AuthenticodeSigner Component

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The AuthenticodeSigner component signs executable files (EXE) and dynamically linked libraries (DLL) using Microsoft Authenticode format.

Syntax

TsbxAuthenticodeSigner

Remarks

Use this component to sign your binaries and optionally timestamp them.

Authenticode signing of executables is a must in the majority of modern Windows-based environments and infrastructures. A digital signature over the executable ensures that the executable comes from a trusted vendor, verified by the CA that issued the certificate.

While Microsoft provides a tool that facilitates creation of Authenticode signatures, in some cases that tool may be awkward or even impossible to use. In those cases the AuthenticodeSigner component can stand in for the job. Capable of signing executables on all supported platforms, using certificates residing on any kind of media (including remote ones, via PKI Proxy), AuthenticodeSigner can easily fit any build environments imaginable.

AuthenticodeSigner supports the latest security algorithms and standards, including SHA2, ECDSA, timestamping, and cross-signing certificates. AuthenticodeSigner signer = new AuthenticodeSigner(); signer.setHashAlgorithm("SHA256"); // Default hashing algorithm SHA256 // Select the file which contains the executable that will be signed signer.setInputFile("executable.exe"); // Select the file where the signed executable will be saved signer.setOutputFile("signedExecutable.exe"); // Specify the certificate that shall be used for signing the exectutable signer.setSigningCertificate(new Certificate("cert.pfx","password")); // Provide the address of the Time Stamping Authority (TSA) server to be used for timestamping the signature signer.setTimestampServer("http://..."); signer.sign(); // Sign

Property List

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The following is the full list of the properties of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Method List

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The following is the full list of the methods of the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Event List

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The following is the full list of the events fired by the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

Config Settings

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The following is a list of config settings for the component with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

BlockedCertCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the BlockedCert arrays.

Syntax

__property int BlockedCertCount = { read=FBlockedCertCount, write=FSetBlockedCertCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• BlockedCertBytes
• BlockedCertHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at BlockedCertCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

BlockedCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray BlockedCertBytes[int BlockedCertIndex] = { read=FBlockedCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The BlockedCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the BlockedCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

BlockedCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 BlockedCertHandle[int BlockedCertIndex] = { read=FBlockedCertHandle, write=FSetBlockedCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The BlockedCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the BlockedCertCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

ClaimedSigningTime Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The signing time from the signer's computer.

Syntax

__property String ClaimedSigningTime = { read=FClaimedSigningTime, write=FSetClaimedSigningTime };

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.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies an optional document ID for SignAsyncBegin() and SignAsyncEnd() calls.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID = { read=FExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID, write=FSetExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID };

Default Value

""

Remarks

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 the pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoCustomParams Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted).

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoCustomParams = { read=FExternalCryptoCustomParams, write=FSetExternalCryptoCustomParams };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted).

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoData Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoData = { read=FExternalCryptoData, write=FSetExternalCryptoData };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint.

Syntax

__property bool ExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation = { read=FExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation, write=FSetExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint. Please note that this mode is not supported by the DCAuth component.

If set to true, the component will pass a few kilobytes of to-be-signed data from the document to the OnExternalSign event. This only applies when SignExternal() is called.

Data Type

Boolean

ExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm = { read=FExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm, write=FSetExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm };

Default Value

"SHA256"

Remarks

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoKeyID Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The ID of the pre-shared key used for DC request authentication.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoKeyID = { read=FExternalCryptoKeyID, write=FSetExternalCryptoKeyID };

Default Value

""

Remarks

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 an extra protection layer for the protocol and diminishes the risk of the private key becoming abused by foreign parties. Use this property to provide the pre-shared key identifier, and use ExternalCryptoKeySecret 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: signer.ExternalCrypto.KeyID = "MainSigningKey"; signer.ExternalCrypto.KeySecret = "abcdef0123456789";

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoKeySecret Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoKeySecret = { read=FExternalCryptoKeySecret, write=FSetExternalCryptoKeySecret };

Default Value

""

Remarks

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 ExternalCryptoKeyID topic.

