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Enabling DNSSEC

You can enable DNSSEC on a Grid, individual members, and DNS views. Because only Grid Masters can serve as primary servers for signed zones, you must enable DNSSEC on the Grid Master before you can sign zones. You must also enable DNSSEC on any Grid member that serves as a secondary server for signed zones.
When you enable DNSSEC on a Grid, you can set certain parameters that control the DNSSEC RRs, as described in
Setting DNSSEC Parameters.
When you enable DNSSEC on a Grid member or DNS view, you can set parameters that affect its operations as a secondary server, as described in Configuring Grid Members to Support DNSSEC as Secondary Servers.
To enable DNSSEC on a Grid, member or DNS view:

  1. Grid: From the Data Management tab, select the DNS tab. Expand the Toolbar and click Grid DNS Properties. 
    Member: From the Data Management tab, select the Members tab -> member check box and click the Edit icon. 
    DNS View: From the Data Management tab, select the Zones tab -> dns_view check box and click the Edit icon.
  2. In the editor, click Toggle Expert Mode.
  3. When the additional tabs appear, click DNSSEC.
  4. In the DNSSEC tab, select Enable DNSSEC.

Note: When you disable EDNS0, all outgoing DNSSEC queries to zones within trusted anchors will fail even if DNSSEC validation is enabled. This is due to the restriction of the UDP packet length when you disable EDNS0. For information about EDNS0, see Using Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0).


     5. Save the configuration and click Restart if it appears at the top of the screen.