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Sign Italian SPID Metadata XML

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Demonstrates how to create an XML digital signature for Italian SPID Metadata.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$success = $true

# Load the XML to be signed.
$sbXml = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sbXml.LoadFile("qa_data/xml_dsig/spid_metadata.xml","utf-8")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to load the input file.")
    exit
}

# The XML to sign contains XML such as this:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
# <md:EntityDescriptor xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" entityID="https://***.it" ID="_AE17AFFF-A600-49D5-B81D-76EEA55B50FF">
#     <md:SPSSODescriptor protocolSupportEnumeration="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol" AuthnRequestsSigned="true" WantAssertionsSigned="true">
#         <md:KeyDescriptor use="signing">
#             <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
#                 <ds:X509Data>
#                     <ds:X509Certificate>MIIF5...</ds:X509Certificate>
#                 </ds:X509Data>
#             </ds:KeyInfo>
#         </md:KeyDescriptor>
#         <md:KeyDescriptor use="encryption">
#             <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
#                 <ds:X509Data>
#                     <ds:X509Certificate>MIIF5...</ds:X509Certificate>
#                 </ds:X509Data>
#             </ds:KeyInfo>
#         </md:KeyDescriptor>
#         <md:SingleLogoutService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://***.it/it-it/spid/logout"/>
#         <md:NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient</md:NameIDFormat>
#         <md:AssertionConsumerService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://***.it/it-it/spid/loginresp" index="0" isDefault="true"/>
#         <md:AttributeConsumingService index="1">
#             <md:ServiceName xml:lang="it">Servizi Online</md:ServiceName>
#             <md:ServiceDescription xml:lang="it">Accesso ai Servizi Online</md:ServiceDescription>
#             <md:RequestedAttribute Name="spidCode" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic"/>
#             <md:RequestedAttribute Name="name" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic"/>
#             <md:RequestedAttribute Name="familyName" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic"/>
#             <md:RequestedAttribute Name="fiscalNumber" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic"/>
#         </md:AttributeConsumingService>
#     </md:SPSSODescriptor>
#     <md:Organization>
#         <md:OrganizationName xml:lang="it">SomeCompany s.r.l.</md:OrganizationName>
#         <md:OrganizationDisplayName xml:lang="it">SomeCompany s.r.l.</md:OrganizationDisplayName>
#         <md:OrganizationURL xml:lang="it">https://***.it</md:OrganizationURL>
#     </md:Organization>
# </md:EntityDescriptor>

$gen = New-Object Chilkat.XmlDSigGen

$gen.SigLocation = "md:EntityDescriptor|md:SPSSODescriptor"
$gen.SigLocationMod = 2
$gen.SignedInfoCanonAlg = "EXCL_C14N"
$gen.SignedInfoDigestMethod = "sha256"

# -------- Reference 1 --------
$gen.AddSameDocRef("_AE17AFFF-A600-49D5-B81D-76EEA55B50FF","sha256","EXCL_C14N","","")

# Provide a certificate + private key. (PFX password is test123)
$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$gen.SetX509Cert($cert,$true)

$gen.KeyInfoType = "X509Data+KeyValue"
$gen.X509Type = "Certificate"

$gen.Behaviors = "IndentedSignature,ForceAddEnvelopedSignatureTransform,OmitAlreadyDefinedSigNamespace"

# Sign the XML...
$success = $gen.CreateXmlDSigSb($sbXml)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($gen.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# -----------------------------------------------

# Save the signed XML to a file.
$success = $sbXml.WriteFile("qa_output/signedXml.xml","utf-8",$false)

$($sbXml.GetAsString())

# ----------------------------------------
# Verify the signatures we just produced...
$verifier = New-Object Chilkat.XmlDSig
$success = $verifier.LoadSignatureSb($sbXml)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($verifier.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$numSigs = $verifier.NumSignatures
$verifyIdx = 0
while ($verifyIdx -lt $numSigs) {
    $verifier.Selector = $verifyIdx
    $verified = $verifier.VerifySignature($true)
    if ($verified -ne $true) {
        $($verifier.LastErrorText)
        exit
    }

    $verifyIdx = $verifyIdx + 1
}

$("All signatures were successfully verified.")