AuthenticodeSigner Component
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The AuthenticodeSigner component signs executable files (EXE) and dynamically linked libraries (DLL).
Syntax
TsbxAuthenticodeSigner
Remarks
Use this component to sign your binaries and optionally timestamp them.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| BlockedCertificates | The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors. |
| ClaimedSigningTime | The signing time from the signer's computer. |
| CustomSignedAttributes | Provides custom signed attributes to be added to a signature. |
| CustomUnsignedAttributes | Provides custom unsigned attributes to be added to a signature. These attributes can be added to an existing signature. |
| ExternalCrypto | Provides access to external signing and DC parameters. |
| FIPSMode | Reserved. |
| HashAlgorithm | The hash algorithm to be used for signing. |
| IgnoreChainValidationErrors | Makes the component tolerant to chain validation errors. |
| InputBytes | Use this property to pass the input to component in the byte array form. |
| InputFile | A path to the executable to be signed. |
| KnownCertificates | Additional certificates for chain validation. |
| KnownCRLs | Additional CRLs for chain validation. |
| KnownOCSPs | Additional OCSP responses for chain validation. |
| OfflineMode | Switches the component to the offline mode. |
| OutputBytes | Use this property to read the output the component object has produced. |
| OutputFile | The file to save the signed executable to. |
| Profile | Specifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature. |
| Proxy | The proxy server settings. |
| RemoveExistingSignatures | Specifies whether to remove any existing signatures before signing. |
| RevocationCheck | Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform. |
| SignatureDescription | Sets human-readable signature description. |
| SignatureIndex | The index of the signature to timstamp or update. |
| SignatureURL | Sets the URL to include in the signature. |
| SigningCertificate | The certificate to be used for signing. |
| SigningChain | The signing certificate chain. |
| SocketSettings | Manages network connection settings. |
| StatementType | Sets the signature statement type. |
| TimestampServer | The address of the timestamping server. |
| TimestampType | Sets the signature timestamp type. |
| TLSClientChain | The TLS client certificate chain. |
| TLSServerChain | The TLS server's certificate chain. |
| TLSSettings | Manages TLS layer settings. |
| TrustedCertificates | A list of trusted certificates for chain validation. |
| ValidationLog | Contains the complete log of the certificate validation routine. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
| DoAction | Performs an additional action. |
| ExtractAsyncData | Extracts user data from the DC signing service response. |
| Sign | Calculates and adds a signature to the executable. |
| SignAsyncBegin | Initiates the asynchronous signing operation. |
| SignAsyncEnd | Completes the asynchronous signing operation. |
| SignExternal | Signs the document using an external signing facility. |
| Timestamp | Use this method to add a timestamp to a new or to an existing signature. |
| Update | Update an existing signature (or all the signatures) by adding or removing its (their) custom unsigned attributes. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| ChainElementDownload | Fires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source. |
| ChainElementNeeded | Fires when an element required to validate the chain was not located. |
| ChainValidationProgress | This event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure. |
| Error | Information about errors during Authenticode signing. |
| ExternalSign | Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source. |
| Notification | This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event. |
| Start | This event is fired when the component is about to start the signing process. |
| TimestampRequest | Fires when the component is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA. |
| TLSCertNeeded | Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate. |
| TLSCertValidate | This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance. |
| TLSEstablished | Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes. |
| TLSHandshake | Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences. |
| TLSShutdown | Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| AttributeConflictResolution | Specifies how to resolve updating conflicts. |
| BufferSize | Specifies processing buffer size in bytes. |
| DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs | Tells the component to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter. |
| ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted | Whether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors. |
| GracePeriod | Specifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks. |
| IgnoreChainLoops | Whether chain loops should be ignored. |
| IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension | Whether OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored. |
| IgnoreSystemTrust | Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted. |
| ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates | Whether to trust self-signed certificates. |
| PromoteLongOCSPResponses | Whether long OCSP responses are requested. |
| TempPath | Path for storing temporary files. |
| TimestampConflictResolution | Specifies how to resolve timestamping conflicts. |
| TimestampResponse | A base16-encoded timestamp response received from a TSA. |
| TLSChainValidationDetails | Contains the advanced details of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| TLSChainValidationResult | Contains the result of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| TLSClientAuthRequested | Indicates whether the TLS server requests client authentication. |
| TLSValidationLog | Contains the log of the TLS server certificate validation. |
| TolerateMinorChainIssues | Whether to tolerate minor chain issues. |
| UseMicrosoftCTL | Enables or disables automatic use of Microsoft online certificate trust list. |
| UseSystemCertificates | Enables or disables the use of the system certificates. |
| UseValidationCache | Enables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache. |
| CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse | Enables or disable private key integrity check before use. |
| CookieCaching | Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports. |
| Cookies | Gets or sets local cookies for the component (supported for HTTPClient, RESTClient and SOAPClient only). |
| DefDeriveKeyIterations | Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count. |
| EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE | Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients. |
| GlobalCookies | Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports. |
| HttpUserAgent | Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients. |
| LogDestination | Specifies the debug log destination. |
| LogDetails | Specifies the debug log details to dump. |
| LogFile | Specifies the debug log filename. |
| LogFilters | Specifies the debug log filters. |
| LogFlushMode | Specifies the log flush mode. |
| LogLevel | Specifies the debug log level. |
| LogMaxEventCount | Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken. |
| LogRotationMode | Specifies the log rotation mode. |
| MaxASN1BufferLength | Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data. |
| MaxASN1TreeDepth | Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees. |
| OCSPHashAlgorithm | Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests. |
| Tag | Allows to store any custom data. |
| UseOwnDNSResolver | Specifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver. |
| UseSharedSystemStorages | Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores. |
| UseSystemOAEPAndPSS | Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations. |
| UseSystemRandom | Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG. |
BlockedCertificates Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.
Syntax
property BlockedCertificates: TsbxCertificateList read get_BlockedCertificates write set_BlockedCertificates;
Remarks
Use this property to provide a list of compromised or blocked certificates. Any chain containing a blocked certificate will fail validation.
This property is not available at design time.
ClaimedSigningTime Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The signing time from the signer's computer.
Syntax
property ClaimedSigningTime: String read get_ClaimedSigningTime write set_ClaimedSigningTime;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide the signature production time. The claimed time is not supported by a trusted source; it may be inaccurate, forfeited, or wrong, and as such is usually taken for informational purposes only by verifiers. Use timestamp servers to embed verifiable trusted timestamps. The time is in UTC.
CustomSignedAttributes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Provides custom signed attributes to be added to a signature.