Data Type

String

ExternalCryptoMethod Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the asynchronous signing method.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalCryptoMethods ExternalCryptoMethod = { read=FExternalCryptoMethod, write=FSetExternalCryptoMethod };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalCryptoMethods {
  asmdPKCS1=0,
  asmdPKCS7=1
};

Default Value

asmdPKCS1

Remarks

Specifies the asynchronous signing method. This is typically defined by the DC server capabilities and setup.

Available options:

Data Type

Integer

ExternalCryptoMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalCryptoModes ExternalCryptoMode = { read=FExternalCryptoMode, write=FSetExternalCryptoMode };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalCryptoModes {
  ecmDefault=0,
  ecmDisabled=1,
  ecmGeneric=2,
  ecmDCAuth=3,
  ecmDCAuthJSON=4
};

Default Value

ecmDefault

Remarks

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Available options:

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Provide the public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.

Syntax

__property String ExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm = { read=FExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm, write=FSetExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Provide the public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.

Data Type

String

FIPSMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Reserved.

Syntax

__property bool FIPSMode = { read=FFIPSMode, write=FSetFIPSMode };

Default Value

false

Remarks

This property is reserved for future use.

Data Type

Boolean

HashAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The hash algorithm to be used for signing.

Syntax

__property String HashAlgorithm = { read=FHashAlgorithm, write=FSetHashAlgorithm };

Default Value

"SHA256"

Remarks

The following algorithms are supported: MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA3_224, SHA3_256, SHA3_384, SHA3_512.

Data Type

String

IgnoreChainValidationErrors Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Makes the component tolerant to chain validation errors.

Syntax

__property bool IgnoreChainValidationErrors = { read=FIgnoreChainValidationErrors, write=FSetIgnoreChainValidationErrors };

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.

Data Type

Boolean

InputBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Use this property to pass the input to component in byte array form.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray InputBytes = { read=FInputBytes, write=FSetInputBytes };

Remarks

Assign a byte array containing the data to be processed to this property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

InputFile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

A path to the executable to be signed.

Syntax

__property String InputFile = { read=FInputFile, write=FSetInputFile };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A path to the file containing the executable to be signed. The input can alternatively be provided via InputStream.

Data Type

String

KnownCertCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the KnownCert arrays.

Syntax

__property int KnownCertCount = { read=FKnownCertCount, write=FSetKnownCertCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• KnownCertBytes
• KnownCertHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at KnownCertCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

KnownCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray KnownCertBytes[int KnownCertIndex] = { read=FKnownCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The KnownCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

KnownCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 KnownCertHandle[int KnownCertIndex] = { read=FKnownCertHandle, write=FSetKnownCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The KnownCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownCertCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

KnownCRLCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the KnownCRL arrays.

Syntax

__property int KnownCRLCount = { read=FKnownCRLCount, write=FSetKnownCRLCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• KnownCRLBytes
• KnownCRLHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at KnownCRLCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

KnownCRLBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray KnownCRLBytes[int KnownCRLIndex] = { read=FKnownCRLBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

The KnownCRLIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownCRLCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

KnownCRLHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 KnownCRLHandle[int KnownCRLIndex] = { read=FKnownCRLHandle, write=FSetKnownCRLHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The KnownCRLIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownCRLCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

KnownOCSPCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the KnownOCSP arrays.

Syntax

__property int KnownOCSPCount = { read=FKnownOCSPCount, write=FSetKnownOCSPCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• KnownOCSPBytes
• KnownOCSPHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at KnownOCSPCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

KnownOCSPBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray KnownOCSPBytes[int KnownOCSPIndex] = { read=FKnownOCSPBytes };

Remarks

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

The KnownOCSPIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownOCSPCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

KnownOCSPHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 KnownOCSPHandle[int KnownOCSPIndex] = { read=FKnownOCSPHandle, write=FSetKnownOCSPHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The KnownOCSPIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the KnownOCSPCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

OfflineMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Switches the component to offline mode.

Syntax

__property bool OfflineMode = { read=FOfflineMode, write=FSetOfflineMode };

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 the validation information included within the signature or provided via KnownCertificates, KnownCRLs, and other related properties.

Data Type

Boolean

OutputBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Use this property to read the output the component object has produced.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray OutputBytes = { read=FOutputBytes };

Remarks

Read the contents of this property after the operation has completed to read the produced output. This property will only be set if the OutputFile and OutputStream properties had not been assigned.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

OutputFile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The file to save the signed executable to.

