
IPSECKEY Resource Record Parameters - per [RFC4025] 
-Algorithm Type Field
-Gateway Type Field

(last updated 14 January 2005)

Algorithm Type Field
Value    Description                                 Reference
-----    ---------------------------------------     ---------
    0    No key is present                           [RFC4025]  
    1    A DSA key is present, in the format defined [RFC4025]
         in [RFC2536]           
    2    A RSA key is present, in the format defined [RFC4025]
         in [RFC3110]         
3-255    Unassigned (via IETF Consensus)

Gateway Type Field
Value    Description                                 Reference
-----    ---------------------------------------     ---------
    0    No gateway is present                       [RFC4025]  
    1    A 4-byte IPv4 address is present            [RFC4025]  
    2    A 16-byte IPv6 address is present           [RFC4025]  
    3    A wire-encoded domain name is present.      [RFC4025] 
4-255    Unassigned (via Standards Action)

References
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[RFC1035]  P. Mockapetris, "DOMAIN NAMES - IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION",    
           RFC 1035, November 1987.

[RFC2536]   D. EastLake, "DSA KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS)",
            RFC 2536, March 1999.

[RFC3110]   D. Eastlake 3rd, "RSA/SHA-1 SIGs and RSA KEYs in the Domain Name 
            System (DNS)", RFC 3110, May 2001.

[RFC4025]  M. Richardson, "A Method for Storing IPsec Keying Material in DNS",
           RFC 4025, March 2005.

(created 20 December 2004)

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