Syntax
property CustomSignedAttributes: TsbxStringNameValuePairList read get_CustomSignedAttributes;
Remarks
Use this property to add custom signed attributes to a signature. Attributes should be specified in form Name=Value where Name is eigther an OID string (1.2.34.56.77) or a hexidecimal string (2A864886F70D010101), and Value is a hexidecimal string.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
CustomUnsignedAttributes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Provides custom unsigned attributes to be added to a signature. These attributes can be added to an existing signature.
Syntax
property CustomUnsignedAttributes: TsbxStringNameValuePairList read get_CustomUnsignedAttributes;
Remarks
Use this property to add custom unsigned attributes to a signature. Attributes should be specified in form Name=Value where Name is eigther an OID string (1.2.34.56.77) or a hexidecimal string (2A864886F70D010101), and Value is a hexidecimal string.
Leave the collection empty to remove all the custom unsigned attributes.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
ExternalCrypto Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Provides access to external signing and DC parameters.
Syntax
property ExternalCrypto: TsbxExternalCrypto read get_ExternalCrypto;
Remarks
Use this property to tune-up remote cryptography settings. SecureBlackbox supports two independent types of external cryptography: synchronous (based on OnExternalSign event) and asynchronous (based on DC protocol and DCAuth signing component).
This property is read-only.
FIPSMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Reserved.
Syntax
property FIPSMode: Boolean read get_FIPSMode write set_FIPSMode;
Default Value
false
Remarks
This property is reserved for future use.
HashAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The hash algorithm to be used for signing.
Syntax
property HashAlgorithm: String read get_HashAlgorithm write set_HashAlgorithm;
Default Value
'SHA256'
Remarks
The following algorithms are supported: MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA3_224, SHA3_256, SHA3_384, SHA3_512.
IgnoreChainValidationErrors Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Makes the component tolerant to chain validation errors.
Syntax
property IgnoreChainValidationErrors: Boolean read get_IgnoreChainValidationErrors write set_IgnoreChainValidationErrors;
Default Value
false
Remarks
If this property is set to True, any errors emerging during certificate chain validation will be ignored. This setting may be handy if the purpose of validation is the creation of an LTV signature, and the validation is performed in an environment that doesn't trust the signer's certificate chain.
InputBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Use this property to pass the input to component in the byte array form.
Syntax
property InputBytes: TBytes read get_InputBytes write set_InputBytes;
Remarks
Assign a byte array containing the data to be processed to this property.
This property is not available at design time.
InputFile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
A path to the executable to be signed.
Syntax
property InputFile: String read get_InputFile write set_InputFile;
Default Value
''
Remarks
A path to the file containing the executable to be signed. The input can alternatively be provided via InputStream.
KnownCertificates Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Additional certificates for chain validation.
Syntax
property KnownCertificates: TsbxCertificateList read get_KnownCertificates write set_KnownCertificates;
Remarks
Use this property to supply a list of additional certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when intermediary CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.
The purpose of certificates to be added to this collection is roughly equivalent to that of Intermediate Certification Authorities system store in Windows.
Do not add trust anchors or root certificates to this collection: add them to TrustedCertificates instead.
This property is not available at design time.
KnownCRLs Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Additional CRLs for chain validation.
Syntax
property KnownCRLs: TsbxCRLList read get_KnownCRLs write set_KnownCRLs;
Remarks
Use this property to supply additional CRLs that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated CRLs are stored separately from the signed message or document.
This property is not available at design time.
KnownOCSPs Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Additional OCSP responses for chain validation.
Syntax
property KnownOCSPs: TsbxOCSPResponseList read get_KnownOCSPs write set_KnownOCSPs;
Remarks
Use this property to supply additional OCSP responses that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated OCSP responses are stored separately from the signed message or document.
This property is not available at design time.
OfflineMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Switches the component to the offline mode.
Syntax
property OfflineMode: Boolean read get_OfflineMode write set_OfflineMode;
Default Value
false
Remarks
When working in offline mode, the component restricts itself from using any online revocation information sources, such as CRL or OCSP responders.
Offline mode may be useful if there is a need to verify the completeness of validation information included within the signature or provided via KnownCertificates, KnownCRLs, and other related properties.
OutputBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Use this property to read the output the component object has produced.
Syntax
property OutputBytes: TBytes read get_OutputBytes;
Remarks
Read the contents of this property after the operation is completed to read the produced output. This property will only be set if OutputFile and OutputStream properties had not been assigned.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
OutputFile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The file to save the signed executable to.
Syntax
property OutputFile: String read get_OutputFile write set_OutputFile;
Default Value
''
Remarks
A path to the file where the component should save the signed executable file. Use OutputStream to save the signed file to a stream instead.
Profile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Specifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature.
Syntax
property Profile: String read get_Profile write set_Profile;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Advanced signatures come in many variants, which are often defined by parties that needs to process them or by local standards. SecureBlackbox profiles are sets of pre-defined configurations which correspond to particular signature variants. By specifying a profile, you are pre-configuring the component to make it produce the signature that matches the configuration corresponding to that profile.
Proxy Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The proxy server settings.
Syntax
property Proxy: TsbxProxySettings read get_Proxy;
Remarks
Use this property to tune up the proxy server settings.
This property is read-only.
RemoveExistingSignatures Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Specifies whether to remove any existing signatures before signing.
Syntax
property RemoveExistingSignatures: Boolean read get_RemoveExistingSignatures write set_RemoveExistingSignatures;
Default Value
false
Remarks
If this property is set to True, all the existing Authenticode signatures will be removed from the executable before adding the new one. If this property is False, the new signature will be added on top of the existing ones.
RevocationCheck Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform.
Syntax
property RevocationCheck: TsbxRevocationCheckKinds read get_RevocationCheck write set_RevocationCheck;
TsbxRevocationCheckKinds = ( crcNone, crcAuto, crcAllCRL, crcAllOCSP, crcAllCRLAndOCSP, crcAnyCRL, crcAnyOCSP, crcAnyCRLOrOCSP, crcAnyOCSPOrCRL );
Default Value
crcAuto
Remarks
Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.
Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses serve the same purpose of ensuring that the certificate had not been revoked by the Certificate Authority (CA) at the time of use. Depending on your circumstances and security policy requirements, you may want to use either one or both of the revocation information source types.
| crcNone (0) | No revocation checking |
| crcAuto (1) | Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future. |
| crcAllCRL (2) | Check all provided CRL endpoints for all chain certificates. |
| crcAllOCSP (3) | Check all provided OCSP endpoints for all chain certificates. |
| crcAllCRLAndOCSP (4) | Check all CRL and OCSP endpoints for all chain certificates. |
| crcAnyCRL (5) | At least one CRL check for every certificate in the chain must succeed. |
| crcAnyOCSP (6) | At least one OCSP check for every certificate in the chain must succeed. |
| crcAnyCRLOrOCSP (7) | At least one CRL or OCSP check for every certificate in the chain must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first. |
| crcAnyOCSPOrCRL (8) | At least one CRL or OCSP check for every certificate in the chain must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first. |
This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.
