(Unicode C++) Generate RSA Key and Sign a String

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Demonstrates how to generate a new RSA public/private key pair and use it to generate a signature for a string. The (binary) digital signature is returned as a hexidecimalized string.

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#include <CkRsaW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkRsaW rsa;

    // Generate a 2048-bit RSA key.
    bool success = rsa.GenerateKey(2048);

    // To return the signature in hex.
    rsa.put_EncodingMode(L"hex");

    const wchar_t *strData = L"This is the string to be signed.";

    // Sign the SHA256 hash of the string.
    const wchar_t *hexSig = rsa.signStringENC(strData,L"sha256");

    wprintf(L"%s\n",hexSig);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",rsa.lastErrorText());

    // Now verify the signature:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,L"sha256",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        wprintf(L"Signature verified!\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rsa.lastErrorText());
    }

    // Try it with an invalid signature:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,L"sha256",L"not a valid sig");
    if (success == true) {
        wprintf(L"Signature verified!\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rsa.lastErrorText());
    }

    // Try it with invalid data:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(L"Not the original data",L"sha256",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        wprintf(L"Signature verified!\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rsa.lastErrorText());
    }

    // Try it with the wrong hash algorithm:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,L"sha-1",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        wprintf(L"Signature verified!\n");
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rsa.lastErrorText());
    }
    }