Syntax

__property String OutputFile = { read=FOutputFile, write=FSetOutputFile };

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.

Data Type

String

Profile Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature.

Syntax

__property String Profile = { read=FProfile, write=FSetProfile };

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.

Data Type

String

ProxyAddress Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The IP address of the proxy server.

Syntax

__property String ProxyAddress = { read=FProxyAddress, write=FSetProxyAddress };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The IP address of the proxy server.

Data Type

String

ProxyAuthentication Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerProxyAuthentications ProxyAuthentication = { read=FProxyAuthentication, write=FSetProxyAuthentication };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerProxyAuthentications {
  patNoAuthentication=0,
  patBasic=1,
  patDigest=2,
  patNTLM=3
};

Default Value

patNoAuthentication

Remarks

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyPassword Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

Syntax

__property String ProxyPassword = { read=FProxyPassword, write=FSetProxyPassword };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

Data Type

String

ProxyPort Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

Syntax

__property int ProxyPort = { read=FProxyPort, write=FSetProxyPort };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyProxyType Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The type of the proxy server.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerProxyProxyTypes ProxyProxyType = { read=FProxyProxyType, write=FSetProxyProxyType };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerProxyProxyTypes {
  cptNone=0,
  cptSocks4=1,
  cptSocks5=2,
  cptWebTunnel=3,
  cptHTTP=4
};

Default Value

cptNone

Remarks

The type of the proxy server.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyRequestHeaders Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

Syntax

__property String ProxyRequestHeaders = { read=FProxyRequestHeaders, write=FSetProxyRequestHeaders };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

Data Type

String

ProxyResponseBody Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body.

Syntax

__property String ProxyResponseBody = { read=FProxyResponseBody, write=FSetProxyResponseBody };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body.

Data Type

String

ProxyResponseHeaders Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server.

Syntax

__property String ProxyResponseHeaders = { read=FProxyResponseHeaders, write=FSetProxyResponseHeaders };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server.

Data Type

String

ProxyUseIPv6 Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy.

Syntax

__property bool ProxyUseIPv6 = { read=FProxyUseIPv6, write=FSetProxyUseIPv6 };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy.

Data Type

Boolean

ProxyUsername Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

Syntax

__property String ProxyUsername = { read=FProxyUsername, write=FSetProxyUsername };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

Data Type

String

RemoveExistingSignatures Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies whether to remove any existing signatures before signing.

Syntax

__property bool RemoveExistingSignatures = { read=FRemoveExistingSignatures, write=FSetRemoveExistingSignatures };

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.

Data Type

Boolean

RevocationCheck Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerRevocationChecks RevocationCheck = { read=FRevocationCheck, write=FSetRevocationCheck };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerRevocationChecks {
  crcNone=0,
  crcAuto=1,
  crcAllCRL=2,
  crcAllOCSP=3,
  crcAllCRLAndOCSP=4,
  crcAnyCRL=5,
  crcAnyOCSP=6,
  crcAnyCRLOrOCSP=7,
  crcAnyOCSPOrCRL=8
};

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 (CRLs) 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.

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. 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 the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

Note: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

Note: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

Data Type

Integer

SignatureDescription Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Sets human-readable signature description.

Syntax

__property String SignatureDescription = { read=FSignatureDescription, write=FSetSignatureDescription };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to provide description for the new signature. This is optional.

Data Type

String

SignatureIndex Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The index of the signature to timstamp or update.

Syntax

__property int SignatureIndex = { read=FSignatureIndex, write=FSetSignatureIndex };

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.

Data Type

Integer

SignatureURL Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Sets the URL to include in the signature.

Syntax

__property String SignatureURL = { read=FSignatureURL, write=FSetSignatureURL };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to provide a custom URL with the signature. This is optional.

Data Type

String

SignedAttributeCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the SignedAttribute arrays.

Syntax

__property int SignedAttributeCount = { read=FSignedAttributeCount, write=FSetSignedAttributeCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• SignedAttributeOID
• SignedAttributeValue

The array indices start at 0 and end at SignedAttributeCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SignedAttributeOID Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The object identifier of the attribute.

