TKEY record
historyTKEY is a record type of the Domain Name System.
TKEY RR can used in number of different modes to establish shared keys between a DNS resolver and Server.
TKEY record format
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ TKEY Resource Record Fields
|-
!Field !! Description !! Length (octets)
|-
|-
|NAME || Key name, which must be unique on client and server || (variable)
|-
|TYPE || TKEY (249) || 2
|-
|CLASS || ANY (255) || 2
|-
|TTL || 0 (since TKEY records must not be cached) || 4
|-
|RDLENGTH || Length of RDATA field || 2
|-
|RDATA || Variable-length structure containing the timestamp, algorithm, mode, hash data and error || (variable)
|}
- 0 - Reserved
- 1 - Server assignment
- 2 - Diffie-Hellman exchange
- 3 - Generic Security Service Algorithm for Secret Key Transaction
- 4 - Resolver assignment
- 5 - key deletion
- 6-65534 - available
- 65535 - reserved;
- Domain Name System
- List of DNS record types‎
- RFC 2930, "Secret Key Establishment for DNS (TKEY RR)", D. Eastlake, September 2000
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