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Verify SOAP XML using a wsse:SecurityTokenReference

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This example verifies a SOAP XML Digital Signature where 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.

    -- The SOAP XML with digital signature verified in this example is available at 
    -- https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/signedSoapBinarySecurityToken.xml

    DECLARE @signedSoapXmlUrl nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @signedSoapXmlUrl = 'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/exampleData/signedSoapBinarySecurityToken.xml'

    -- First, let's get the signed SOAP XML..
    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @sbXml int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sbXml OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetSb', @success OUT, @signedSoapXmlUrl, @sbXml
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        RETURN
      END

    -- The signed XML downloaded from the above URL contains the following.
    -- Note: Everything we need to verify the signature is already available within the signed XML.
    -- The KeyInfo part of the Signature contains a reference to the wsse:BinarySecurityToken
    -- For clarity, here is the KeyInfo section extracted from the Signature below:
    -- 
    -- <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>
    -- 
    -- Chilkat has the capability to automatically follow the SecurityTokenReference.  It will automatically locate the 
    -- certificate contained in the wsse:BinarySecurityToken element (in this case identified by Id="x509cert00"), 
    -- automatically extracts the public key from the base64 X.509 certificate, and uses it to verify the 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">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>
    -- 

    -- To verify this signature, we simply load and verify:
    DECLARE @verifier int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.XmlDSig', @verifier OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @verifier, 'LoadSignatureSb', @success OUT, @sbXml
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @verifier, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @bVerified int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @verifier, 'VerifySignature', @bVerified OUT, 1
    IF @bVerified <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @verifier, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Signature verified!'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbXml
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @verifier


END
GO