There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).
This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most of typical validation environments. The 'crcAll*' modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.
SignatureDescription Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Sets human-readable signature description.
Syntax
property SignatureDescription: String read get_SignatureDescription write set_SignatureDescription;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide description for the new signature. This is optional.
SignatureIndex Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The index of the signature to timstamp or update.
Syntax
property SignatureIndex: Integer read get_SignatureIndex write set_SignatureIndex;
Default Value
-1
Remarks
Use this property to specify the index of the existing signature before timestamping or adding custom unsigned attributes. -1 means all the existing signatures.
SignatureURL Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Sets the URL to include in the signature.
Syntax
property SignatureURL: String read get_SignatureURL write set_SignatureURL;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide a custom URL with the signature. This is optional.
SigningCertificate Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The certificate to be used for signing.
Syntax
property SigningCertificate: TsbxCertificate read get_SigningCertificate write set_SigningCertificate;
Remarks
Use this property to specify the certificate that shall be used for signing the data. Note that this certificate should have a private key associated with it. Use SigningChain to supply the rest of the certificate chain for inclusion into the signature.
This property is not available at design time.
SigningChain Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The signing certificate chain.
Syntax
property SigningChain: TsbxCertificateList read get_SigningChain write set_SigningChain;
Remarks
Use this property to provide the chain for the signing certificate. Use SigningCertificate property, if it is available, to provide the signing certificate itself.
This property is not available at design time.
SocketSettings Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Manages network connection settings.
Syntax
property SocketSettings: TsbxSocketSettings read get_SocketSettings;
Remarks
Use this property to tune up network connection parameters.
This property is read-only.
StatementType Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Sets the signature statement type.
Syntax
property StatementType: TsbxAuthenticodeStatementTypes read get_StatementType write set_StatementType;
TsbxAuthenticodeStatementTypes = ( acsUnknown, acsIndividual, acsCommercial );
Default Value
acsIndividual
Remarks
Use this property to specify the signature statement type.
| acsUnknown | 0 |
| acsIndividual | 1 |
| acsCommercial | 2 |
TimestampServer Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The address of the timestamping server.
Syntax
property TimestampServer: String read get_TimestampServer write set_TimestampServer;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide the address of the Time Stamping Authority (TSA) server to be used for timestamping the signature.
SecureBlackbox supports RFC3161-compliant timestamping servers, available via HTTP or HTTPS.
If your timestamping service enforces credential-based user authentication (basic or digest), you can provide the credentials in the same URL:
http://user:password@timestamp.server.com/TsaService
For TSAs using certificate-based TLS authentication, provide the client certificate via the TLSClientChain property.
If this property is left empty, no timestamp will be added to the signature.
Starting from summer 2021 update (Vol. 2), the virtual timestamping service is supported, which allows you to intervene in the timestamping routine and provide your own handling for the TSA exchange. This may be handy if the service that you are requesting timestamps from uses a non-standard TSP protocol or requires special authentication option.
To employ the virtual service, assign an URI of the following format to this property:
virtual://localhost?hashonly=true&includecerts=true&reqpolicy=1.2.3.4.5&halg=SHA256
Subscribe to Notification event to get notified about the virtualized timestamping event. The EventID of the timestamping event is TimestampRequest. Inside the event handler, read the base16-encoded request from the EventParam parameter and forward it to the timestamping authority. Upon receiving the response, pass it back to the component, encoded in base16, via the TimestampResponse config property:
component.Config("TimestampResponse=308208ab...");
Note that all the exchange with your custom TSA should take place within the same invocation of the Notification event.
The hashonly parameter of the virtual URI tells the component to only return the timestamp message imprint via the EventParam parameter. If set to false, EventParam will contain the complete RFC3161 timestamping request.
The includecerts parameter specifies that the requestCertificates parameter of the timestamping request should be set to true.
The reqpolicy parameter lets you specify the request policy, and the halg parameter specifies the hash algorithm to use for timestamping.
All the parameters are optional.
TimestampType Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Sets the signature timestamp type.
Syntax
property TimestampType: TsbxAuthenticodeTimestampTypes read get_TimestampType write set_TimestampType;
TsbxAuthenticodeTimestampTypes = ( actUnknown, actLegacy, actTrusted );
Default Value
actTrusted
Remarks
Use this property to specify the signature timestamp type. This can either be a "trusted" timestamp (a weird name applied by the Authenticode specification to a standard RFC 3161 timestamp), or a "legacy" timestamp (an older variant of the base64-encoded TSP protocol).
| actUnknown | 0 |
| actLegacy | 1 |
| actTrusted | 2 |
TLSClientChain Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The TLS client certificate chain.
Syntax
property TLSClientChain: TsbxCertificateList read get_TLSClientChain write set_TLSClientChain;
Remarks
Assign a certificate chain to this property to enable TLS client authentication in the component. Note that the client's end-entity certificate should have a private key associated with it.
This property is not available at design time.
TLSServerChain Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The TLS server's certificate chain.
Syntax
property TLSServerChain: TsbxCertificateList read get_TLSServerChain;
Remarks
Use this property to access the certificate chain sent by the TLS server.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
TLSSettings Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Manages TLS layer settings.
Syntax
property TLSSettings: TsbxTLSSettings read get_TLSSettings;
Remarks
Use this property to tune up the TLS layer parameters.
This property is read-only.
TrustedCertificates Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
A list of trusted certificates for chain validation.
Syntax
property TrustedCertificates: TsbxCertificateList read get_TrustedCertificates write set_TrustedCertificates;
Remarks
Use this property to supply a list of trusted certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when root CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.
The purpose of this certificate collection is largely the same than that of Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities system store.
Use this property with extreme care as it directly affects chain verifiability; a wrong certificate added to the trusted list may result in bad chains being accepted, and forfeited signatures being recognized as genuine. Only add certificates that originate from the parties that you know and trust.
This property is not available at design time.
ValidationLog Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Contains the complete log of the certificate validation routine.
Syntax
property ValidationLog: String read get_ValidationLog;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to access the chain validation log produced by the component. The log can be very useful when investigating issues with chain validation, as it contains a step-by-step trace of the entire validation procedure.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Config Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Syntax
function Config(ConfigurationString: String): String;
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
DoAction Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Performs an additional action.
