Generate RSA Key and Sign a String

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.

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// Needs #include <CkRsa.h>

    CkString strOut;

    CkRsa rsa;

    //  Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
    bool success;
    success = rsa.UnlockComponent("30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append("RSA component unlock failed\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    //  Generate a 1024-bit RSA key pair.
    rsa.GenerateKey(1024);

    //  This example will sign a string, and receive the signature
    //  in a hex-encoded string.  Therefore, set the encoding mode
    //  to "hex":
    rsa.put_EncodingMode("hex");

    //  If some other non-Chilkat application or web service is going to be verifying
    //  the signature, it is important to match the byte-ordering.
    //  The LittleEndian property may be set to true
    //  for little-endian byte ordering,
    //  or false  for big-endian byte ordering.
    //  Microsoft apps typically use little-endian, while
    //  OpenSSL and other services (such as Amazon CloudFront)
    //  use big-endian.
    rsa.put_LittleEndian(false);

    const char * strData;
    strData = "This is the string to be signed.";

    //  Sign the string using the  md5 hash algorithm.
    //  Other valid choices are "md2", "sha256", "sha384",
    //  "sha512", and "sha-1".
    const char * hexSig;
    hexSig = rsa.signStringENC(strData,"md5");

    strOut.append(hexSig);
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(rsa.lastErrorText());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    //  Now verify the signature:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,"md5",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        strOut.append("Signature verified!\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append(rsa.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    //  Try it with an invalid signature:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,"md5","not a valid sig");
    if (success == true) {
        strOut.append("Signature verified!\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append(rsa.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    //  Try it with invalid data:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC("Not the original data","md5",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        strOut.append("Signature verified!\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append(rsa.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    //  Try it with the wrong hash algorithm:
    success = rsa.VerifyStringENC(strData,"sha-1",hexSig);
    if (success == true) {
        strOut.append("Signature verified!\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append(rsa.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());