---
id: "zone-signing"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "zone signing"
language: "en"
category: "DNS and technical foundations"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/zone-signing/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/firma-zona/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/zonensignierung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/signature-zone/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/firma-zona/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/assinatura-zona/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/podpisanie-zony/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/quyu-qianming/"
---

# zone signing

The process of adding DNSSEC signatures to every set of records in a DNS zone. It can be done once on a file or continuously by the name server. The zone is only protected in practice when the parent zone also publishes a matching DS record.

## related terms

- [DNSSEC](https://tldlog.com/glossary/dnssec/)
- [RRSIG](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rrsig/)
- [ZSK](https://tldlog.com/glossary/zsk/)
- [DS record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ds-record/)
- [zone file](https://tldlog.com/glossary/zone-file/)