Syntax
function DoAction(ActionID: String; ActionParams: String): String;
Remarks
DoAction is a generic method available in every component. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.
The unique identifier of the action is provided in ActionID parameter. ActionParams contains a list of parameters for the action in the form of PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;....
ExtractAsyncData Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Extracts user data from the DC signing service response.
Syntax
function ExtractAsyncData(AsyncReply: String): String;
Remarks
Call this method before finalizing the asynchronous signing process to extract the data passed to the ExternalCrypto.Data property on the pre-signing stage.
The Data parameter can be used to pass some state or document identifier along with the signing request from the pre-signing to completion async stage.
Sign Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Calculates and adds a signature to the executable.
Syntax
procedure Sign();
Remarks
Use this method to create a new Authenticode signature over the executable as per the configuration of the component.
SignAsyncBegin Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Initiates the asynchronous signing operation.
Syntax
function SignAsyncBegin(): String;
Remarks
When using the DC framework, call this method to initiate the asynchronous signing process. Upon completion, a pre-signed copy of the document will be saved in OutputFile (or OutputStream). Keep the pre-signed copy somewhere local, and pass the returned string ('the request state') to the DC processor for handling.
Upon receiving the response state from the DC processor, assign the path to the pre-signed copy to InputFile (or InputStream), and call SignAsyncEnd to finalize the signing.
Note that depending on the signing method and DC configuration used, you may still need to provide the public part of the signing certificate via the SigningCertificate property.
Use the ExternalCrypto.AsyncDocumentID property to supply a unique document ID to include in the request. This is helpful when creating batches of multiple async requests, as it allows you to pass the whole response batch to SignAsyncEnd and expect it to recover the correct response from the batch automatically.
AsyncState is a message of the distributed cryptography (DC) protocol. DC protocol is based on exchange of async states between a DC client (an application that wants to sign a PDF, XML, or Office document) and a DC server (an application that controls access to the private key). An async state can carry one or more signing requests, comprised of document hashes, or one or more signatures produced over those hashes.
In a typical scenario you get a client-side async state from the SignAsyncBegin method. This state contains document hashes to be signed on the DC server side. You then send the async state to the DC server (often represented by the DCAuth control), which processes it and produces a matching signatures state. The async state produced by the server is then passed to the SignAsyncEnd method.
SignAsyncEnd Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Completes the asynchronous signing operation.
Syntax
procedure SignAsyncEnd(AsyncReply: String);
Remarks
When using the DC framework, call this method upon receiving the response state from the DC processor to complete the asynchronous signing process.
Before calling this method, assign the path to the pre-signed copy of the document obtained from prior SignAsyncBegin call to InputFile (or InputStream). The method will embed the signature into the pre-signed document, and save the complete signed document to OutputFile (or OutputStream).
Note that depending on the signing method and DC configuration used, you may still need to provide the public part of the signing certificate via the SigningCertificate property.
Use the ExternalCrypto.AsyncDocumentID parameter to pass a specific document ID if using batched AsyncReply. If used, it should match the value provided on the pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) stage.
AsyncState is a message of the distributed cryptography (DC) protocol. DC protocol is based on exchange of async states between a DC client (an application that wants to sign a PDF, XML, or Office document) and a DC server (an application that controls access to the private key). An async state can carry one or more signing requests, comprised of document hashes, or one or more signatures produced over those hashes.
In a typical scenario you get a client-side async state from the SignAsyncBegin method. This state contains document hashes to be signed on the DC server side. You then send the async state to the DC server (often represented by the DCAuth control), which processes it and produces a matching signatures state. The async state produced by the server is then passed to the SignAsyncEnd method.
SignExternal Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Signs the document using an external signing facility.
Syntax
procedure SignExternal();
Remarks
Use this method to create an Authenticode signature using an external signing facility for the cryptographic computations. SignExternal delegates the low-level signing operation to an external, remote, or custom signing engine. This method is useful if the signature has to be made by a device accessible through a custom or non-standard signing interface.
When all preparations are done and hash is computed, the component fires ExternalSign event which allows to pass the hash value for signing.
Timestamp Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Use this method to add a timestamp to a new or to an existing signature.
Syntax
procedure Timestamp();
Remarks
Call this method to timestamp the signature(s). If only one of the existing signatures should be timestamped, specify its index using the SignatureIndex property.
Use the TimestampServer property to provide the address of the TSA (Time Stamping Authority) server which should be used for timestamping. Use the TimestampType property to specify the type of timestamp to create.
If a timestamp already exists, this will be handled according to the value of the TimestampConflictResolution config property.
Update Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Update an existing signature (or all the signatures) by adding or removing its (their) custom unsigned attributes.
Syntax
procedure Update();
Remarks
Call this method to add one or mode custom unsigned attributes to an existing signature (specify its index using the SignatureIndex property) or to all the existing signatures (set SignatureIndex to -1).
Use the CustomUnsignedAttributes property to provide new attributes to be added. If an unsigned attribute with the same OID already exists, this will be handled according to the value of the AttributeConflictResolution config property.
If the CustomUnsignedAttributes property is empty, all the existing unsigned attributes in the specified signature (or all the signatures) will be removed.
ChainElementDownload Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source.
Syntax
type TChainElementDownloadEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; Kind: Integer; const CertRDN: String; const CACertRDN: String; const Location: String; var Action: Integer ) of Object;
property OnChainElementDownload: TChainElementDownloadEvent read FOnChainElementDownload write FOnChainElementDownload;
Remarks
Subscribe to this event to be notified about validation element retrievals. Use Action parameter to suppress the download if required.
| veaAuto | 0 | Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour) |
| veaContinue | 1 | Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval) |
| veaReject | 2 | Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval) |
| veaAcceptNow | 3 | Accept the validated certificate immediately |
| veaAbortNow | 4 | Abort the validation, reject the certificate |
ChainElementNeeded Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when an element required to validate the chain was not located.
Syntax
type TChainElementNeededEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; Kind: Integer; const CertRDN: String; const CACertRDN: String ) of Object;
property OnChainElementNeeded: TChainElementNeededEvent read FOnChainElementNeeded write FOnChainElementNeeded;
Remarks
Subscribe to this event to be notified about missing validation elements. Use the KnownCRLs, KnownCertificates, and KnownOCSPs properties in the event handler to provide the missing piece.
ChainValidationProgress Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
This event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure.
Syntax
type TChainValidationProgressEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const EventKind: String; const CertRDN: String; const CACertRDN: String; var Action: Integer ) of Object;
property OnChainValidationProgress: TChainValidationProgressEvent read FOnChainValidationProgress write FOnChainValidationProgress;
Remarks
Subscribe to this event to be notified about chain validation progress. Use Action parameter to alter the validation flow.