Syntax

__property String SignedAttributeOID[int SignedAttributeIndex] = { read=FSignedAttributeOID, write=FSetSignedAttributeOID };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The object identifier of the attribute.

The SignedAttributeIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SignedAttributeCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SignedAttributeValue Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The value of the attribute.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray SignedAttributeValue[int SignedAttributeIndex] = { read=FSignedAttributeValue, write=FSetSignedAttributeValue };

Remarks

The value of the attribute.

The SignedAttributeIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SignedAttributeCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

SigningCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray SigningCertBytes = { read=FSigningCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

SigningCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 SigningCertHandle = { read=FSigningCertHandle, write=FSetSigningCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

SigningChainCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the SigningChain arrays.

Syntax

__property int SigningChainCount = { read=FSigningChainCount, write=FSetSigningChainCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• SigningChainBytes
• SigningChainHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at SigningChainCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SigningChainBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray SigningChainBytes[int SigningChainIndex] = { read=FSigningChainBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The SigningChainIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SigningChainCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

SigningChainHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 SigningChainHandle[int SigningChainIndex] = { read=FSigningChainHandle, write=FSetSigningChainHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The SigningChainIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SigningChainCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

SocketDNSMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerSocketDNSModes SocketDNSMode = { read=FSocketDNSMode, write=FSetSocketDNSMode };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerSocketDNSModes {
  dmAuto=0,
  dmPlatform=1,
  dmOwn=2,
  dmOwnSecure=3
};

Default Value

dmAuto

Remarks

Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.

Data Type

Integer

SocketDNSPort Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server.

Syntax

__property int SocketDNSPort = { read=FSocketDNSPort, write=FSetSocketDNSPort };

Default Value

0

Remarks

Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server.

Data Type

Integer

SocketDNSQueryTimeout Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query.

Syntax

__property int SocketDNSQueryTimeout = { read=FSocketDNSQueryTimeout, write=FSetSocketDNSQueryTimeout };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

Data Type

Integer

SocketDNSServers Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons.

Syntax

__property String SocketDNSServers = { read=FSocketDNSServers, write=FSetSocketDNSServers };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons.

Data Type

String

SocketDNSTotalTimeout Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process.

Syntax

__property int SocketDNSTotalTimeout = { read=FSocketDNSTotalTimeout, write=FSetSocketDNSTotalTimeout };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

Data Type

Integer

SocketIncomingSpeedLimit Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second.

Syntax

__property int SocketIncomingSpeedLimit = { read=FSocketIncomingSpeedLimit, write=FSetSocketIncomingSpeedLimit };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second.

Data Type

Integer

SocketLocalAddress Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

Syntax

__property String SocketLocalAddress = { read=FSocketLocalAddress, write=FSetSocketLocalAddress };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

Data Type

String

SocketLocalPort Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The local port number to bind the socket to.

Syntax

__property int SocketLocalPort = { read=FSocketLocalPort, write=FSetSocketLocalPort };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The local port number to bind the socket to.

Data Type

Integer

SocketOutgoingSpeedLimit Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second.

Syntax

__property int SocketOutgoingSpeedLimit = { read=FSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit, write=FSetSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit };

Default Value

0

Remarks

The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second.

Data Type

Integer

SocketTimeout Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The maximum period of waiting, in milliseconds, after which the socket operation is considered unsuccessful.

Syntax

__property int SocketTimeout = { read=FSocketTimeout, write=FSetSocketTimeout };

Default Value

60000

Remarks

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).

Data Type

Integer

SocketUseIPv6 Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

Syntax

__property bool SocketUseIPv6 = { read=FSocketUseIPv6, write=FSetSocketUseIPv6 };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

Data Type

Boolean

StatementType Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Sets the signature statement type.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStatementTypes StatementType = { read=FStatementType, write=FSetStatementType };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStatementTypes {
  acsUnknown=0,
  acsIndividual=1,
  acsCommercial=2
};

Default Value

acsIndividual

Remarks

Use this property to specify the signature statement type.

Data Type

Integer

TimestampServer Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The address of the timestamping server.

Syntax

__property String TimestampServer = { read=FTimestampServer, write=FSetTimestampServer };

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&ignorenonce=true

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.

