Hi, Two Signature Elements (e1,e2) which seem to be equal (when serialised) but one is verified and other is not.
something like this - ... Verifying e1 ... 19 Apr, 2005 10:11:20 AM org.apache.xml.security.signature.Reference verify INFO: Verification successful for URI "" ... Result of e1.equalsNode(e2) is:- true ... // Now this fails. Verifying e2 ... 19 Apr, 2005 10:11:21 AM org.apache.xml.security.signature.Reference verify WARNING: Verification failed for URI "" Now i am sending e1 from one module and receiving e2 at other. and then I get verification failure . I have also attached the dump of signature i am trying to verify. Someone please tell me * Does verification of a signature depends on only on the element Signature or else. * I mean If Element attributes like parent node , baseURI , ownerDocument ( which are not considered in equalNode() method ) are they significant for signature verification ? * Also , Can i know the reason for failure ? * And , How do i solve this problem? someone plz help me, thanks, Pushya. -- These are the code fragments i use, // Verify method. public boolean Verify(Element e) throws Exception { XMLSignature xmlSignature = = new XMLSignature( (Element)e , "" ); KeyInfo ki = xmlSignature.getKeyInfo(); X509Certificate cert = xmlSignature.getKeyInfo().getX509Certificate(); cert.checkValidity(); boolean Result = xmlSignature.checkSignatureValue(cert); return Result; } ... ... System.out.println("Verifying e1 ..."); Verify(e1); System.out.println("Result of e1.equalsNode(e2) is: " + (e1.isEqualNode(e2))); System.out.println("Verifying e2 ..."); Verify(e2); -- Pushyamitra Navare
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