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<p class="MsoNormal">Assuming 2048 KSK, 1024 ZSK…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would SoftHSM function properly with KSK+ZSK+rollover for 100,000 domains concurrently? Can it manage a few hundred thousand keys?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone using SoftHSM for doing mass-signing of tons of zones – all using separate keys?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How does OpenDNSSEC handle being sent a sign command for several zones at once?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a maximum number of keys that SoftHSM can store?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any limitations in the PKCS library that’d break the mass signing of tons of zones?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If someone else is doing this…I assume they have more than one signing machine with the kaspdb being replicated between signers…is there a graceful way of doing this?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What about file locking under kaspdb? I’ve noticed even with signing one zone with physical HSM (.CA), I’ll occasionally get back a file lock when either monitoring and/or enforcerd is in the middle of something…if SoftHSM were sent a
few hundred key creations at once for new customers being on-boarded, would that cause locking issues for signing that’d be ongoing at the same time?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone out there has any other advice or ‘gotchas’ for someone looking to do a wide scale ODS/SoftHSM deployment for a large number of domains, I’d love any advice/feedback I could get.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Jacob Zack<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sr. DNS Administrator – CIRA (.CA TLD)<o:p></o:p></p>
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