(Go) RSA Sign with PKCS8 Encrypted Key

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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    success := false

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

    pkey := PrivateKey_Ref.html">chilkat.NewPrivateKey()

    // Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
    success = pkey.LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile("privateKey.key","myPassword")

    rsa := Rsa_Ref.html">chilkat.NewRsa()

    // Import the private key into the RSA object:
    success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(pkey)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rsa.LastErrorText())
        pkey.DisposePrivateKey()
        rsa.DisposeRsa()
        return
    }

    // Return the signature in hex
    rsa.SetEncodingMode("hex")

    strData := "This is the string to be signed."

    // Sign the string using the sha-1 hash algorithm.
    // Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512",  and "md5".
    hexSig := rsa.SignStringENC(strData,"sha-1")

    fmt.Println(*hexSig)

    pkey.DisposePrivateKey()
    rsa.DisposeRsa()