(Classic ASP) Generate RSA Key and Sign a String

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Demonstrates how to generate a new RSA public/private key pair and use it to generate a signature for a string. The (binary) digital signature is returned as a hexidecimalized string.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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success = 0

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

set rsa = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rsa")

' Generate a 2048-bit RSA key.
set privKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)

success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(privKey)

' Return the signature in hex.
rsa.EncodingMode = "hex"

strData = "This is the string to be signed."

' Sign the SHA256 hash of the string.
hexSig = rsa.SignStringENC(strData,"sha256")

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( hexSig) & "</pre>"

' Now verify the signature:
set pubKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PublicKey")
success = privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)
success = rsa.UsePublicKey(pubKey)

success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,"sha256",hexSig)
If (success = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Signature verified!") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rsa.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
End If

' Try it with an invalid signature:
success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,"sha256","not a valid sig")
If (success = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Signature verified!") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Signature validation failed!") & "</pre>"
End If

' Try it with invalid data:
success = rsa.VerifyStringENC("Not the original data","sha256",hexSig)
If (success = 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Signature verified!") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Signature validation failed!") & "</pre>"
End If


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