Hi, Xerces itself has no support for signatures. Have a look at http://xml.apache.org/security/ thats the lib you need.
Regards Matthias > -----Original Message----- > From: Monica Lau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: XML Signature Questions > > > Hi, > > I'm a newbie on XML signatures. I've been reading up on it, > and I have two questions below that I hope Xerces/XML folks > can help me out with: > > (1) In the DOM creation, does Xerces support creating the > <signature> element? Is there special API to create this > element or is this treated as regular element creations using > the standard "createElement()" API? > > (2) This is probably a stupid question, but I really need to > ask: Do we invoke the signature generation algorithms > manually (ie, DSA, SHA-1, etc.) to generate the signature or > does Xerces automatically invoke these algorithms in the DOM > creation? I don't believe Xerces or any other XML parser > automatically invoke the algorithms to generate the > signatures, right? The <... Algorithm> elements (ie, > <SignatureMethod Algorithm="..." />) are essentially used to > tell the recipient what algorithms were used to generate the > signature (hence, describing the data). > > Thanks for your help in advance! Much appreciated. > > Regards, > Monica > > > > _____ > > Do you Yahoo!? > vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! >
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