The EventKind parameter reports the nature of the event being reported. The CertRDN and CACertRDN report the distinguished names of the certificates that are relevant for the event invocation (one or both can be empty, depending on EventKind. Use Action parameter to adjust the validation flow.
| veaAuto | 0 | Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour) |
| veaContinue | 1 | Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval) |
| veaReject | 2 | Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval) |
| veaAcceptNow | 3 | Accept the validated certificate immediately |
| veaAbortNow | 4 | Abort the validation, reject the certificate |
Error Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Information about errors during Authenticode signing.
Syntax
type TErrorEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; ErrorCode: Integer; const Description: String ) of Object;
property OnError: TErrorEvent read FOnError write FOnError;
Remarks
This event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during binary processing.
ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error.
ExternalSign Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.
Syntax
type TExternalSignEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const OperationId: String; const HashAlgorithm: String; const Pars: String; const Data: String; var SignedData: String ) of Object;
property OnExternalSign: TExternalSignEvent read FOnExternalSign write FOnExternalSign;
Remarks
Assign a handler to this event if you need to delegate a low-level signing operation to an external, remote, or custom signing engine. Depending on the settings, the handler will receive a hashed or unhashed value to be signed.
The event handler must pass the value of Data to the signer, obtain the signature, and pass it back to the component via SignedData parameter.
OperationId provides a comment about the operation and its origin. It depends on the exact component being used, and may be empty. HashAlgorithm specifies the hash algorithm being used for the operation, and Pars contain algorithm-dependent parameters.
The component uses base16 (hex) encoding for Data, SignedData, and Pars parameters. If your signing engine uses a different input and output encoding, you may need to decode and/or encode the data before and/or after the signing.
A sample MD5 hash encoded in base16: a0dee2a0382afbb09120ffa7ccd8a152 - lower case base16 A0DEE2A0382AFBB09120FFA7CCD8A152 - upper case base16
A sample event handler that uses a .NET RSACryptoServiceProvider class may look like the following:
signer.OnExternalSign += (s, e) =>
{
var cert = new X509Certificate2("cert.pfx", "", X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
var key = (RSACryptoServiceProvider)cert.PrivateKey;
var dataToSign = e.Data.FromBase16String();
var signedData = key.SignHash(dataToSign, "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1");
e.SignedData = signedData.ToBase16String();
};
Notification Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.
Syntax
type TNotificationEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const EventID: String; const EventParam: String ) of Object;
property OnNotification: TNotificationEvent read FOnNotification write FOnNotification;
Remarks
The component fires this event to let the application know about some event, occurrence, or milestone in the component. For example, it may fire to report completion of the document processing. The list of events being reported is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.
The unique identifier of the event is provided in EventID parameter. EventParam contains any parameters accompanying the occurrence. Depending on the type of the component, the exact action it is performing, or the document being processed, one or both may be omitted.
This component can fire this event with the following EventID values:
| TimestampRequest | A timestamp is requested from the custom timestamping
authority. This event is only fired if TimestampServer was set to a
virtual:// URI. The EventParam parameter contains the
TSP request (or the plain hash, depending on the value provided to
TimestampServer), in base16, that needs to be sent to the TSA.
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Start Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
This event is fired when the component is about to start the signing process.
Syntax
type TStartEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; SpecifiedChecksum: Integer; ActualChecksum: Integer; IsSigned: Boolean; var Cancel: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnStart: TStartEvent read FOnStart write FOnStart;
Remarks
This event marks the start of the signing process over a certain file.
SpecifiedChecksum is the checksum specified in the file itself, ActualChecksum is the actual checksum computed by the component, IsSigned specifies whether the file is already signed, and Cancel allows to stop the operation.
TimestampRequest Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when the component is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA.
Syntax
type TTimestampRequestEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const TSA: String; const TimestampRequest: String; var TimestampResponse: String; var SuppressDefault: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnTimestampRequest: TTimestampRequestEvent read FOnTimestampRequest write FOnTimestampRequest;
Remarks
Subscribe to this event to be intercept timestamp requests. You can use it to override timestamping requests and perform them in your code.
The TSA parameter indicates the timestamping service being used. It matches the value passed to TimestampServer property. Set SuppressDefault parameter to false if you would like to stop the built-in TSA request from going ahead. The built-in TSA request is also not performed if the returned TimestampResponse parameter is not empty.
TLSCertNeeded Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.
Syntax
type TTLSCertNeededEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Host: String; const CANames: String ) of Object;
property OnTLSCertNeeded: TTLSCertNeededEvent read FOnTLSCertNeeded write FOnTLSCertNeeded;
Remarks
This event fires to notify the implementation that a remote TLS server has requested a client certificate. The Host parameter identifies the host that makes a request, and the CANames (optional, according to the TLS spec) advises on the accepted issuing CAs.
Use the TLSClientChain property in response to this event to provide the requested certificate. Please make sure the client certificate includes the associated private key. Note that you may set the certificates before the connection without waiting for this event to fire.
This event is preceded by the TLSHandshake event for the given host and, if the certificate was accepted, succeeded by the TLSEstablished event.
TLSCertValidate Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.
Syntax
type TTLSCertValidateEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const ServerHost: String; const ServerIP: String; var Accept: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnTLSCertValidate: TTLSCertValidateEvent read FOnTLSCertValidate write FOnTLSCertValidate;
Remarks
This event is fired during a TLS handshake. Use TLSServerChain property to access the certificate chain. In general case, components may contact a number of TLS endpoints during their work, depending on their configuration.
Accept is assigned in accordance with the outcome of the internal validation check performed by the component, and can be adjusted if needed.
TLSEstablished Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.
Syntax
type TTLSEstablishedEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Host: String; const Version: String; const Ciphersuite: String; ConnectionId: TBytes; var Abort: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnTLSEstablished: TTLSEstablishedEvent read FOnTLSEstablished write FOnTLSEstablished;
Remarks
The component uses this event to notify the application about successful completion of a TLS handshake.
The Version, Ciphersuite, and ConnectionId parameters indicate security parameters of the new connection. Use the Abort parameter if you need to terminate the connection at this stage.
TLSHandshake Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.
Syntax
type TTLSHandshakeEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Host: String; var Abort: Boolean ) of Object;
property OnTLSHandshake: TTLSHandshakeEvent read FOnTLSHandshake write FOnTLSHandshake;
Remarks
The component uses this event to notify the application about the start of a new TLS handshake to Host. If the handshake is successful, this event will be followed with TLSEstablished event. If the server chooses to request a client certificate, TLSCertNeeded event will also be fired.
TLSShutdown Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.
