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Go Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSASSA-PSS Sign Text

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

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    success := false

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

    crypt := chilkat.NewCrypt2()

    //  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.)
    pfx := chilkat.NewPfx()
    success = pfx.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/rsassa-pss/privatekey.pfx","PFX_PASSWORD")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(pfx.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        pfx.DisposePfx()
        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.)

    cert := chilkat.NewCert()
    success = pfx.CertAt(0,cert)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(pfx.LastErrorText())
        crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
        pfx.DisposePfx()
        cert.DisposeCert()
        return
    }

    crypt.SetSigningCert(cert)

    //  Indicate that RSASSA-PSS with SHA256 should be used.
    crypt.SetSigningAlg("pss")
    crypt.SetHashAlgorithm("sha256")

    crypt.SetEncodingMode("base64_mime")

    //  Build a string to sign
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    i := 1
    for i < 12 {
        sb.AppendInt(i)
        sb.Append(" the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.\r\n")
        i = i + 1
    }

    fmt.Println(*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.SetCharset("utf-8")

    //  Sign the string to get a PKCS7 detached signature in base64 format.
    pkcs7sig := crypt.SignSbENC(sb)
    fmt.Println("Detached PCKS7 Signature:")
    fmt.Println(*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)
    fmt.Println("Signature verified: ", success)

    crypt.DisposeCrypt2()
    pfx.DisposePfx()
    cert.DisposeCert()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()