diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-kasp-iterations.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-kasp-iterations.conf
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy too-many-iterations {
+	nsec3param iterations 151;
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-kasp-iterations.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-kasp-iterations.conf
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy max-iterations {
+	nsec3param iterations 150;
+};