(Perl) Generate RSA Key and Sign a String

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Demonstrates how to generate a new RSA public/private key pair and use it to generate a signature for a string. The (binary) digital signature is returned as a hexidecimalized string.

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use chilkat();

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

$rsa = chilkat::CkRsa->new();

# Generate a 2048-bit RSA key.
$success = $rsa->GenerateKey(2048);

# To return the signature in hex.
$rsa->put_EncodingMode("hex");

$strData = "This is the string to be signed.";

# Sign the SHA256 hash of the string.
$hexSig = $rsa->signStringENC($strData,"sha256");

print $hexSig . "\r\n";
print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

# Now verify the signature:
$success = $rsa->VerifyStringENC($strData,"sha256",$hexSig);
if ($success == 1) {
    print "Signature verified!" . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}

# Try it with an invalid signature:
$success = $rsa->VerifyStringENC($strData,"sha256","not a valid sig");
if ($success == 1) {
    print "Signature verified!" . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}

# Try it with invalid data:
$success = $rsa->VerifyStringENC("Not the original data","sha256",$hexSig);
if ($success == 1) {
    print "Signature verified!" . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}

# Try it with the wrong hash algorithm:
$success = $rsa->VerifyStringENC($strData,"sha-1",$hexSig);
if ($success == 1) {
    print "Signature verified!" . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}