The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
NAME ldns-test-edns – test if dns cache supports EDNS and DNSSEC. SYNOPSIS ldns-test-edns [ -i ] { ip } DESCRIPTION ldns-test-edns tests a DNS cache and checks if it supports EDNS0 and DNSSEC types so that it can be used as a dnssec-enabled DNS cache. It sends two queries to the cache, one for the…
NAME ldns-signzone – sign a zonefile with DNSSEC data SYNOPSIS ldns-signzone [ OPTIONS ] ZONEFILE KEY [KEY [KEY] … ] DESCRIPTION ldns-signzone is used to generate a DNSSEC signed zone. When run it will create a new zonefile that contains RRSIG and NSEC resource records, as specified in RFC 4033, RFC 4034 and RFC 4035….
NAME ldns-rrsig – print out the inception and expiration dates in human readable form SYNOPSIS ldns-rrsig domain [ type ] DESCRIPTION ldns-rrsig is used to print the expiration and inception date of a RRSIG. The first argument is a domain name. ldns-rrsig will query the authoritative servers for that domain to get a list of…
NAME ldns-revoke – sets the revoke bit of a DNSKEY SYNOPSIS ldns-revoke file DESCRIPTION ldns-revoke is used to revoke a public DNSKEY RR. When run it will read file with a DNSKEY RR in it, sets the revoke bit and write back the output to file . OPTIONS -n Write the result to stdout instead…
NAME ldns-resolver – tries to create a resolver from a resolv.conf file. SYNOPSIS ldns-resolver file DESCRIPTION ldns-resolver tries to create a resolver from a resolv.conf file. This is only useful to test the library for robusteness with input data. OPTIONS ldns-resolver takes a filename of the resolv.conf file as input. For example ldns-resolver /etc/resolv.conf will…
NAME ldns-read-zone – read a zonefile and print it SYNOPSIS ldns-read-zone ZONEFILE DESCRIPTION ldns-read-zone reads a DNS zone file and prints it. The output has 1 resource record per line, and no pretty-printing makeup. OPTIONS -c Canonicalize all resource records in the zone before printing -d Only print DNSSEC data from the zone. This option…
NAME ldns-nsec3-hash – print out the NSEC3 hash for a domain name SYNOPSIS ldns-nsec3-hash <domain_name> DESCRIPTION ldns-nsec3-hash is used to print out the NSEC3 hash for the given domain name. OPTIONS -a number Use the given algorithm number for the hash calculation. Defaults to 1 (SHA-1). -s salt Use the given salt for the hash…
NAME ldns-notify – notify DNS servers that updates are available SYNOPSIS ldns-notify [options] -z zone servers DESCRIPTION ldns-notify sends a NOTIFY message to DNS servers. This tells them that an updated zone is available at the master servers. It can perform TSIG signatures and it can add a SOA serial number of the updated zone….
NAME ldns-mx – print out the mx record(s) for a domain SYNOPSIS ldns-mx DOMAIN DESCRIPTION ldns-mx is used to print out mx information of a domain. OPTIONS ldns-mx has no options. AUTHOR Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns usage. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to <ldns-team [at] nlnetlabs.nl>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2005…
NAME ldns-keygen – generate a DNSSEC key pair SYNOPSIS ldns-keygen [ OPTION ] DOMAIN DESCRIPTION ldns-keygen is used to generate a private/public keypair. When run, it will create 3 files; a .key file with the public DNSKEY, a .private file with the private keydata and a .ds with the DS record of the DNSKEY record….
NAME ldns-keyfetcher – retrieve the DNSSEC DNSKEYs for a zone SYNOPSIS ldns-keyfetcher [ OPTIONS ] DOMAIN DESCRIPTION ldns-keyfetcher is used to retrieve the DNSKEYs of a zone. First it finds all authoritative nameservers of the zone by tracing it from the root down. All authoritative nameservers are then queried (using TCP) for the DNSKEY RRset…
NAME ldns-key2ds – transform a DNSKEY RR to a DS RR SYNOPSIS ldns-key2ds file DESCRIPTION ldns-key2ds is used to transform a public DNSKEY RR to a DS RR. When run it will read file with a DNSKEY RR in it and it will create a .ds file with the DS RR in it. It prints…
NAME ldns-gen-zone – read a zonefile and print it while adding DS records and extra RR’s SYNOPSIS ldns-gen-zone ZONEFILE DESCRIPTION ldns-gen-zone reads a DNS zone file and prints it. It is build for speed, not for a nice formatting. The output has one resource record per line and no pretty-printing makeup. DNSSEC data (NSEC, NSEC3,…
NAME dpa – DNS Packet Analyzer. Analyze DNS packets in ip trace files SYNOPSIS dpa [ OPTION ] TRACEFILE DESCRIPTION dpa is used to analyze dns packets in trace files. It has 3 main options: count, filter, and count uniques (i.e. count all different occurences). OPTIONS -c expressionlist Count occurrences of matching expressions -f expression…
NAME ldns-dane – verify or create TLS authentication with DANE (RFC6698) SYNOPSIS ldns-dane [OPTIONS] verify name port ldns-dane [OPTIONS] -t tlsafile verify ldns-dane [OPTIONS] name port create [ Certificate-usage [ Selector [ Matching-type ] ] ] ldns-dane -h ldns-dane -v DESCRIPTION In the first form: A TLS connection to name:port is established. The TLSA resource…
NAME ldns-config – show compiler and linker flags for ldns usage. SYNOPSIS ldns-config [ OPTIONS ] DESCRIPTION When writing programs using ldns, you have to tell the compiler where to look for include files and what libraries from which location to link to. ldns-config can be used to find out what flags to use with…
NAME ldns-compare-zones – read and compare two zonefiles and print differences SYNOPSIS ldns-compare-zones [-c] [-i] [-d] [-z] [-s] ZONEFILE1 ZONEFILE2 DESCRIPTION ldns-compare-zones reads two DNS zone files and prints number of differences. Output is formated to: +NUM_INS -NUM_DEL ~NUM_CHG The major comparison is based on the owner name. If an owner name is present in…
NAME ldns-chaos – give some information about a nameserver SYNOPSIS ldns-chaos NAMESERVER DESCRIPTION ldns-chaos retrieves all the addresses of the nameserver and then queries each address for its version.bind and hostname.bind. ldns-chaos is a bit more complex than ldns-mx. OPTIONS ldns-chaos has no options. AUTHOR Written by the ldns team as an example for ldns…
NAME ldmtool – A tool to manage Microsoft Windows dynamic disks SYNOPSIS ldmtool [options] ldmtool [options] scan [device…] ldmtool [options] show diskgroup {disk group GUID} ldmtool [options] show {volume | partition | disk} {disk group GUID} {object name} ldmtool [options] {create | remove} all ldmtool [options] {create | remove} volume {disk group GUID} {volume name}…
NAME ldif – manipulates an LDIF stream by adding a column with the defined attribute type SYNOPSIS ldif [-b] attrtype DESCRIPTION Manipulates an LDIF stream by adding a column with the defined attribute type OPTIONS A summary of options is included below: -b Output base64 binary format USAGE ldif dn < /tmp/ldif AUTHOR ldif was…