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ECDSA Sign and Verify

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Demonstrates how to create an ECDSA signature on the SHA256 hash of some data, and then verify.

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IncludeFile "CkAsn.pb"
IncludeFile "CkBinData.pb"
IncludeFile "CkEcc.pb"
IncludeFile "CkPrivateKey.pb"
IncludeFile "CkPrng.pb"
IncludeFile "CkXml.pb"
IncludeFile "CkCrypt2.pb"
IncludeFile "CkPublicKey.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    ; First load an ECDSA private key to be used for signing.
    privKey.i = CkPrivateKey::ckCreate()
    If privKey.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkPrivateKey::ckLoadEncryptedPemFile(privKey,"qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-key-pkcs8-secret.pem","secret")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkPrivateKey::ckLastErrorText(privKey)
        CkPrivateKey::ckDispose(privKey)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Sign the SHA256 hash of some data.
    bd.i = CkBinData::ckCreate()
    If bd.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkBinData::ckLoadFile(bd,"qa_data/hamlet.xml")
    If success = 0
        Debug "Failed to load file to be hashed."
        CkPrivateKey::ckDispose(privKey)
        CkBinData::ckDispose(bd)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    crypt.i = CkCrypt2::ckCreate()
    If crypt.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkCrypt2::setCkHashAlgorithm(crypt, "sha256")
    CkCrypt2::setCkEncodingMode(crypt, "base64")
    hashStr.s = CkCrypt2::ckHashBdENC(crypt,bd)

    ecdsa.i = CkEcc::ckCreate()
    If ecdsa.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    prng.i = CkPrng::ckCreate()
    If prng.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Returns ASN.1 signature as a base64 string.
    sig.s = CkEcc::ckSignHashENC(ecdsa,hashStr,"base64",privKey,prng)
    Debug "sig = " + sig

    ; The signature is in ASN.1 format (which may be described as the "encoded DSS signature").
    ; SEQUENCE (2 elem)
    ;   INTEGER (255 bit) 4849395540832462044300553275435608522154141569743642905628579547100940...
    ;   INTEGER (255 bit) 3680701124244788134409868118208591399799457104230118295614152238560005...

    ; If you wish, you can get the r and s components of the signature like this:
    asn.i = CkAsn::ckCreate()
    If asn.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkAsn::ckLoadEncoded(asn,sig,"base64")
    xml.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xml.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::ckLoadXml(xml,CkAsn::ckAsnToXml(asn))

    Debug CkXml::ckGetXml(xml)

    ; We now have this:
    ; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    ; <sequence>
    ;     <int>6650D422D86BA4A228B5617604E59052591B9B2C32EF324C44D09EF67E5F0060</int>
    ;     <int>0CFD9F6AC85042FC70F672C141BA6B2A4CAFBB906C3D907BCCC1BED62B28326F</int>
    ; </sequence>

    ; Get the "r" and "s" as hex strings
    r.s = CkXml::ckGetChildContentByIndex(xml,0)
    s.s = CkXml::ckGetChildContentByIndex(xml,1)

    Debug "r = " + r
    Debug "s = " + s

    ; --------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Now verify against the hash of the original data.

    ; Get the corresponding public key.
    pubKey.i = CkPublicKey::ckCreate()
    If pubKey.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkPublicKey::ckLoadFromFile(pubKey,"qa_data/ecc/secp256r1-pub.pem")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkPublicKey::ckLastErrorText(pubKey)
        CkPrivateKey::ckDispose(privKey)
        CkBinData::ckDispose(bd)
        CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
        CkEcc::ckDispose(ecdsa)
        CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
        CkAsn::ckDispose(asn)
        CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
        CkPublicKey::ckDispose(pubKey)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; We already have the SHA256 hash of the original data (hashStr) so no need to re-do it..
    ecc2.i = CkEcc::ckCreate()
    If ecc2.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    result.i = CkEcc::ckVerifyHashENC(ecc2,hashStr,sig,"base64",pubKey)
    If result <> 1
        Debug CkEcc::ckLastErrorText(ecc2)
        CkPrivateKey::ckDispose(privKey)
        CkBinData::ckDispose(bd)
        CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
        CkEcc::ckDispose(ecdsa)
        CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
        CkAsn::ckDispose(asn)
        CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
        CkPublicKey::ckDispose(pubKey)
        CkEcc::ckDispose(ecc2)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Verified!"

    ; Note: If we have only r,s and wish to reconstruct the ASN.1 signature, we do it like this:
    xml2.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xml2.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::setCkTag(xml2, "sequence")
    CkXml::ckNewChild2(xml2,"int",r)
    CkXml::ckNewChild2(xml2,"int",s)

    asn2.i = CkAsn::ckCreate()
    If asn2.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkAsn::ckLoadAsnXml(asn2,CkXml::ckGetXml(xml2))
    encodedSig.s = CkAsn::ckGetEncodedDer(asn2,"base64")
    Debug "encoded DSS signature: " + encodedSig

    ; You can go to https://lapo.it/asn1js/  and copy/paste the base64 encodedSig into the online tool, then press the "decode" button.
    ; You will see the ASN.1 such as this:

    ; SEQUENCE (2 elem)
    ;   INTEGER (255 bit) 4849395540832462044300553275435608522154141569743642905628579547100940...
    ;   INTEGER (255 bit) 3680701124244788134409868118208591399799457104230118295614152238560005...


    CkPrivateKey::ckDispose(privKey)
    CkBinData::ckDispose(bd)
    CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
    CkEcc::ckDispose(ecdsa)
    CkPrng::ckDispose(prng)
    CkAsn::ckDispose(asn)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
    CkPublicKey::ckDispose(pubKey)
    CkEcc::ckDispose(ecc2)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xml2)
    CkAsn::ckDispose(asn2)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure