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Sign SOAP XML using a wsse:SecurityTokenReference

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This example signs SOAP XML such that the KeyInfo in the XML Signature is a wsse:SecurityTokenReference to the X.509 certificate embedded elsewhere in the SOAP XML.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- To begin, we'll need a PFX containing a certificate and private key, and the SOAP XML to be signed.
    -- Chilkat provides sample data at chilkatsoft.com and chilkatdownload.com, and our first step is to download.

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 1: Get the SOAP XML template to be signed.
    -- 
    DECLARE @sbXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbXml OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetSb', @success OUT, 'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/wssSoapTemplate.xml', @sbXml
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END

    -- The SOAP XML template contains this:

    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF8"?>
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Header>
    --  <wsse:Security xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
    --                 xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"
    --                 xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
    --                 xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1">
    --  <wsse:BinarySecurityToken
    --                EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"
    --                ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509"
    --                wsu:Id="x509cert00">BASE64_CERT</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
    --  </wsse:Security>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Header>
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="TheBody">
    --  <getVersion xmlns="http://msgsec.wssecfvt.ws.ibm.com"/>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Body>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
    -- 

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 2: Get the test certificate and private key stored in a .pfx
    -- 
    DECLARE @pfxData int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @pfxData OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetBd', @success OUT, 'http://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/testcertificate.pfx', @pfxData
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfxData
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @pfx int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Pfx', @pfx OUT

    DECLARE @password nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @password = 'test'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfxData, 'GetEncoded', @sTmp0 OUT, 'base64'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfx, 'LoadPfxEncoded', @success OUT, @sTmp0, 'base64', @password
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfxData
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        RETURN
      END

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 3: Get the certificate from the PFX.
    -- 
    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pfx, 'CertAt', @success OUT, 0, @cert
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pfx, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfxData
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 4: Replace "BASE64_CERT" with the actual base64 encoded certificate.
    -- 
    DECLARE @bdCert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.BinData', @bdCert OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @cert, 'ExportCertDerBd', @success OUT, @bdCert

    DECLARE @numReplaced int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @bdCert, 'GetEncoded', @sTmp0 OUT, 'base64'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'Replace', @numReplaced OUT, 'BASE64_CERT', @sTmp0

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 5: Build the wsse:SecurityTokenReference XML.
    -- This will be the CustomKeyInfoXml (see below).
    -- 
    DECLARE @refXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Xml', @refXml OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @refXml, 'Tag', 'wsse:SecurityTokenReference'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @refXml, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'wsse:Reference', 1, 'URI', '#x509cert00'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @refXml, 'UpdateAttrAt', @success OUT, 'wsse:Reference', 1, 'ValueType', 'http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509'

    -- The above lines of code builds the following XML:

    -- 	<wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
    -- 	    <wsse:Reference URI="#x509cert00" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509" />
    -- 	</wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
    -- 
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @refXml, 'EmitXmlDecl', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @refXml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Step 6: Setup the XML Digital Signature Generator and add the XML Signature.
    -- 
    DECLARE @gen int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.XmlDSigGen', @gen OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SigLocation', 'SOAP-ENV:Envelope|SOAP-ENV:Header|wsse:Security'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'SignedInfoPrefixList', 'wsse SOAP-ENV'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'AddSameDocRef', @success OUT, 'TheBody', 'sha1', 'EXCL_C14N', '', ''
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'KeyInfoType', 'Custom'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @refXml, 'EmitCompact', 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @refXml, 'GetXml', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @gen, 'CustomKeyInfoXml', @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'SetX509Cert', @success OUT, @cert, 1

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @gen, 'CreateXmlDSigSb', @success OUT, @sbXml
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @gen, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfxData
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdCert
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @refXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen
        RETURN
      END

    -- Examine the signed XML
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbXml, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Pretty-printed, the XML signature looks as shown here: 
    -- (The exact XML signature is shown below. Pretty-printing invalidates the XML signature.)

