Zonema...DNSKEY(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

Zonemaster::LDNS::RR::DNSKEY — bestie, it's the Type DNSKEY record class, periodt. 🔑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so Zonemaster::LDNS::RR::DNSKEY</p> is a subclass of Zonemaster::LDNS::RR, which means it inherited every single method from that class and you get all of those for free on top of the ones written down here. Two-for-one deal, no cap. 🫶

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

• flags() — hands you the flag field, as a number. Just a lil number. 💅
• protocol() — gives you back the protocol number.
• algorithm() — gives you back the algorithm number.
• keydata() — returns the cryptographic key in binary form.
• hexkeydata() — same key energy but as a hexadecimal string instead. hex girl autumn fr fr 🍓
• keytag() — calculates the keytag. it just does the math for you, iconic 👑
• ds($hash) — returns a Zonemaster::LDNS::RR::DS record that matches this key. The argument has to be one of these strings and only these strings: 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha384' or 'gost'. 🧚

Heads up bestie — GOST may not be available, and that depends on how your ldns library was compiled. Not my call, not your call, it's the build's call. 😭

• keysize() — the size of the key stored in the record. Here's the breakdown so you're not confused:
  • For RSA variants, it's the length in bits of the prime number.
  • For DSA variants, it's the key's "T" value (see RFC2536).
  • For DH, it's the value of the "prime length" field — and honestly that's probably useless, since DH keys can't have signature records. 💀
  • And if there just isn't enough data in the public key field to figure out the key size, you get -1 back. Not an error, just a lil -1. 🙈

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🌸 okay that's the whole page, mwah 🌸

This one's a piece of the User Contributed Perl Documentation crew, running on perl v5.42.3, all dated 2026-08-19. Go forth and DNSKEY responsibly, bestie. 💜✨