The ignorenonce parameter allows you to switch off client nonce verification to enable compatibility with TSA services that do not support nonce mirroring.

All the parameters are optional.

Data Type

String

TimestampType Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Sets the signature timestamp type.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampTypes TimestampType = { read=FTimestampType, write=FSetTimestampType };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampTypes {
  actUnknown=0,
  actLegacy=1,
  actTrusted=2
};

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).

Data Type

Integer

TLSClientCertCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the TLSClientCert arrays.

Syntax

__property int TLSClientCertCount = { read=FTLSClientCertCount, write=FSetTLSClientCertCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• TLSClientCertBytes
• TLSClientCertHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at TLSClientCertCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSClientCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray TLSClientCertBytes[int TLSClientCertIndex] = { read=FTLSClientCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The TLSClientCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSClientCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

TLSClientCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 TLSClientCertHandle[int TLSClientCertIndex] = { read=FTLSClientCertHandle, write=FSetTLSClientCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The TLSClientCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSClientCertCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

TLSServerCertCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the TLSServerCert arrays.

Syntax

__property int TLSServerCertCount = { read=FTLSServerCertCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• TLSServerCertBytes
• TLSServerCertFingerprint
• TLSServerCertHandle
• TLSServerCertIssuer
• TLSServerCertIssuerRDN
• TLSServerCertKeyAlgorithm
• TLSServerCertKeyBits
• TLSServerCertKeyUsage
• TLSServerCertSelfSigned
• TLSServerCertSerialNumber
• TLSServerCertSigAlgorithm
• TLSServerCertSubject
• TLSServerCertSubjectRDN
• TLSServerCertValidFrom
• TLSServerCertValidTo

The array indices start at 0 and end at TLSServerCertCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSServerCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray TLSServerCertBytes[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

TLSServerCertFingerprint Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertFingerprint[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertFingerprint };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate.

While there is no formal standard defining what a fingerprint is, a SHA1 hash of the certificate's DER-encoded body is typically used.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 TLSServerCertHandle[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

TLSServerCertIssuer Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertIssuer[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertIssuer };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via TLSIssuerRDN.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertIssuerRDN Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate issuer.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertIssuerRDN[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertIssuerRDN };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate issuer.

Example: /C=US/O=Nationwide CA/CN=Web Certification Authority

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertKeyAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertKeyAlgorithm[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertKeyAlgorithm };

Default Value

"0"

Remarks

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

Use the TLSKeyBits, TLSCurve, and TLSPublicKeyBytes properties to get more details about the key the certificate contains.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertKeyBits Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the length of the public key in bits.

Syntax

__property int TLSServerCertKeyBits[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertKeyBits };

Default Value

0

Remarks

Returns the length of the public key in bits.

This value indicates the length of the principal cryptographic parameter of the key, such as the length of the RSA modulus or ECDSA field. The key data returned by the TLSPublicKeyBytes or TLSPrivateKeyBytes property would typically contain auxiliary values, and therefore be longer.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSServerCertKeyUsage Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Indicates the purposes of the key contained in the certificate, in the form of an OR'ed flag set.

Syntax

__property int TLSServerCertKeyUsage[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertKeyUsage };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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:

Set this property before generating the certificate to propagate the key usage flags to the new certificate.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSServerCertSelfSigned Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA.

Syntax

__property bool TLSServerCertSelfSigned[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertSelfSigned };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

TLSServerCertSerialNumber Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the certificate's serial number.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray TLSServerCertSerialNumber[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertSerialNumber };

Remarks

Returns the certificate's serial number.

The serial number is a binary string that uniquely identifies a certificate among others issued by the same CA. According to the X.509 standard, the (issuer, serial number) pair should be globally unique to facilitate chain building.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

TLSServerCertSigAlgorithm Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertSigAlgorithm[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertSigAlgorithm };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate.

A signature algorithm typically combines hash and public key algorithms together, such as sha256WithRSAEncryption or ecdsa-with-SHA256.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertSubject Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertSubject[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertSubject };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via TLSSubjectRDN.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertSubjectRDN Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate holder (subject).

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertSubjectRDN[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertSubjectRDN };

Default Value

""

Remarks

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate holder (subject).

