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DomainKeys Public/Private Key-pair Generation

DomainKeys Public/Private Key-pair Generation Last Updated: July 9, 2005

Command Line Tools Available
Perhaps the easiest way to generate DomainKeys public/private key-pairs is to use the CPAN command line tools available. The tool can create a key-pair, and format them for DNS publication.

Generating a private-key for the MTA

For ease of explanation, the openssl command is used throughout this document to describe the mechanism by which keys are managed.

One way to generate a 768 bit private-key suitable for DomainKeys, is to use openssl like this:

$ openssl genrsa -out rsa.private 768

Which results in the file rsa.private containing the key information
similar to this:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIByQIBAAJhAKJ2lzDLZ8XlVambQfMXn3LRGKOD5o6lMIgulclWjZwP56LRqdg5
ZX15bhc/GsvW8xW/R5Sh1NnkJNyL/cqY1a+GzzL47t7EXzVc+nRLWT1kwTvFNGIo
AUsFUq+J6+OprwIDAQABAmBOX0UaLdWWusYzNol++nNZ0RLAtr1/LKMX3tk1MkLH
+Ug13EzB2RZjjDOWlUOY98yxW9/hX05Uc9V5MPo+q2Lzg8wBtyRLqlORd7pfxYCn
Kapi2RPMcR1CxEJdXOkLCFECMQDTO0fzuShRvL8q0m5sitIHlLA/L+0+r9KaSRM/
3WQrmUpV+fAC3C31XGjhHv2EuAkCMQDE5U2nP2ZWVlSbxOKBqX724amoL7rrkUew
ti9TEjfaBndGKF2yYF7/+g53ZowRkfcCME/xOJr58VN17pejSl1T8Icj88wGNHCs
FDWGAH4EKNwDSMnfLMG4WMBqd9rzYpkvGQIwLhAHDq2CX4hq2tZAt1zT2yYH7tTb
weiHAQxeHe0RK+x/UuZ2pRhuoSv63mwbMLEZAjAP2vy6Yn+f9SKw2mKuj1zLjEhG
6ppw+nKD50ncnPoP322UMxVNG4Eah0GYJ4DLP0U=
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

This private key will be inserted into your DomainKeys-enabled MTA. Your MTA or plugin should provide instructions on how to do so.


Generating the public-key for the DNS selector record

To extract the public-key component from the private-key, use openssl like this:

$ openssl rsa -in rsa.private -out rsa.public -pubout -outform PEM

Which results in the file rsa.public containing the key information similar to this:

-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MHwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADawAwaAJhAKJ2lzDLZ8XlVambQfMXn3LRGKOD5o6l
MIgulclWjZwP56LRqdg5ZX15bhc/GsvW8xW/R5Sh1NnkJNyL/cqY1a+GzzL47t7E
XzVc+nRLWT1kwTvFNGIoAUsFUq+J6+OprwIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

This public-key data is placed in the selector's DNS record as the value of p. Thus, a selector's record may look like:

k=rsa; t=y; p=MHwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADawAwaAJhAKJ2lzDLZ8XlVambQfMXn3LRGKOD5o6l MIgulclWjZwP56LRqdg5ZX15bhc/GsvW8xW/R5Sh1NnkJNyL/cqY1a+GzzL47t7E XzVc+nRLWT1kwTvFNGIoAUsFUq+J6+OprwIDAQAB;

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