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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA Sign with PKCS8 Encrypted Key

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Demonstrates how to load a private key from an encrypted PKCS8 file and create an RSA digital signature.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$pkey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();

#  Load the private key from an RSA PEM file:
$success = $pkey->LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile("privateKey.key","myPassword");

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

#  Import the private key into the RSA object:
$success = $rsa->UsePrivateKey($pkey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Return the signature in hex
$rsa->put_EncodingMode("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");

print $hexSig . "\r\n";