Generating and Verifying Signatures [API]

Sign Step 5: Compile the Program

You have now created the complete GenSig.java program. Use the compiler to compile it.

Here's the full source code, with some comments added:

import java.io.*;
import java.security.*;

class GenSig {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        /* Generate a DSA signature */

        if (args.length != 1) {
            System.out.println("Usage: GenSig nameOfFileToSign");
            }
        else try{

            /* Generate a key pair */

            KeyPairGenerator keyGen = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("DSA", "SUN");
            SecureRandom random = SecureRandom.getInstance("SHA1PRNG", "SUN");

            keyGen.initialize(1024, random);

            KeyPair pair = keyGen.generateKeyPair();
            PrivateKey priv = pair.getPrivate();
            PublicKey pub = pair.getPublic();


            /* Create a Signature object and initialize it with the private key */

            Signature dsa = Signature.getInstance("SHA1withDSA", "SUN"); 

            dsa.initSign(priv);

            /* Update and sign the data */

            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
            BufferedInputStream bufin = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int len;
            while (bufin.available() != 0) {
                len = bufin.read(buffer);
                dsa.update(buffer, 0, len);
                };

            bufin.close();

            /* Now that all the data to be signed has been read in, 
                    generate a signature for it */

            byte[] realSig = dsa.sign();

        
            /* Save the signature in a file */
            FileOutputStream sigfos = new FileOutputStream("sig");
            sigfos.write(realSig);

            sigfos.close();


            /* Save the public key in a file */
            byte[] key = pub.getEncoded();
            FileOutputStream keyfos = new FileOutputStream("suepk");
            keyfos.write(key);

            keyfos.close();

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

    };

}

Generating and Verifying Signatures [API]