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DNSSEC-VERIFY(1)		    BIND 9		      DNSSEC-VERIFY(1)

NAME
       dnssec-verify - DNSSEC zone verification	tool

SYNOPSIS
       dnssec-verify  [-c  class]  [-E engine] [-I input-format] [-J filename]
       [-o origin] [-q]	[-v level] [-V]	[-x] [-z] {zonefile}

DESCRIPTION
       dnssec-verify verifies that a zone is fully signed for  each  algorithm
       found  in the DNSKEY RRset for the zone,	and that the NSEC/NSEC3	chains
       are complete.

OPTIONS
       -c class
	      This option specifies the	DNS class of the zone.

       -E engine
	      This option specifies the	cryptographic hardware	to  use,  when
	      applicable.

	      When  BIND  9 is built with OpenSSL, this	needs to be set	to the
	      OpenSSL engine identifier	that drives the	cryptographic acceler-
	      ator or hardware service module (usually pkcs11).

       -I input-format
	      This option sets the format of the  input	 zone  file.  Possible
	      formats are text (the default) and raw. This option is primarily
	      intended to be used for dynamic signed zones, so that the	dumped
	      zone  file  in a non-text	format containing updates can be veri-
	      fied independently.  This	option is not useful  for  non-dynamic
	      zones.

       -J filename
	      This  option  tells  dnssec-verify  to read the journal from the
	      given file when loading the zone file.

       -o origin
	      This option indicates the	zone origin.  If  not  specified,  the
	      name of the zone file is assumed to be the origin.

       -v level
	      This option sets the debugging level.

       -V     This option prints version information.

       -q     This  option  sets quiet mode, which suppresses output.  Without
	      this option, when	dnssec-verify is run  it  prints  to  standard
	      output  the number of keys in use, the algorithms	used to	verify
	      the zone was signed correctly,  and  other  status  information.
	      With  this  option, all non-error	output is suppressed, and only
	      the exit code indicates success.

       -x     This option verifies only	that the DNSKEY	RRset is  signed  with
	      key-signing  keys.   Without  this  flag,	it is assumed that the
	      DNSKEY RRset is signed by	all active keys.  When	this  flag  is
	      set,  it	is  not	 an error if the DNSKEY	RRset is not signed by
	      zone-signing  keys.  This	 corresponds  to  the  -x  option   in
	      dnssec-signzone.

       -z     This  option  indicates  that the	KSK flag on the	keys should be
	      ignored when determining whether the zone	is  correctly  signed.
	      Without  this  flag,  it is assumed that there is	a non-revoked,
	      self-signed DNSKEY with the KSK flag set for each	algorithm, and
	      that RRsets other	than DNSKEY RRset are signed with a  different
	      DNSKEY without the KSK flag set.

	      With  this  flag	set,  BIND 9 only requires that	for each algo-
	      rithm, there be at least one  non-revoked,  self-signed  DNSKEY,
	      regardless  of  the  KSK	flag  state,  and that other RRsets be
	      signed by	a non-revoked key for the same algorithm that includes
	      the self-signed key; the same key	may be used for	both purposes.
	      This corresponds to the -z option	in dnssec-signzone.

       zonefile
	      This option indicates the	file containing	the zone to be signed.

SEE ALSO
       dnssec-signzone(8), BIND	9 Administrator	Reference Manual, RFC 4033.

AUTHOR
       Internet	Systems	Consortium

COPYRIGHT
       2025, Internet Systems Consortium

9.20.9				  2025-05-08		      DNSSEC-VERIFY(1)

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