Syntax
type TTLSShutdownEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; const Host: String ) of Object;
property OnTLSShutdown: TTLSShutdownEvent read FOnTLSShutdown write FOnTLSShutdown;
Remarks
This event notifies the application about the closure of an earlier established TLS connection. Note that only graceful connection closures are reported.
Certificate Type
Provides details of an individual X.509 certificate.
Remarks
This type provides access to X.509 certificate details.
Fields
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CA Boolean |
Indicates whether the certificate has a CA capability (a setting in BasicConstraints extension). |
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CAKeyID TBytes |
A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key. Authority Key Identifier is a (non-critical) X.509 certificate extension which allows the identification of certificates produced by the same issuer, but with different public keys. |
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CRLDistributionPoints String |
Locations of the CRL (Certificate Revocation List) distribution points used to check this certificate's validity. |
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Curve String |
Specifies the elliptic curve of the EC public key.
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Fingerprint TBytes |
Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate. |
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FriendlyName String |
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Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise. When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object
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HashAlgorithm String |
Specifies the hash algorithm to be used in the operations on the certificate (such as key signing)
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Issuer String |
The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name. |
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IssuerRDN String |
A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the certificate issuer. |
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KeyAlgorithm String |
Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.
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Returns the length of the public key. |
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Returns a fingerprint of the public key contained in the certificate. |
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KeyUsage Integer |
Indicates the purposes of the key contained in the certificate, in the form of an OR'ed flag set. This value is a bit mask of the following values:
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KeyValid Boolean |
Returns True if the certificate's key is cryptographically valid, and False otherwise. |
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Locations of OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) services that can be used to check this certificate's validity, as recorded by the CA. |
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OCSPNoCheck Boolean |
Accessor to the value of the certificates ocsp-no-check extension. |
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Returns the origin of this certificate. |
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Contains identifiers (OIDs) of the applicable certificate policies. The Certificate Policies extension identifies a sequence of policies under which the certificate has been issued, and which regulate its usage. |
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PrivateKeyBytes TBytes |
Contains the certificate's private key. It is normal for this property to be empty if the private key is non-exportable. |
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PrivateKeyExists Boolean |
Indicates whether the certificate has an associated private key. |
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Indicates whether the private key is extractable |
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PublicKeyBytes TBytes |
Contains the certificate's public key in DER format. |
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QualifiedStatements TsbxQualifiedStatementsTypes |
Returns the qualified status of the certificate. |
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Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA. |
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Returns the certificate's serial number. |
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SigAlgorithm String |
Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate. |
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Subject String |
The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name. |
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Returns or sets the value of the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate. |
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Contains a unique identifier (fingerprint) of the certificate's private key. Subject Key Identifier is a (non-critical) X.509 certificate extension which allows the identification of certificates containing a particular public key. In SecureBlackbox, the unique identifier is represented with a SHA1 hash of the bit string of the subject public key. |
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SubjectRDN String |
A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the certificate holder (subject). |
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ValidFrom String |
The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC. |
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The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC. |
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constructor Create();
Creates a new object with default field values.
CRL Type
Represents a Certificate Revocation List.
Remarks
CRLs store information about revoked certificates, i.e., certificates that have been identified as invalid by their issuing certificate authority (CA) for any number of reasons.
Each CRL object lists certificates from a single CA and identifies them by their serial numbers. A CA may or may not publish a CRL, may publish several CRLs, or may publish the same CRL in multiple locations.
Unlike OCSP responses, CRLs only list certificates that have been revoked. They do not list certificates that are still valid.
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Bytes TBytes |
Returns raw CRL data in DER format. |
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CAKeyID TBytes |
A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key, if present in the CRL. |
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Returns the number of certificate status entries in the CRL. |
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Handle Int64 |
Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise. When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object
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Issuer String |
The common name of the CRL issuer (CA), typically a company name. |
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IssuerRDN String |
A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the CRL issuer. |
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Location String |
The URL that the CRL was downloaded from. |
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NextUpdate String |
The planned time and date of the next version of this CRL to be published. |
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SigAlgorithm String |
The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this CRL. |
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TBS TBytes |
The to-be-signed part of the CRL (the CRL without the signature part). |
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The date and time at which this version of the CRL was published. |
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constructor Create();
Creates an empty CRL object.
ExternalCrypto Type
Specifies the parameters of external cryptographic calls.
Remarks
External cryptocalls are used in a Distributed Cryptography (DC) subsystem, which allows the delegation of security operations to the remote agent. For instance, it can be used to compute the signature value on the server, while retaining the client's private key locally.
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AsyncDocumentID String |
Specifies an optional document ID for SignAsyncBegin() and SignAsyncEnd() calls. Use this property when working with multi-signature DCAuth requests and responses to uniquely identify documents signed within a larger batch. On the completion stage, this value helps the signing component identify the correct signature in the returned batch of responses. If using batched requests, make sure to set this property to the same value on both pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages. |
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Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted). |
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Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor |
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ExternalHashCalculation Boolean |
Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint. Please note that this mode is not supported by all components. In particular, components operating with larger objects (PDFSigner, CAdESSigner, XAdESSigner) do not support it. |
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HashAlgorithm String |
Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.
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KeyID String |
The ID of the pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. Asynchronous DCAuth-driven communication requires that parties authenticate each other with a secret pre-shared cryptographic key. This provides extra protection layer for the protocol and diminishes the risk of private key becoming abused by foreign parties. Use this property to provide the pre-shared key identifier, and use KeySecret to pass the key itself. The same KeyID/KeySecret pair should be used on the DCAuth side for the signing requests to be accepted. Note: The KeyID/KeySecret scheme is very similar to the AuthKey scheme used in various Cloud service providers to authenticate users. Example:
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KeySecret String |
The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. This key must be set and match the key used by the DCAuth counterpart for the scheme to work. Read more about configuring authentication in the KeyID topic. |
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Method TsbxAsyncSignMethods |
Specifies the asynchronous signing method. This is typically defined by the DC server capabilities and setup. Available options:
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Mode TsbxExternalCryptoModes |
Specifies the external cryptography mode. Available options:
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PublicKeyAlgorithm String |
Provide public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.
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constructor Create();
Creates a new ExternalCrypto object with default field values.
OCSPResponse Type
Represents a single OCSP response originating from an OCSP responder.
Remarks
OCSP is a protocol that allows verification of certificate status in real-time, and is an alternative to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL).
An OCSP response is a snapshot of the certificate status at a given time.
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Bytes TBytes |
Buffer containing raw OCSP response data. |
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EntryCount Integer |
The number of SingleResponse elements contained in this OCSP response. Each SingleResponse element corresponds to a certificate status. |
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Handle Int64 |
Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise. When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object
after such operation.
