(Java) RSASSA-PSS Sign String to Create Base64 PCKS7 Signature

Signs a string to create a PKCS7 signature in the base64 encoding. The signature algorithm is RSASSA-PSS with SHA256.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // This example requires the Chilkat Crypt API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Unlock Chilkat Crypt for sample code.

    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    // Get a digital certificate with private key from a .pfx
    // (Chilkat has many different ways to provide a cert + private key for siging.
    // Using a PFX is just one possible option.)
    CkPfx pfx = new CkPfx();
    boolean success = pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/rsassa-pss/privatekey.pfx","PFX_PASSWORD");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(pfx.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the certificate to be used for signing.
    // (The typical case for a PFX is that it contains a cert with an associated private key,
    // as well as other certificates in the chain of authentication.  The cert with the private
    // key should be in the first position at index 0.)
    CkCert cert = pfx.GetCert(0);
    if (pfx.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println(pfx.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    crypt.SetSigningCert(cert);

    // Indicate that RSASSA-PSS with SHA256 should be used.
    crypt.put_SigningAlg("pss");
    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");

    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");

    // Sign a string and return the base64 PKCS7 detached signature
    String originalText = "This is a test";
    String pkcs7sig = crypt.signStringENC(originalText);
    System.out.println("Detached Signature:");
    System.out.println(pkcs7sig);

    // This signature looks like this:
    // MIIG5wYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIG2DCCBtQCAQExDzANBgl .. YToLqEwTdU87ox5g7rvw==

    // The ASN.1 of the signature can be examined by browsing to https://lapo.it/asn1js/ ,
    // then copy-and-paste the Base64 signature into the form and decode..

    // The signature can be verified against the original data like this:
    success = crypt.VerifyStringENC(originalText,pkcs7sig);
    System.out.println("Signature verified: " + success);
    success = crypt.VerifyStringENC("Not the original text",pkcs7sig);
    System.out.println("Signature verified: " + success);

    // Now we'll create an opaque signature (the opposite of a detached signature). 
    // An opaque signature is a PKCS7 message that contains both the original data and
    // the signature.  The verification process extracts the original data.
    String opaqueSig = crypt.opaqueSignStringENC(originalText);
    System.out.println("Opaque Signature:");
    System.out.println(opaqueSig);

    // The ASN.1 of the signature can be examined by browsing to https://lapo.it/asn1js/ ,
    // then copy-and-paste the Base64 signature into the form and decode..

    // We can verify and extract the original data:
    String origTxt = crypt.opaqueVerifyStringENC(opaqueSig);
    if (crypt.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        System.out.println("Signature verification failed.");
        System.out.println(crypt.lastErrorText());

        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Signature verified.");
    System.out.println("Extracted text:" + origTxt);
  }
}