Swift Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSASSA-PSS Sign String to Create Base64 PCKS7 Signature

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Signs a string to create a PKCS7 signature in the base64 encoding. The signature algorithm is RSASSA-PSS with SHA256. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let crypt = CkoCrypt2()!

    //  Get a digital certificate with private key from a .pfx
    //  (Chilkat has many different ways to provide a cert + private key for siging.
    //  Using a PFX is just one possible option.)
    let pfx = CkoPfx()!
    success = pfx.loadFile(path: "qa_data/rsassa-pss/privatekey.pfx", password: "PFX_PASSWORD")
    if success == false {
        print("\(pfx.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Get the certificate to be used for signing.
    //  (The typical case for a PFX is that it contains a cert with an associated private key,
    //  as well as other certificates in the chain of authentication.  The cert with the private
    //  key should be in the first position at index 0.)

    let cert = CkoCert()!
    success = pfx.cert(at: 0, cert: cert)
    if success == false {
        print("\(pfx.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    crypt.setSigningCert(cert: cert)

    //  Indicate that RSASSA-PSS with SHA256 should be used.
    crypt.signingAlg = "pss"
    crypt.hashAlgorithm = "sha256"

    crypt.encodingMode = "base64"

    //  Sign a string and return the base64 PKCS7 detached signature
    var originalText: String? = "This is a test"
    var pkcs7sig: String? = crypt.signStringENC(str: originalText)
    print("Detached Signature:")
    print("\(pkcs7sig!)")

    //  This signature looks like this:
    //  MIIG5wYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIG2DCCBtQCAQExDzANBgl .. YToLqEwTdU87ox5g7rvw==

    //  The ASN.1 of the signature can be examined by browsing to https://lapo.it/asn1js/ ,
    //  then copy-and-paste the Base64 signature into the form and decode..

    //  The signature can be verified against the original data like this:
    success = crypt.verifyStringENC(str: originalText, encodedSig: pkcs7sig)
    print("Signature verified: \(success)")
    success = crypt.verifyStringENC(str: "Not the original text", encodedSig: pkcs7sig)
    print("Signature verified: \(success)")

    //  Now we'll create an opaque signature (the opposite of a detached signature). 
    //  An opaque signature is a PKCS7 message that contains both the original data and
    //  the signature.  The verification process extracts the original data.
    var opaqueSig: String? = crypt.opaqueSignStringENC(str: originalText)
    print("Opaque Signature:")
    print("\(opaqueSig!)")

    //  The ASN.1 of the signature can be examined by browsing to https://lapo.it/asn1js/ ,
    //  then copy-and-paste the Base64 signature into the form and decode..

    //  We can verify and extract the original data:
    var origTxt: String? = crypt.opaqueVerifyStringENC(p7m: opaqueSig)
    if crypt.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("Signature verification failed.")
        print("\(crypt.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Signature verified.")
    print("Extracted text:\(origTxt!)")

}