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Verfies an RSA Signature

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Verifies an RSA signature against the original data.

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import { BinData, PublicKey, Rsa } from '@chilkat/react-native'

function chilkatExample() {
  // The following data was signed by the following example:
  // RSA Sign using a Private Key on a USB Token or Smartcard
  const bd = new BinData();
  for (let i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
    bd.appendEncoded('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F', 'hex');
  }

  // Load the signature
  const bdSig = new BinData();
  try {
    bdSig.loadFile('rsaSignatures/test1.sig');
  } catch {
    console.log('Failed to load the RSA signature');
    return;
  }

  // Get the public key to be used for signature verification.
  const pubKey = new PublicKey();
  try {
    pubKey.loadFromFile('rsaKeys/chilkat-rsa-2048.pem');
  } catch {
    console.log(pubKey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const rsa = new Rsa();
  try {
    rsa.usePublicKey(pubKey);
  } catch {
    console.log(rsa.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Verify the hash of the data against the signature.
  // We pass in the original data.  Internally, the hash is generated
  // and used to validate the signature.
  // Validating the RSA signature means two things:  
  // (1) the original data is exactly what was signed, and 
  // (2) it was signed by the owner of the RSA private key.

  try {
    rsa.verifyBd(bd, 'sha256', bdSig);
    console.log('Signature valid.');
  } catch {
    console.log(rsa.lastErrorText);
    console.log('Signature invalid.');
  }
}