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Issuer String |
Indicates the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative). |
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IssuerRDN String |
Indicates the RDN of the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative). |
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Location String |
Location of the OCSP responder. |
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ProducedAt String |
Specifies the time when the response was produced, in UTC. |
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constructor Create();
Creates an empty OCSP response object.
ProxySettings Type
A container for proxy server settings.
Remarks
This type exposes a collection of properties for tuning up the proxy server configuration.
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Address String |
The IP address of the proxy server. |
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The authentication type used by the proxy server.
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The password to authenticate to the proxy server. |
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The port on the proxy server to connect to. |
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ProxyType TsbxProxyTypes |
The type of the proxy server. The WebTunnel proxy is also known as HTTPS proxy. Unlike HTTP proxy, HTTPS proxy (WebTunnel) provides end-to-end security.
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Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy. |
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ResponseBody String |
Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body. |
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ResponseHeaders String |
Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server. |
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UseIPv6 Boolean |
Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy. |
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UseProxy Boolean |
Enables or disables proxy-driven connection. |
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Username String |
Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication. |
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constructor Create();
Creates a new ProxySettings object.
SocketSettings Type
A container for the socket settings.
Remarks
This type is a container for socket-layer parameters.
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DNSMode TsbxDNSResolveModes |
Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.
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Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server. |
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DNSQueryTimeout Integer |
The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query. The value of 0 indicates the infinite timeout. |
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DNSServers String |
The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons. |
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The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process. The value of 0 indicates the infinite timeout. |
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The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second. |
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LocalAddress String |
The local network interface to bind the socket to. |
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The local port number to bind the socket to. |
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The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second. |
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Timeout Integer |
The maximum period of waiting, in milliseconds, after which the socket operation is considered unsuccessful. If Timeout is set to 0, a socket operation will expire after the system-default timeout (2 hrs 8 min for TCP stack). |
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UseIPv6 Boolean |
Enables or disables IP protocol version 6. |
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constructor Create();
Creates a new SocketSettings object.
StringNameValuePair Type
A simple name-value pair object.
Remarks
The component represents a name-value string pair used in a variety of network components.
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Category String |
Specifies the string category of the contained value. This property allows to check or set the category (or type) associated with the contained value. Depending on the format used to load or save the string, the category parameter may or may not be used. For example, for ASN.1 property lists the category contains the ASN.1 tag of the contained data (OCTETSTRING, UTF8STRING, INTEGER, ...). For basic (name, value) pairs, such as HTTP headers, the category parameter is not used. |
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Format Integer |
Specifies the format (encoding) of the value contained in the Value property. Use this property to check or set the format of the contained value. Remember to provide the actual value in the appropriate
format that matches this setting:
The following formats are currently supported:
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Name String |
The name element in a (name, value) pair. |
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Value String |
The value element in a (name, value) pair. |
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constructor Create(valName: String; valValue: String);
Creates a name-value pair from a name and a value.
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Creates an empty name-value object.
TLSSettings Type
A container for TLS connection settings.
Remarks
TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol provides security for information exchanged over insecure connections such as TCP/IP.
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AutoValidateCertificates Boolean |
Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules. |
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Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings. Several profiles are on offer, tuned up for different purposes, such as high security or higher compatibility.
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A list of ciphersuites separated with commas or semicolons. Each ciphersuite in the list may be prefixed with a minus sign (-) to indicate that the ciphersuite should be disabled rather than enabled. Besides the specific ciphersuite modifiers, this property supports the all (and -all) aliases that allow to blanketly enable or disable all ciphersuites at once. Note: the list of ciphersuites provided to this property alters the baseline list of ciphersuites as defined by BaseConfiguration. Remember to start your ciphersuite string with -all; if you need to only enable a specific fixed set of ciphersuites. The list of supported ciphersuites is provided below:
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Defines the elliptic curves to enable. |
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Provides access to TLS extensions. |
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Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes. |
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Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated. |
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PreSharedKey String |
Contains the pre-shared for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16. |
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Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation. |
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Selects renegotiation attack prevention mechanism. The following options are available:
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Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform. Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.
This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time. There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs). This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most of typical validation environments. The 'crcAll*' modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential. |
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Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of
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Specifies the TLS mode to use.
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Enables Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627. |
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Enables or disables TLS session resumption capability. |
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Th SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.
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constructor Create();
Creates a new TLSSettings object.
Config Settings (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.AuthenticodeSigner Config Settings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AttributeConflictResolution:
Specifies how to resolve updating conflicts.Use this property to specify what to do when a custom unsigned attribute with the same OID already exists. Default: tcrInsert. Available options are:
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| BufferSize: Specifies processing buffer size in bytes.Use this property to set the buffer size (in bytes) that should be used when processing binaries. The default value is 1048576 (1 MB). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs: Tells the component to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter.When this property is set to True, the validation engine treats OCSP response without a NextUpdate field as 'substandard' and tries to obtain some further revocation material for the certificate in question (a different OCSP or a CRL, even if the component is configured to prefer the OCSP route). This is to work around Adobe Reader's intolerance to such OCSPs when classifying signed documents as LTV (as of August 2022). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted: Whether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors. Set this property to True to enable full chain validation for explicitly trusted intermediary or end-entity certificates. This may be useful when creating signatures to enforce completeness of the collected revocation information. It often makes sense to set this property to false when validating signatures to reduce validation time and avoid issues with badly configured environments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GracePeriod: Specifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks.Use this property to specify a grace period (in seconds). Grace period applies to certain subprotocols, such as OCSP, and caters to the inaccuracy and/or missynchronization of clocks on different participating systems. Any time deviations within the grace period will be tolerated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IgnoreChainLoops: Whether chain loops should be ignored.Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore chain loops. This may be an option when you need to process chains from buggy CAs that happen to include subchains that sign themselves. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension: Whether OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored.Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore the OCSP no-check extension. You would normally need to set this property when validating severely non-compliant chains that misuse the extension, causing chain loops or other validation issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IgnoreSystemTrust:
Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.Specifies whether, during chain validation, the component should respect
the trust to CA certificates as configured in the operating system.
In Windows this effectively defines whether the component should trust the
certificates residing in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.
