Net::DN...R::NSEC3(3)

okay bestie, welcome to the Net::DNS::RR::NSEC3(3) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation ✨ this one is all about the DNS NSEC3 resource record, and it is lowkey iconic in the DNSSEC world 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

Net::DNS::RR::NSEC3 - DNS NSEC3 resource record. That is the whole vibe, no cap 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

starter pack, bestie:

use Net::DNS;
$rr = Net::DNS::RR->new('name NSEC3 algorithm flags iterations salt hnxtname');

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Class for DNSSEC NSEC3 resource records. Periodt. 💜

The NSEC3 Resource Record (RR) provides authenticated denial of existence for DNS Resource Record Sets ✨ it is literally giving “prove this name does not exist” energy.

The NSEC3 RR lists RR types present at the original owner name of the NSEC3 RR. It includes the next hashed owner name in the hash order of the zone. The complete set of NSEC3 RRs in a zone indicates which RRSets exist for the original owner name of the RR and form a chain of hashed owner names in the zone. the way that whole chain works? obsessed 💖

🎀 METHODS 🎀

The available methods are those inherited from the base class augmented by the type-specific methods defined in this package.

⚠️ bestie, do not poke at undocumented package features or direct-access internal data structures. That is discouraged and could result in program termination or other unpredictable behaviour. Not cute. 💀

🧚 algorithm 🧚

$algorithm = $rr->algorithm;
$rr->algorithm( $algorithm );

The 8-bit algorithm field is represented as an unsigned decimal integer, but may be specified using the algorithm mnemonic. algorithm() may also be invoked as a class method or simple function to perform mnemonic and numeric code translation ✨ slay.

🎀 flags 🎀

$flags = $rr->flags;
$rr->flags( $flags );

The Flags field is an unsigned decimal integer interpreted as eight concatenated Boolean values. cute.

🍓 optout 🍓

$rr->optout(1);

if ( $rr->optout ) {
        ...
}

Boolean Opt Out flag. that is it, that is the flag 🎀

🌈 iterations 🌈

$iterations = $rr->iterations;
$rr->iterations( $iterations );

The Iterations field is represented as an unsigned decimal integer. The value is between 0 and 65535, inclusive. no cap.

🧂 salt 🧂

$salt = $rr->salt;
$rr->salt( $salt );

The Salt field is represented as a contiguous sequence of hexadecimal digits. A "-" (unquoted) is used in string format to indicate that the salt field is absent 💅

🧂 saltbin 🧂

$saltbin = $rr->saltbin;
$rr->saltbin( $saltbin );

The Salt field as a sequence of octets. okay bestie, same salt energy but octets this time ✨

🦋 hnxtname 🦋

$hnxtname = $rr->hnxtname;
$rr->hnxtname( $hnxtname );

The Next Hashed Owner Name field points to the next node that has authoritative data or contains a delegation point NS RRset. main character pointer energy 👑

🌸 typelist 🌸

@typelist = $rr->typelist;
$typelist = $rr->typelist;
$rr->typelist( @typelist );

typelist() identifies the RRset types that exist at the domain name matched by the NSEC3 RR. When called in scalar context, the list is interpolated into a string. iykyk 💖

👑 typemap 👑

$exists = $rr->typemap($rrtype);

typemap() returns a Boolean true value if the specified RRtype occurs in the type bitmap of the NSEC3 record. yes bestie, a little yes/no moment ✨

🫶 match 🫶

$matched = $rr->match( 'example.foo' );

match() returns a Boolean true value if the hash of the domain name argument matches the hashed owner name of the NSEC3 RR. it is giving perfect-match energy 💅

🔥 covers 🔥

$covered = $rr->covers( 'example.foo' );

covers() returns a Boolean true value if the hash of the domain name argument, or ancestor of that name, falls between the owner name and the next hashed owner name of the NSEC3 RR. no cap, that is the whole range vibe 🦋

🧚 encloser, nextcloser, wildcard 🧚

$encloser = $rr->encloser( 'example.foo' );
print "encloser: $encloser\n" if $encloser;

encloser() returns the name of a provable encloser of the query name argument obtained from the NSEC3 RR.

nextcloser() returns the next closer name, which is one label longer than the closest encloser. This is only valid after encloser() has returned a valid domain name.

wildcard() returns the unexpanded wildcard name from which the next closer name was possibly synthesised. This is only valid after encloser() has returned a valid domain name. periodt. 🌟

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

okay legal bestie, here are the receipts 🧾

• Copyright (c)2017,2018 Dick Franks
• Portions Copyright (c)2007,2008 NLnet Labs. Author Olaf M. Kolkman
• All rights reserved.
• Package template (c)2009,2012 O.M.Kolkman and R.W.Franks.

🌈 LICENSE 🌈

the legal tea, preserved exactly because we do not play with licenses 🍓

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the original copyright notices appear in all copies and that both copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific prior written permission. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these, bestie, they are the supporting cast 📚

perl Net::DNS Net::DNS::RR RFC5155(3)
<https://iana.org/go/rfc5155#section-3> RFC9077
<https://iana.org/go/rfc9077>

Hash Algorithms <https://iana.org/assignments/dnssec-nsec3-parameters>

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