Short for
Transaction Signature, TSIG is a computer networking protocol used by the Domain Name System (
DNS) as a way to authenticate updates to a
dynamic DNS database. The RFC 2845 specification specifically states that the TSIG
protocol allows for transaction level authentication using shared secrets and one way hashing. It can be used to authenticate
dynamic updates as coming from an approved
client, or to authenticate responses as coming from an approved recursive
name server.