Secure zone acting insecure

Jim Reid jim at rfc1035.com
Mon Apr 30 09:23:59 UTC 2001


>>>>> "tinuviel" == tinuviel  <tinuviel at another.com> writes:

    >> Do you get the AD (Authentic Data) bit set on the answers for
    >> this zone? That tells you the name server believes the zone has
    >> been signed OK.

    tinuviel> how you reconise the Authentic Data ?

The SIG (and maybe KEY and NXT) records that come back in the reply.
Each RRset has a SIG record which contains a digital signature of the
data that were signed. If the signature(s) fail to validate correctly
then the data they "sign" can't be considered authentic.


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