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DDNS Server Administrator Help

Generate Keys Window

Use the Generate Keys Window to specify which hosts in a presecured dynamic domain are to have keys generated. After the keys are created, they can be distributed to the clients to use for dynamic updates.

Note:

Keys cannot be generated for items in a reverse domain.

The Generate Keys Window is displayed when you click the Generate Keys for Hosts push button on the Dynamic Options Notebook.

Keys are generated after the Primary Domain Notebook is closed. If problems occur in generating the keys, an error message listing the hosts for which keys that could not be created is displayed. You can exit the Primary Domain Notebook (by clicking Exit Notebook), or you can return to the Primary Domain Notebook to try to generate the keys again (by clicking Return to Notebook).

Note:

If errors occurred in generating keys, any other changes you specified in the Primary Domain Notebook were kept.

To try to generate the keys again, first ensure that the name server is started and can be reached. Then, in the Primary Domain Notebook, on the Domain Configuration tab, click Dynamic Options to go back to the Dynamic Options Notebook. Then, click Generate Keys for Hosts to go back to the Generate Keys Window, where the hosts for which keys were not created are still listed.

The Generate Keys Window has these fields:

Directory name
Specifies the directory in which the key files will be stored.

Host name
Specifies the name of a host for which a key is to be generated. After typing a host name, click Add.

List box
Displays a list of the hosts for which keys are to be generated. To remove an entry from the list box, select the entry and click Remove.

These push buttons are available on the Generate Keys Window:

Add
Puts the specified item into the corresponding list box.
Remove
Deletes the selected item or items from the list box.
OK
Retains the configuration data and closes the window.
Cancel
Cancels any actions taken and closes the window.
Help
Displays information about this window.


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