macbin = $rr->macbin;
    $rr->macbin( $macbin );

Binary message authentication code (MAC).

  request_mac
    $request_mac = $rr->request_mac;
    $rr->request_mac( $request_mac );

Request message authentication code (MAC).

  request_macbin
    $request_macbin = $rr->request_macbin;
    $rr->request_macbin( $request_macbin );

Binary request message authentication code.

  continuation
     $tsig->continuation(1);

Flag which indicates continuation of a multi-message response.

  original_id
    $original_id = $rr->original_id;
    $rr->original_id( $original_id );

The message ID from the header of the original packet.

  error
     $rcode = $tsig->error;

Returns the RCODE covering TSIG processing. Common values are NOERROR, BADSIG, BADKEY, and BADTIME. See RFC 2845 for details.

  other
    $other = $rr->other;
    $rr->other( $other );

This field should be empty unless the error is BADTIME, in which case it will contain the server time as the number of seconds since 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

  sig_function
    sub signing_function {
        my ( $keybin, $data ) = @_;

        my $hmac = new Digest::HMAC( $keybin, 'Digest::MD5' );
        $hmac->add( $data );
        return $hmac->digest;
    }

    $tsig->sig_function( \&signing_function );

This sets the signing function to be used for this TSIG record. The default signing function is HMAC-MD5.

  sig_data
     $sigdata = $tsig->sig_data($packet);

Returns the packet packed according to RFC2845 in a form for signing. This is only needed if you want to supply an external signing function, such as is needed for TSIG-GSS.

  create
    $tsig = create Net::DNS::RR::TSIG( $keyfile );

    $tsig = create Net::DNS::RR::TSIG( $keyfile,
                                        fudge => 300
                                        );

    $tsig = create Net::DNS::RR::TSIG( $keyname, $key );

Returns a TSIG RR constructed using the parameters in the specified key file, which is assumed to have been generated by dnssec-keygen.

The two argument form is supported for backward compatibility.

  verify
    $verify = $tsig->verify( $data );
    $verify = $tsig->verify( $packet );

    $verify = $tsig->verify( $reply, $query );

The boolean verify method will return true if the hash over the packet data conforms to the data in the TSIG itself

TSIG Keys
TSIG keys are symmetric keys generated using dnssec-keygen:

        $ dnssec-keygen -a HMAC-MD5 -b 160 -n HOST <keyname>

        The key will be stored as a private and public keyfile pair
        K<keyname>+157+<keyid>.private and K<keyname>+157+<keyid>.key

    where
        <keyname> is the DNS name of the key.

        <keyid> is the (generated) numerical identifier used to
        distinguish this key.

Other algorithms may be substituted for HMAC-MD5 in the above example.

It is recommended that the keyname be globally unique and incorporate the fully qualified domain names of the resolver and nameserver in that order. It should be possible for more than one key to be in use simultaneously between any such pair of hosts.

Although the formats differ, the private and public keys are identical and both should be stored and handled as secret data.

Configuring BIND Nameserver
The following lines must be added to the /etc/named.conf file:

    key <keyname> {
        algorithm HMAC-MD5;
        secret "<keydata>";
    };

<keyname> is the name of the key chosen when the key was generated.

<keydata> is the key string extracted from the generated key file.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Most of the code in the Net::DNS::RR::TSIG module was contributed by Chris Turbeville.

Support for external signing functions was added by Andrew Tridgell.

TSIG verification, BIND keyfile handling and support for HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA224, HMAC-SHA256, HMAC-SHA384 and HMAC-SHA512 functions was added by Dick Franks.

BUGS
A 32-bit representation of time is used, contrary to RFC2845 which demands 48 bits. This design decision will need to be reviewed before the code stops working on 7 February 2106.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c)2002 Michael Fuhr.

Portions Copyright (c)2002-2004 Chris Reinhardt.

Portions Copyright (c)2013 Dick Franks.

All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Package template (c)2009,2012 O.M.Kolkman and R.W.Franks.

SEE ALSO
perl, Net::DNS, Net::DNS::RR, RFC2845, RFC4635