(Objective-C) RSA Signature using Private Key from .snk File

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A .snk file (Strong Name Key file) is a file format used in the .NET ecosystem to store an RSA public/private key pair. This key pair is typically used for strong-naming assemblies, which is a process of signing .NET assemblies to ensure their integrity and to uniquely identify them.

This example loads a private key from a .snk file and creates an RSA signature.

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#import <CkoRsa.h>
#import <NSString.h>

CkoRsa *rsa = [[CkoRsa alloc] init];

// Load the .snk and return the private key as XML.
NSString *xmlStr = [rsa SnkToXml: @"./test.snk"];
if (rsa.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rsa.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

BOOL success = [rsa ImportPrivateKey: xmlStr];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rsa.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Sign the SHA-256 hash of the utf-8 byte representation of the contents of sb
// Return the signature in base64 format.
rsa.EncodingMode = @"base64";
rsa.Charset = @"utf-8";
NSString *sigBase64 = [rsa SignStringENC: @"This is the text to be hashed and signed." hashAlg: @"sha256"];
if (rsa.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rsa.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%@",@"RSA signature as base64: ",sigBase64);