    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF8" ?>
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    --     <SOAP-ENV:Header>
    --         <wsse:Security xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1">
    --             <wsse:BinarySecurityToken EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509" wsu:Id="x509cert00">MIID...</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
    --             <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
    --                 <ds:SignedInfo>
    --                     <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#">
    --                         <InclusiveNamespaces xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" PrefixList="wsse SOAP-ENV" />
    --                     </ds:CanonicalizationMethod>
    --                     <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256" />
    --                     <ds:Reference URI="#TheBody">
    --                         <ds:Transforms>
    --                             <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" />
    --                         </ds:Transforms>
    --                         <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
    --                         <ds:DigestValue>VhsSnaEAFsY0OYegKQh99v9csXg=</ds:DigestValue>
    --                     </ds:Reference>
    --                 </ds:SignedInfo>
    --                 <ds:SignatureValue>Ynp3H4rtzpXIh4TaVxkpEkS1bMCCu672aeCzUOzheNNfnpmLsCZz3+zQjMBbchPggCayC5ihpEdhRe3XvPXjPXXAgxDP4mic091QPmjHlmUcu8yqRKfxnPtD35nqaxDtCYw+jGIzj+ch094vA4RPCfY8JQnb1mpy1ZjjsMW8741CIh1epbsd/0bZt6tfINUQ37seg07yvLbCJZ/Zf+h8FlFryQk6lHTTeZl/GfQ9NlDBcShby3x8Hc1KwW++zFqEA7G783R9AYPYn3fWTOBhYk5gkgFc+HaPRLR/L0Bp7ZPbmOR/iZQ+HK4W672tTdN/R2GdN7/deV7QTp2DYK1Z8w==</ds:SignatureValue>
    --                 <ds:KeyInfo>
    --                     <wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
    --                         <wsse:Reference URI="#x509cert00" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509" />
    --                     </wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
    --                 </ds:KeyInfo>
    --             </ds:Signature>
    --         </wsse:Security>
    --     </SOAP-ENV:Header>
    --     <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="TheBody">
    --         <getVersion xmlns="http://msgsec.wssecfvt.ws.ibm.com" />
    --     </SOAP-ENV:Body>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
    -- 

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- This is the XML signature, which is also available at https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/signedSoapBinarySecurityToken.xml
    -- 

    -- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF8"?>
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Header>
    --  <wsse:Security xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
    --                 xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"
    --                 xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
    --                 xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1">
    --  <wsse:BinarySecurityToken
    --                EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary"
    --                ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509"
    --                wsu:Id="x509cert00">MIIDg...</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
    --  <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"><ds:SignedInfo><ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"><InclusiveNamespaces xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" PrefixList="wsse SOAP-ENV"/></ds:CanonicalizationMethod><ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/><ds:Reference URI="#TheBody"><ds:Transforms><ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/></ds:Transforms><ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/><ds:DigestValue>VhsSnaEAFsY0OYegKQh99v9csXg=</ds:DigestValue></ds:Reference></ds:SignedInfo><ds:SignatureValue>Ynp3H4rtzpXIh4TaVxkpEkS1bMCCu672aeCzUOzheNNfnpmLsCZz3+zQjMBbchPggCayC5ihpEdhRe3XvPXjPXXAgxDP4mic091QPmjHlmUcu8yqRKfxnPtD35nqaxDtCYw+jGIzj+ch094vA4RPCfY8JQnb1mpy1ZjjsMW8741CIh1epbsd/0bZt6tfINUQ37seg07yvLbCJZ/Zf+h8FlFryQk6lHTTeZl/GfQ9NlDBcShby3x8Hc1KwW++zFqEA7G783R9AYPYn3fWTOBhYk5gkgFc+HaPRLR/L0Bp7ZPbmOR/iZQ+HK4W672tTdN/R2GdN7/deV7QTp2DYK1Z8w==</ds:SignatureValue><ds:KeyInfo><wsse:SecurityTokenReference><wsse:Reference URI="#x509cert00" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509" /></wsse:SecurityTokenReference></ds:KeyInfo></ds:Signature></wsse:Security>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Header>
    -- <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" wsu:Id="TheBody">
    --  <getVersion xmlns="http://msgsec.wssecfvt.ws.ibm.com"/>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Body>
    -- </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfxData
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pfx
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @bdCert
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @refXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @gen


END
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