MessageTimestamper Component
Properties Methods Events Configuration Settings Errors
The MessageTimestamper component timestamps data and stores it in the PKCS#7 format.
Syntax
TsbxMessageTimestamper
Remarks
PKCS#7 (Public Key Cryptography Standard #7) is a common format used to store encrypted and signed data. It is used by a variety of protocols, including S/MIME and CMS.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| DataFileName | A file name to be saved together with the timestamped data. |
| DataURI | The URI to be included with the timestamped data. |
| Detached | Specifies whether a detached timestamp should be produced. |
| FIPSMode | Reserved. |
| InputBytes | Use this property to pass the input to component in the byte array form. |
| InputFile | A path to the source file. |
| OutputBytes | Use this property to read the output the component object has produced. |
| OutputFile | A path to the output file. |
| TimestampServer | The address of the timestamping server. |
| TimestampType | TBD. |
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. |
| Timestamp | Timestamps the data. |
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.
| Error | Information about errors during PKCS#7 message encryption. |
| Notification | This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
| MediaType | Media type. |
| ProtectMetadata | Protect metadata. |
| TempPath | Path for storing temporary files. |
| UseUndefSize | Allows or forbids the use of ASN.1 tags of undefined size. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
DataFileName Property (MessageTimestamper Component)
A file name to be saved together with the timestamped data.
Syntax
property DataFileName: String read get_DataFileName write set_DataFileName;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide a file name to be stored in the timestamp together with the timestamped data. This is only informational and does not necessarily need to match the file name provided via InputFile.
DataURI Property (MessageTimestamper Component)
The URI to be included with the timestamped data.
Syntax
property DataURI: String read get_DataURI write set_DataURI;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide a URI to be saved alongside the timestamped data. This value is only informational.
Detached Property (MessageTimestamper Component)
Specifies whether a detached timestamp should be produced.
Syntax
property Detached: Boolean read get_Detached write set_Detached;
Default Value
false
Remarks
Set this property to true to produce a detached timestamp, i.e. kept separately and alongside the timestamped document.
FIPSMode Property (MessageTimestamper Component)
Reserved.
Syntax
property FIPSMode: Boolean read get_FIPSMode write set_FIPSMode;
Default Value
false
Remarks
This property is reserved for future use.
InputBytes Property (MessageTimestamper 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 (MessageTimestamper Component)
A path to the source file.
Syntax
property InputFile: String read get_InputFile write set_InputFile;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to provide a path to the file containing the data to be timestamped.
OutputBytes Property (MessageTimestamper 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 (MessageTimestamper Component)
A path to the output file.
Syntax
property OutputFile: String read get_OutputFile write set_OutputFile;
Default Value
''
Remarks
Use this property to specify the file to save the timestamped message to.
TimestampServer Property (MessageTimestamper 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 (MessageTimestamper Component)
TBD.
Syntax
property TimestampType: String read get_TimestampType write set_TimestampType;
Default Value
''
Remarks
TBD
Config Method (MessageTimestamper 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 (MessageTimestamper 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;....
Timestamp Method (MessageTimestamper Component)
Timestamps the data.
Syntax
procedure Timestamp();
Remarks
Call this method to timestamp the content provided in InputFile (or InputStream) with a trusted timestamp from TimestampServer.
Error Event (MessageTimestamper Component)
Information about errors during PKCS#7 message encryption.
Syntax
type TErrorEvent = procedure ( Sender: TObject; ErrorCode: Integer; const Description: String ) of Object;
property OnError: TErrorEvent read FOnError write FOnError;
Remarks
The event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing.
ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Messages section.
Notification Event (MessageTimestamper 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.
Use the event handler to send the request to the TSA. Upon receiving the response, assign it, in base16, to the TimestampResponse configuration property. |
Configuration Settings (MessageTimestamper 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.MessageTimestamper Configuration Settings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MediaType: Media type.The media type. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ProtectMetadata: Protect metadata.Set to true to include the metadata to the timestamp coverage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TempPath: Path for storing temporary files.This setting specifies an absolute path to the location on disk where temporary files are stored. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UseUndefSize: Allows or forbids the use of ASN.1 tags of undefined size.Usually PKCS#7 messages are handled correctly when undefined-size tags are used. However some ASN.1 parsers (S/MIME handler in Outlook Express, security plugins of Adobe Acrobat) can't correctly handle such tags. If you are targeting such software, you need this property. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
The default value of this setting is 100. |
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (MessageTimestamper Component)
MessageTimestamper 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) |