Deprecation notice for NSEC3 salt

pgnd pgnd at dev-mail.net
Thu Oct 8 09:34:05 UTC 2026


> Thus, I am notifying you that we intend to end support for the "nsec3 salt-length" (inside dnssec-policy) option in named. Our plan is to mark them as deprecated in BIND 9.20, and remove them completely as of BIND 9.22.

@ https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dnssec-guide.html#advanced-discussions-nsec3-salt

there's no reference to a literal "nsec3 salt-length"

rather, usage in policy of "nsec3param ..."

   nsec3param iterations 0 optout no salt-length 0;

just to confirm, the removal will then require

-  nsec3param iterations 0 optout no salt-length 0;
+  nsec3param iterations 0 optout no;

?

with the salt-length hardwired == 0?


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