Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Duplicate openssl rsautl -sign -in small.dat -inkey private.pem -out rsautl.sig

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Demonstrates how to duplicate this OpenSSL command:

openssl rsautl -sign -in small.dat -inkey private.pem -out rsautl.sig

The small.dat file is a small file that can contain text or binary data of any type. The "openssl rsautl" command is different than "openssl dgst -sign" because it signs the input data directly with the RSA algorithm. The "openssl dgst -sign" command first digests the input data and then signs the digest.

How much data can be signed with "openssl rsautl"? The maximum size (in bytes) is the key size minus the overhead for the padding. The overhead size depends on the padding. With OAEP padding, the overhead is 42 bytes. With the default PKCSv1.5 padding, the overhead is 11 bytes.

Given a 2048-bit RSA key (256 bytes) and using PKCSv1.5 padding, the max data size that can be signed is 256 - 11 = 245 bytes.

Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.BinData,
  Chilkat.PrivateKey,
  Chilkat.Rsa;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  pkey: TPrivateKey;
  bd: TBinData;
  rsa: TRsa;

begin
  success := False;

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

  pkey := TPrivateKey.Create;

  //  Load the private key from an PEM file:
  success := pkey.LoadPemFile('private.pem');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(pkey.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Load the file to be signed.
  bd := TBinData.Create;
  success := bd.LoadFile('small.dat');

  rsa := TRsa.Create;
  success := rsa.UsePrivateKey(pkey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  OpenSSL uses big-endian.
  rsa.LittleEndian := False;

  //  Sign bd.  If successful, bd will contain the RSA signature that contains the original data.
  success := rsa.SignRawBd(bd);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Save the binary signature to a file.
  success := bd.WriteFile('rsautl.sig');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Failed to save output signature file.');
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Success.');


  pkey.Free;
  bd.Free;
  rsa.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.