(Visual Basic 6.0) RSASSA-PSS Sign Text

Signs text to create a PKCS7/CMS signature. The signature algorithm is RSASSA-PSS with SHA256.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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' This example requires the Chilkat Crypt API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Unlock Chilkat Crypt for sample code.

Dim crypt As New ChilkatCrypt2

' 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.)
Dim pfx As New ChilkatPfx
Dim success As Long
success = pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/rsassa-pss/privatekey.pfx","PFX_PASSWORD")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print pfx.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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.)
Dim cert As ChilkatCert
Set cert = pfx.GetCert(0)
If (pfx.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print pfx.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = crypt.SetSigningCert(cert)

' Indicate that RSASSA-PSS with SHA256 should be used.
crypt.SigningAlg = "pss"
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"

crypt.EncodingMode = "base64_mime"

' Build a string to sign
Dim sb As New ChilkatStringBuilder
Dim i As Long
i = 1
Do While i < 12
    success = sb.AppendInt(i)
    success = sb.Append(" the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." & vbCrLf)
    i = i + 1
Loop

Debug.Print sb.GetAsString()

' The string to be encrypted looks like this:

' 1 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
' 2 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
' 3 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
' 4 the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
' ...

' Make sure to specify the byte representation (character encoding)
crypt.Charset = "utf-8"

' Sign the string to get a PKCS7 detached signature in base64 format.
Dim pkcs7sig As String
pkcs7sig = crypt.SignSbENC(sb)
Debug.Print "Detached PCKS7 Signature:"
Debug.Print pkcs7sig

' This signature looks like this:

' MIIG5wYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIG2DCCBtQCAQExDzANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFADALBgkqhkiG9w0BBwGg
' ggL4MIIC9DCCAl2gAwIBAgIJAMPsJCT11cniMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJB
' VTERMA8GA1UECAwIVmljdG9yaWExEjAQBgNVBAcMCU1lbGJvdXJuZTEhMB8GA1UECgwYSW50ZXJu
' ZXQgV2lkZ2l0cyBQdHkgTHRkMQ8wDQYDVQQDDAZXaWRnZXQxKDAmBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWGWFkbWlu
' QGludGVybmV0d2lkZ2V0cy5jb20wHhcNMTYxMTAxMTY1MjMyWhcNMjExMDMxMTY1MjMyWjCBkjEL
' MAkGA1UEBhMCQVUxETAPBgNVBAgMCFZpY3RvcmlhMRIwEAYDVQQHDAlNZWxib3VybmUxITAfBgNV
' BAoMGEludGVybmV0IFdpZGdpdHMgUHR5IEx0ZDEPMA0GA1UEAwwGV2lkZ2V0MSgwJgYJKoZIhvcN
' AQkBFhlhZG1pbkBpbnRlcm5ldHdpZGdldHMuY29tMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKB
' gQDGIdoCjyavs+F/Rm0VIB4m6O7VL1j+1IqieoR9NEX2GQvu2VCdceyxf9qaw1bxipEvjLwUkw7M
' e+BTlLpWQbBMH87s6KpsC8MVyXhMLpP0oM8NFix/vLz2wdLhUh7CZvJA0plqkJk9bj57QIu+EO1k
' tUHM2DFb6sckvCL2yybD1wIDAQABo1AwTjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUONKKu2zsXIrinWxIGT654vrcQwsw
' HwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUONKKu2zsXIrinWxIGT654vrcQwswDAYDVR0TBAUwAwEB/zANBgkqhkiG9w0B
' AQsFAAOBgQArFvdi5u9i2QF1Qw+cdC1l7w2Y3+q6RIkln2W8rWJFje00644o8hXy7v46giJCedmF
' ULlhm1n7XIsZGy2W3lJ77v5agn9gFwXu1h3cqkGXkoteE6SQJQXWgsW3GWPveObvTL8LF4y57fgM
' 9ZWS+V9MJajeu44Rf/tU17TLYKjvEjGCA7MwggOvAgEBMIGgMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJBVTERMA8G
' A1UECAwIVmljdG9yaWExEjAQBgNVBAcMCU1lbGJvdXJuZTEhMB8GA1UECgwYSW50ZXJuZXQgV2lk
' Z2l0cyBQdHkgTHRkMQ8wDQYDVQQDDAZXaWRnZXQxKDAmBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWGWFkbWluQGludGVy
' bmV0d2lkZ2V0cy5jb20CCQDD7CQk9dXJ4jANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFAKCCAjQwGAYJKoZIhvcNAQkD
' MQsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAcBgkqhkiG9w0BCQUxDxcNMTcwNDI5MTYzNTQ3WjAvBgkqhkiG9w0BCQQx
' IgQgnXqtpfBjs9ZZUJxbNYbwYvpmXTGgIbYErkIA3jQo0EEwXwYJKoZIhvcNAQkPMVIwUDALBglg
' hkgBZQMEAQIwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYIKoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgFAMAcGBSsO
' AwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMIGxBgkrBgEEAYI3EAQxgaMwgaAwgZIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkFVMREw
' DwYDVQQIDAhWaWN0b3JpYTESMBAGA1UEBwwJTWVsYm91cm5lMSEwHwYDVQQKDBhJbnRlcm5ldCBX
' aWRnaXRzIFB0eSBMdGQxDzANBgNVBAMMBldpZGdldDEoMCYGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYZYWRtaW5AaW50
' ZXJuZXR3aWRnZXRzLmNvbQIJAMPsJCT11cniMIGzBgsqhkiG9w0BCRACCzGBo6CBoDCBkjELMAkG
' A1UEBhMCQVUxETAPBgNVBAgMCFZpY3RvcmlhMRIwEAYDVQQHDAlNZWxib3VybmUxITAfBgNVBAoM
' GEludGVybmV0IFdpZGdpdHMgUHR5IEx0ZDEPMA0GA1UEAwwGV2lkZ2V0MSgwJgYJKoZIhvcNAQkB
' FhlhZG1pbkBpbnRlcm5ldHdpZGdldHMuY29tAgkAw+wkJPXVyeIwPQYJKoZIhvcNAQEKMDCgDTAL
' BglghkgBZQMEAgGhGjAYBgkqhkiG9w0BAQgwCwYJYIZIAWUDBAIBogMCASAEgYBFgBS1vtBoac6P
' /NRcY3jdytoxK7xc8vEYW/PhgsbE+sP7dvu6eoRLVicoQ8RIeMh3CtPZFq1+JcL5NNzQoAotizTX
' EKhiceX1mC5ocCeEvgNouxkN2Qr/X12m60rNvNl5r+GEqiqx/1fs2yRAl5sIzwPsMMY3p9tGOpy0
' 5p7sRQ==

' 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.VerifySbENC(sb,pkcs7sig)
Debug.Print "Signature verified: " & success