Depending on the purpose of the certificate and the policies of the CA that issued it, the values included in the subject record may differ drastically and contain business or personal names, web URLs, email addresses, and other data.

Example: /C=US/O=Oranges and Apples, Inc./OU=Accounts Receivable/1.2.3.4.5=Value with unknown OID/CN=Margaret Watkins.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertValidFrom Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertValidFrom[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertValidFrom };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSServerCertValidTo Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC.

Syntax

__property String TLSServerCertValidTo[int TLSServerCertIndex] = { read=FTLSServerCertValidTo };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC.

The TLSServerCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TLSServerCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSAutoValidateCertificates Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules.

Syntax

__property bool TLSAutoValidateCertificates = { read=FTLSAutoValidateCertificates, write=FSetTLSAutoValidateCertificates };

Default Value

true

Remarks

Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules.

Data Type

Boolean

TLSBaseConfiguration Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSBaseConfigurations TLSBaseConfiguration = { read=FTLSBaseConfiguration, write=FSetTLSBaseConfiguration };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSBaseConfigurations {
  stpcDefault=0,
  stpcCompatible=1,
  stpcComprehensiveInsecure=2,
  stpcHighlySecure=3
};

Default Value

stpcDefault

Remarks

Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings. Several profiles are offered and tuned up for different purposes, such as high security or higher compatibility.

Data Type

Integer

TLSCiphersuites Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

A list of ciphersuites separated with commas or semicolons.

Syntax

__property String TLSCiphersuites = { read=FTLSCiphersuites, write=FSetTLSCiphersuites };

Default Value

""

Remarks

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, allowing all ciphersuites to be blanketly enabled or disabled at once.

Note: the list of ciphersuites provided to this property alters the baseline list of ciphersuites as defined by TLSBaseConfiguration. 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:

• NULL_NULL_NULL
• RSA_NULL_MD5
• RSA_NULL_SHA
• RSA_RC4_MD5
• RSA_RC4_SHA
• RSA_RC2_MD5
• RSA_IDEA_MD5
• RSA_IDEA_SHA
• RSA_DES_MD5
• RSA_DES_SHA
• RSA_3DES_MD5
• RSA_3DES_SHA
• RSA_AES128_SHA
• RSA_AES256_SHA
• DH_DSS_DES_SHA
• DH_DSS_3DES_SHA
• DH_DSS_AES128_SHA
• DH_DSS_AES256_SHA
• DH_RSA_DES_SHA
• DH_RSA_3DES_SHA
• DH_RSA_AES128_SHA
• DH_RSA_AES256_SHA
• DHE_DSS_DES_SHA
• DHE_DSS_3DES_SHA
• DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA
• DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA
• DHE_RSA_DES_SHA
• DHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
• DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
• DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
• DH_ANON_RC4_MD5
• DH_ANON_DES_SHA
• DH_ANON_3DES_SHA
• DH_ANON_AES128_SHA
• DH_ANON_AES256_SHA
• RSA_RC2_MD5_EXPORT
• RSA_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
• RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• DH_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• DH_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• DHE_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• DHE_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• DH_ANON_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
• DH_ANON_DES_SHA_EXPORT
• RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA
• RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA
• PSK_RC4_SHA
• PSK_3DES_SHA
• PSK_AES128_SHA
• PSK_AES256_SHA
• DHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
• DHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
• DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
• DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
• RSA_PSK_RC4_SHA
• RSA_PSK_3DES_SHA
• RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA
• RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA
• RSA_SEED_SHA
• DH_DSS_SEED_SHA
• DH_RSA_SEED_SHA
• DHE_DSS_SEED_SHA
• DHE_RSA_SEED_SHA
• DH_ANON_SEED_SHA
• SRP_SHA_3DES_SHA
• SRP_SHA_RSA_3DES_SHA
• SRP_SHA_DSS_3DES_SHA
• SRP_SHA_AES128_SHA
• SRP_SHA_RSA_AES128_SHA
• SRP_SHA_DSS_AES128_SHA
• SRP_SHA_AES256_SHA
• SRP_SHA_RSA_AES256_SHA
• SRP_SHA_DSS_AES256_SHA
• ECDH_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
• ECDH_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
• ECDH_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
• ECDHE_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
• ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
• ECDHE_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
• ECDH_RSA_NULL_SHA
• ECDH_RSA_RC4_SHA
• ECDH_RSA_3DES_SHA
• ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA
• ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA
• ECDHE_RSA_NULL_SHA
• ECDHE_RSA_RC4_SHA
• ECDHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
• ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
• ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
• ECDH_ANON_NULL_SHA
• ECDH_ANON_RC4_SHA
• ECDH_ANON_3DES_SHA
• ECDH_ANON_AES128_SHA
• ECDH_ANON_AES256_SHA
• RSA_NULL_SHA256
• RSA_AES128_SHA256
• RSA_AES256_SHA256
• DH_DSS_AES128_SHA256
• DH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
• DH_DSS_AES256_SHA256
• DH_RSA_AES256_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA256
• DH_ANON_AES128_SHA256
• DH_ANON_AES256_SHA256
• RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_ANON_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_ANON_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
• ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
• ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA384
• ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
• ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA384
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• RSA_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
• PSK_AES128_SHA256
• PSK_AES256_SHA384
• PSK_NULL_SHA256
• PSK_NULL_SHA384
• DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
• DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
• RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA384
• RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA384
• RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DH_anon_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DH_anon_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
• PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
• ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
• ECDHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
• ECDHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
• ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
• ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
• ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
• ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
• ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA
• ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
• ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
• ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• ECDHE_ECDSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• DHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• ECDHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• DHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• RSA_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• AES128_GCM_SHA256
• AES256_GCM_SHA384
• CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
• AES128_CCM_SHA256
• AES128_CCM8_SHA256

