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Created November 29, 2017 14:15
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Sign and verify a file using OpenSSL command line tool. It exports the digital signature in Base64 format.
#!/bin/bash
# Sign a file with a private key using OpenSSL
# Encode the signature in Base64 format
#
# Usage: sign <file> <private_key>
#
# NOTE: to generate a public/private key use the following commands:
#
# openssl genrsa -aes128 -passout pass:<passphrase> -out private.pem 2048
# openssl rsa -in private.pem -passin pass:<passphrase> -pubout -out public.pem
#
# where <passphrase> is the passphrase to be used.
filename=$1
privatekey=$2
if [[ $# -lt 2 ]] ; then
echo "Usage: sign <file> <private_key>"
exit 1
fi
openssl dgst -sha256 -sign $privatekey -out /tmp/$filename.sha256 $filename
openssl base64 -in /tmp/$filename.sha256 -out signature.sha256
rm /tmp/$filename.sha256
#!/bin/bash
# Verify a file with a public key using OpenSSL
# Decode the signature from Base64 format
#
# Usage: verify <file> <signature> <public_key>
#
# NOTE: to generate a public/private key use the following commands:
#
# openssl genrsa -aes128 -passout pass:<passphrase> -out private.pem 2048
# openssl rsa -in private.pem -passin pass:<passphrase> -pubout -out public.pem
#
# where <passphrase> is the passphrase to be used.
filename=$1
signature=$2
publickey=$3
if [[ $# -lt 3 ]] ; then
echo "Usage: verify <file> <signature> <public_key>"
exit 1
fi
openssl base64 -d -in $signature -out /tmp/$filename.sha256
openssl dgst -sha256 -verify $publickey -signature /tmp/$filename.sha256 $filename
rm /tmp/$filename.sha256
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