[xmlsec] X509, verification of signature

Highdone Trias highdonet at adventresources.com
Tue Mar 15 14:48:46 PST 2005


Hi,

If the error is NOT caused by the common reasons, and I do not have access 
to the code that does the signature, what suggestion can you give to me?

Highdone Trias
Advent Resources, Inc.
www.adventresources.com
310.241.1500x2214

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Aleksey Sanin <aleksey at aleksey.com>
To: Highdone Trias <highdonet at adventresources.com>
Cc: piotr at fraktal.com.pl, xmlsec at aleksey.com
Sent: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:36:44 -0800
Subject: Re: [xmlsec] X509, verification of signature

> The error indicates that one of the digests does not match. There
> are two most common reasons for this error:
>   - The document was actually modified (may be, accidentialy). For
>   example, spaces or end-of-lines were inserted by a mailer program.
>   - The C14N incompatibility either because the of difference in a 
> way  Phaos and xmlsec do C14N or because the C14N was done from different
>   contexts.
> 
> If you have access to the code that does the signature, I would suggest
> to do the following:
>   - Make sure that document is not changed on the way.
>   - Make sure that signature happens from the same context (e.g. inside
>   the SOAP stuff).
>   - Try C14N instead of exc C14N.
>   - Get the c14n output from Phaos right before it digests it and compare
>   with what xmlsec does (--store-references option for xmlsec command
>   line utility).
> 
> Best,
> Aleksey
------- End of Original Message -------




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