Java

RSA SHA256 Signature using Private Key from Java Keystore

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Signs plaintext using RSA SHA256 using a key from a Java keystore.

Duplicatest this code:

KeyStore keystore; // key repository for keys containing signature certificate
String alias; // alias for the certificate in the key repository
String password; // password for the certificate's private key
String plaintext; // text being signed


Signature signature = Signature.getInstance("SHA256withRSA");
signature.initSign((PrivateKey) keystore.getKey(alias, password.toCharArray()));
signature.update(plaintext.getBytes("UTF-8"));
byte[] rsa_text= signature.sign();

Java

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[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkJavaKeyStore jks = new CkJavaKeyStore();

    String jksPassword = "secret";

    //  Load the Java keystore from a file.  The JKS file password is used
    //  to verify the keyed digest that is found at the very end of the keystore.
    //  It verifies that the keystore has not been modified.
    success = jks.LoadFile(jksPassword,"qa_data/jks/sample_secret.jks");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jks.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Get the private key from the JKS.
    //  The private key password may be different than the file password.
    String privKeyPassword = "secret";
    boolean caseSensitive = false;
    CkPrivateKey privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
    success = jks.PrivateKeyOf(privKeyPassword,"some.alias",caseSensitive,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(jks.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Establish the RSA object and tell it to use the private key..
    CkRsa rsa = new CkRsa();

    success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Indicate we'll be signing the utf-8 byte representation of the string..
    rsa.put_Charset("utf-8");

    //  Sign some plaintext using RSA-SHA256
    CkByteData binarySignature = new CkByteData();
    String plaintext = "this is the text to be signed";
    success = rsa.SignString(plaintext,"SHA256",binarySignature);
    if (rsa.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(rsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Alternatively, if the signature is desired in some encoded string form,
    //  such as base64, base64-url, hex, etc.
    rsa.put_EncodingMode("base64-url");
    String signatureStr = rsa.signStringENC(plaintext,"SHA256");
    System.out.println("base64-url RSA signature: " + signatureStr);
  }
}