From Domain Name System (DNS) Security Requirements Guide
Part of SRG-APP-000516-DNS-000086
Associated with: CCI-000366
To enable zone transfer (requests and responses) through authenticated messages, it is necessary to generate a key for every pair of name servers. The key also can be used for securing other transactions, such as dynamic updates, DNS queries, and responses. The binary key string that is generated by most key generation utilities used with DNSSEC is Base64-encoded. ATSIG is a string used to generate the message authentication hash stored in a TSIG RR and used to authenticate an entire DNS message.
Review the DNS implementation and documentation and confirm the permissions on the key files, which were generated by the dnssec-keygen program and copied to the name server, are only accessible to the server administrator or have been deleted. Verify all paper copies of the key files have been destroyed. If the key files have been deleted and all paper copies have been destroyed, this is not a finding. If the key files have been deleted but the paper copies have not been destroyed, this is a finding. If the key files still exist, and the permissions on the key files have not been configured to only allow the server administrator account access, this is a finding.
Configure permissions on the key files to only give access to the server administrator, or delete the key files altogether. Destroy all paper copies of the key files.
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