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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Verify a .p7m and get Algorithm Information

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Demonstrates how to verify a .p7m and then examine the algorithms used by the signature.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$crypt = chilkat::CkCrypt2->new();

$inFile = "qa_data/p7m/brainpoolP256r1.p7m";
$outFile = "qa_output/something.dat";

#  Verify and extract the signed data.
$success = $crypt->VerifyP7M($inFile,$outFile);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $crypt->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Examine details about the signature(s)
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$crypt->GetLastJsonData($json);
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

#  Sample output

#  {
#    "pkcs7": {
#      "verify": {
#        "digestAlgorithms": [
#          "sha256"
#        ],
#        "signerInfo": [
#          {
#            "cert": {
#              "serialNumber": "FFFFE552B302FFFFFF1E34C3ACEB2FFFF",
#              "issuerCN": "The common name of the cert...",
#              "issuerDN": "",
#              "digestAlgOid": "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1",
#              "digestAlgName": "SHA256"
#            },
#            "contentType": "1.2.840.113549.1.7.1",
#            "signingTime": "190409140500Z",
#            "messageDigest": "lQe9If7vZKFf/NlSYu5Esmlw3phVK/RFsbbb1uH73t8=",
#            "signingAlgOid": "1.2.840.10045.4.3.2",
#            "signerDigest": "lQe9If7vZKFf/NlSYu5Esmlw3phVK/RFsbbb1uH73t8=",
#            "authAttr": [
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.3",
#                "oidName": "contentType"
#              },
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.5",
#                "oidName": "signingTime"
#              },
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.52",
#                "oidName": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.52",
#                "der": "MBs ... AwI="
#              },
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.4",
#                "oidName": "messageDigest"
#              },
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.47",
#                "oidName": "signingCertificateV2",
#                "der": "MCYw .. 7PlQ=="
#              },
#              {
#                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.20",
#                "oidName": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.20"
#              }
#            ]
#          }
#        ]
#      }
#    }
#  }

#  Code for parsing the above JSON...

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $strVal = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms[i]");
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $certSerialNumber = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.serialNumber");
    $certIssuerCN = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerCN");
    $certIssuerDN = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerDN");
    $certDigestAlgOid = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgOid");
    $certDigestAlgName = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgName");
    $contentType = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].contentType");
    $signingTime = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingTime");
    $messageDigest = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].messageDigest");
    $signingAlgOid = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgOid");
    $signerDigest = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signerDigest");
    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $oid = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr[j].oid");
        $oidName = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr[j].oidName");
        $der = $json->stringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr[j].der");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print "Success!" . "\r\n";