If IgnoreSystemTrust is True, certificates residing in the trusted root store are treated as if they are known, rather than trusted. Only certificates provided via other means (such as TrustedCertificates property) are considered trusted. |
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| ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates: Whether to trust self-signed certificates. Set this property to True to implicitly trust all self-signed certificates. Use it with care as trusting just about every self-signed certificate is unwise. One exceptional reason where this property may be handy is where a chain is validated in an environment that is not supposed to trust it (for example, a signing, rather than verifying environment, or a QA server). Trusting all self-signing certificates (which are normally trusted) allows to emulate the verifying environment without actually changing its security settings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PromoteLongOCSPResponses: Whether long OCSP responses are requested. Set this property to True to force the component to publish 'long' form of OCSP responses. Otherwise, only BasicOCSPResponse blobs are promoted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TimestampConflictResolution:
Specifies how to resolve timestamping conflicts.Use this property to specify how timestamping conflicts should be resolved. Default value: tcrIgnore. Available options are:
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| TimestampResponse: A base16-encoded timestamp response received from a TSA.When using virtual:// timestamp endpoints, assign this property in your Notification event handler with the TSP response that you receive from the TSA. Remember to encode the response in hex (base16). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TLSChainValidationDetails: Contains the advanced details of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in TLSCertValidate event handler to access the TLS certificate validation details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TLSChainValidationResult: Contains the result of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in TLSCertValidate event handler to obtain the TLS certificate validation result. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TLSClientAuthRequested: Indicates whether the TLS server requests client authentication.Check this property in TLSCertValidate event handler to find out whether the TLS server requests the client to provide the authentication certificate. If this property is set to true, provide your certificate via TLSClientChain property. Note that the component may fire this event more than once during each operation, as more than one TLS-enabled server may need to be contacted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TLSValidationLog: Contains the log of the TLS server certificate validation.Check this property in TLSCertValidate event handler to retrieve the validation log of the TLS server. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TolerateMinorChainIssues:
Whether to tolerate minor chain issues.This parameter controls whether the chain validator should tolerate minor technical issues when validating the chain. Those are:
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| UseMicrosoftCTL: Enables or disables automatic use of Microsoft online certificate trust list.Enable this property to make the chain validation module automatically look up missing CA certificates in the public Windows Update repository. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseSystemCertificates: Enables or disables the use of the system certificates.Use this property to tell chain validation module automatically look up missing CA certificates in the system certificates. In many cases it is beneficial to switch this property on, as the operating system certificate configuration provides a representative trust framework. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseValidationCache: Enables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache.Use this property to enable or disable the use of the global chain validation cache. If enabled, the component will consult the product-wide validation cache when validating the signing chains. Also, the outcomes of any new chain validations performed by the component, both interim and final, will be saved in the cache and available for re-use by any future validations. Disable this property to ignore the cache and always perform the validation from the fresh start. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse:
Enables or disable private key integrity check before use.This global property enables or disables private key material check before each signing operation. This slows down performance a bit,
but prevents a selection of attacks on RSA keys where keys with unknown origins are used.
You can switch this property off to improve performance if your project only uses known, good private keys. |
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| CookieCaching:
Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.Set this property to enable or disable cookies caching for the component.
Supported values are:
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| Cookies: Gets or sets local cookies for the component (supported for HTTPClient, RESTClient and SOAPClient only).Use this property to get cookies from the internal cookie storage of the component and/or restore them back between application sessions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DefDeriveKeyIterations: Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.This global property sets the default number of iterations for all supported key derivation algorithms. Note that you can provide the required number of iterations by using properties of the relevant key generation component; this global setting is used in scenarios where specific iteration count is not or cannot be provided. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE:
Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.This global property enables or disables support for finite field DHE key exchange methods in TLS clients. FF DHE is a slower
algorithm if compared to EC DHE; enabling it may result in slower connections.
This setting only applies to sessions negotiated with TLS version 1.3. |
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| GlobalCookies: Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.Use this property to get cookies from the GLOBAL cookie storage or restore them back between application sessions. These cookies will be used by all the components that have its CookieCaching property set to "global". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HttpUserAgent: Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.This global setting defines the User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request. This value will be used by all the HTTP clients including the ones used internally in other components. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LogDestination:
Specifies the debug log destination.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies where debug log should be dumped.
Supported values are:
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| LogDetails:
Specifies the debug log details to dump.Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies which debug log details to dump.
Supported values are:
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| LogFile: Specifies the debug log filename.Use this property to provide a path to the log file. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LogFilters:
Specifies the debug log filters.Contains a comma-separated list of value pairs ("name:value") that describe filters.
Supported filter names are:
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LogFlushMode:
Specifies the log flush mode.Use this property to set the log flush mode. The following values are defined:
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| LogLevel:
Specifies the debug log level.Use this property to provide the desired debug log level.
Supported values are:
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| LogMaxEventCount:
Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.Use this property to specify the log event number threshold. This threshold may have different effects,
depending on the rotation setting and/or the flush mode.
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LogRotationMode:
Specifies the log rotation mode.Use this property to set the log rotation mode. The following values are defined:
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| MaxASN1BufferLength: Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.This global property limits the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 tag data for non-content-carrying structures, such as certificates, CRLs, or timestamps. It does not affect structures that can carry content, such as CMS/CAdES messages. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MaxASN1TreeDepth: Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.This global property limits the maximal depth of ASN.1 trees that the component can handle without throwing an error. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCSPHashAlgorithm: Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.This global setting defines the hash algorithm to use in OCSP requests during chain validation. Some OCSP responders can only use older algorithms, in which case setting this property to SHA1 may be helpful. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tag: Allows to store any custom data.Use this config property to store any custom data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseOwnDNSResolver: Specifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver.Set this global property to false to force all the client components to use the DNS resolver provided by the target OS instead of using own one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseSharedSystemStorages: Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.Set this global property to false to make each validation run use its own copy of system certificate stores. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseSystemOAEPAndPSS:
Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.This global setting defines who is responsible for performing RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS computations where the private key is stored in a Windows system store and is exportable.
If set to true, SBB will delegate the computations to Windows via a CryptoAPI call. Otherwise, it will export the key material and perform the computations
using its own OAEP/PSS implementation.
This setting only applies to certificates originating from a Windows system store. |
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| UseSystemRandom: Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.Use this global property to enable or disable the use of operating system-driven pseudorandom number generation. |
Trappable Errors (AuthenticodeSigner Component)
AuthenticodeSigner Errors
| 1048577 Invalid parameter value (SB_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER) | |
| 1048578 Component is configured incorrectly (SB_ERROR_INVALID_SETUP) | |
| 1048579 Operation cannot be executed in the current state (SB_ERROR_INVALID_STATE) | |
| 1048580 Attempt to set an invalid value to a property (SB_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE) | |
| 1048581 Certificate does not have its private key loaded (SB_ERROR_NO_PRIVATE_KEY) | |
| 1048581 Cancelled by the user (SB_ERROR_CANCELLED_BY_USER) |