inactivating and deleting DNSSEC keys

Alan Clegg alan at clegg.com
Tue Oct 8 22:51:11 UTC 2013


On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:42 PM, David Newman <dnewman at networktest.com> wrote:

> bind 9.9.4
> 
> How to troubleshoot issues when keys are supposed to be invalidated or
> deleted on specific dates, but aren't?
> 
> In this case, a KSK was supposed to be inactivated on 29 September 2013
> and deleted on 9 October 2013.
> 
> From the .key file:
> 
> ; This is a key-signing key, keyid 56989, for networktest.com.
> ; Created: 20130723214837 (Tue Jul 23 14:48:37 2013)
> ; Publish: 20130723214837 (Tue Jul 23 14:48:37 2013)
> ; Activate: 20130723214837 (Tue Jul 23 14:48:37 2013)
> ; Inactive: 20130929201510 (Sun Sep 29 13:15:10 2013)
> ; Delete: 20131009201510 (Wed Oct  9 13:15:10 2013)
> 
> Problem is, dig says the key is still active, and will be until 29
> October 2013:
> 
> $ dig networktest.com @localhost +multi rrsig | grep 56989
> 				
> 20131029191450 20130929181450 56989 networktest.com.

You don't provide all of the record.  It's an RRSIG that is still within it's lifetime.

Do a dig for "DNSKEY" retype at the zone name and see what you  get back.

AlanC
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