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Go Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Authenticode Sign a PowerShell Script (.ps1, .psm1, .psd1)

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Demonstrates how to Authenticode sign a PowerShell script. PowerShell scripts (.ps1), modules (.psm1) and data files (.psd1) can be signed starting in Chilkat v11.7.0. The signature is appended to the file as a comment block, and the file keeps its text encoding.

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    success := false

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

    //  Signing PowerShell files requires Chilkat v11.7.0 or later.
    //  The same code signs a script (.ps1), a module (.psm1), or a data file (.psd1).

    //  Load the code signing certificate.  It must have access to its private key.
    cert := chilkat.NewCert()
    success = cert.LoadPfxFile("C:/someDir/myCodeSigningCert.pfx","pfx password")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(cert.LastErrorText())
        cert.DisposeCert()
        return
    }

    //  Sign with SHA256, and ask a timestamp authority for a timestamp.  A timestamp lets the
    //  signature continue to validate after the code signing certificate has expired.
    //  
    //  {
    //    "hashAlg": "sha256",
    //    "timestampToken": {
    //      "enabled": true,
    //      "tsaUrl": "http://timestamp.digicert.com",
    //      "requestTsaCert": true,
    //      "hashAlg": "sha256"
    //    }
    //  }
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("hashAlg","sha256")
    json.UpdateBool("timestampToken.enabled",true)
    json.UpdateString("timestampToken.tsaUrl","http://timestamp.digicert.com")
    json.UpdateBool("timestampToken.requestTsaCert",true)
    json.UpdateString("timestampToken.hashAlg","sha256")

    scriptPath := "C:/someDir/Deploy.ps1"

    signer := chilkat.NewCodeSign()

    //  The script is modified in place.  The signature is appended to the end of the file as a comment block:
    //  
    //    # SIG # Begin signature block
    //    # MIIoKgYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIoGzCCKBcCAQExDzANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFADB5Bgor
    //    # ...
    //    # SIG # End signature block
    //  
    //  The text encoding of the file (UTF-8, UTF-8 with BOM, or UTF-16) is kept.
    //  If the script is already signed, the new signature block replaces the existing one.
    success = signer.AddSignature(scriptPath,cert,json)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(signer.LastErrorText())
        cert.DisposeCert()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        signer.DisposeCodeSign()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Signed the PowerShell script.")

    //  Verify the signature that was just added.
    //  Any change made to the script after it is signed, even to a comment, invalidates the signature.
    sigInfo := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    valid := signer.VerifySignature(scriptPath,sigInfo)
    if valid == false {
        fmt.Println(signer.LastErrorText())
        cert.DisposeCert()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        signer.DisposeCodeSign()
        sigInfo.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("The signature is valid.")

    cert.DisposeCert()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    signer.DisposeCodeSign()
    sigInfo.DisposeJsonObject()