DNSSEC KSK

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The DNSSEC KSK (Key Signing Key) is a long-term cryptographic key used to sign and authenticate a zone’s DNSKEY records, forming the trust anchor at the top of the DNSSEC validation chain.

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Label Occurrences
DNSSEC KSK canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf DNSSEC key
cryptographic key
algorithm public-key cryptography algorithm
associatedWith DNSKEY record set
DNSSEC zone
canBe offline key
category DNS security extension
internet security
definedIn DNSSEC specifications
definedInStandard RFC 4033
RFC 4034
RFC 4035
distinguishedFrom DNSSEC ZSK
enables validation of DNSSEC-signed zones
forms trust anchor
hasKeyType KSK
hasKeyUsage signing DNSKEY RRset only
hasProperty private key component kept secret
public key component in DNSKEY record
hasRoleIn DNSSEC
identifiedBy DNSKEY flags field value 257
lifetime long-term key
mayUseAlgorithm Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
surface form: ECDSA

EdDSA
RSA
notUsedFor signing general zone data
participatesIn DNSSEC chain of trust
positionInChain top of DNSSEC validation chain
publishedIn zone apex
relatedConcept DNSKEY record
DNSSEC ZSK
RRSIG record
trust anchor
requires periodic key rollover
secure key management
role key signing key
rotationProcess KSK rollover
scope single DNSSEC zone
securityImpactOfCompromise loss of trust in zone DNSSEC chain
signs DNSKEY RRset
zone DNSKEY records
storedAs DNSKEY resource record
trustModel configured trust anchor in validating resolvers
usedFor authenticating DNSKEY records
signing DNSKEY records
validatedBy DNS resolvers performing DNSSEC validation
trust anchor configuration in resolvers

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: DNSSEC KSK
Description of subject: The DNSSEC KSK (Key Signing Key) is a long-term cryptographic key used to sign and authenticate a zone’s DNSKEY records, forming the trust anchor at the top of the DNSSEC validation chain.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DNSSEC ZSK trustAnchoredVia DNSSEC KSK
DNSSEC ZSK associatedWith DNSSEC KSK