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Verify a DSA signature

 
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import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.security.KeyFactory;
import java.security.PublicKey;
import java.security.Signature;
import java.security.spec.X509EncodedKeySpec;

public class VerSig {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    /* Verify a DSA signature */

    if (args.length != 3) {
      System.out
          .println("Usage: VerSig publickeyfile signaturefile datafile");
    } else
      try {

        /* import encoded public key */

        FileInputStream keyfis = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
        byte[] encKey = new byte[keyfis.available()];
        keyfis.read(encKey);

        keyfis.close();

        X509EncodedKeySpec pubKeySpec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(encKey);

        KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("DSA", "SUN");
        PublicKey pubKey = keyFactory.generatePublic(pubKeySpec);

        /* input the signature bytes */
        FileInputStream sigfis = new FileInputStream(args[1]);
        byte[] sigToVerify = new byte[sigfis.available()];
        sigfis.read(sigToVerify);

        sigfis.close();

        /*
         * create a Signature object and initialize it with the public
         * key
         */
        Signature sig = Signature.getInstance("SHA1withDSA", "SUN");
        sig.initVerify(pubKey);

        /* Update and verify the data */

        FileInputStream datafis = new FileInputStream(args[2]);
        BufferedInputStream bufin = new BufferedInputStream(datafis);

        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int len;
        while (bufin.available() != 0) {
          len = bufin.read(buffer);
          sig.update(buffer, 0, len);
        }
        ;

        bufin.close();

        boolean verifies = sig.verify(sigToVerify);

        System.out.println("signature verifies: " + verifies);

      } catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("Caught exception " + e.toString());
      }
    ;

  }

}


           
         
  








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