Data Type

String

TLSClientAuth Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Enables or disables certificate-based client authentication.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSClientAuths TLSClientAuth = { read=FTLSClientAuth, write=FSetTLSClientAuth };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSClientAuths {
  ccatNoAuth=0,
  ccatRequestCert=1,
  ccatRequireCert=2
};

Default Value

ccatNoAuth

Remarks

Enables or disables certificate-based client authentication.

Set this property to true to tune up the client authentication type:

Data Type

Integer

TLSECCurves Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Defines the elliptic curves to enable.

Syntax

__property String TLSECCurves = { read=FTLSECCurves, write=FSetTLSECCurves };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Defines the elliptic curves to enable.

Data Type

String

TLSExtensions Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Provides access to TLS extensions.

Syntax

__property String TLSExtensions = { read=FTLSExtensions, write=FSetTLSExtensions };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Provides access to TLS extensions.

Data Type

String

TLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes.

Syntax

__property bool TLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges = { read=FTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges, write=FSetTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes.

Data Type

Boolean

TLSPreSharedIdentity Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

Syntax

__property String TLSPreSharedIdentity = { read=FTLSPreSharedIdentity, write=FSetTLSPreSharedIdentity };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSPreSharedKey Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains the pre-shared key for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16.

Syntax

__property String TLSPreSharedKey = { read=FTLSPreSharedKey, write=FSetTLSPreSharedKey };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Contains the pre-shared key for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation.

Syntax

__property String TLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite = { read=FTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite, write=FSetTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite };

Default Value

""

Remarks

Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation.

Data Type

String

TLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Selects the renegotiation attack prevention mechanism.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionModes TLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode = { read=FTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode, write=FSetTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionModes {
  crapmCompatible=0,
  crapmStrict=1,
  crapmAuto=2
};

Default Value

crapmAuto

Remarks

Selects the renegotiation attack prevention mechanism.

The following options are available:

Data Type

Integer

TLSRevocationCheck Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSRevocationChecks TLSRevocationCheck = { read=FTLSRevocationCheck, write=FSetTLSRevocationCheck };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSRevocationChecks {
  crcNone=0,
  crcAuto=1,
  crcAllCRL=2,
  crcAllOCSP=3,
  crcAllCRLAndOCSP=4,
  crcAnyCRL=5,
  crcAnyOCSP=6,
  crcAnyCRLOrOCSP=7,
  crcAnyOCSPOrCRL=8
};

Default Value

crcAuto

Remarks

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 for every certificate in the chain. 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 the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

Note: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

Note: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TLSSSLOptions Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of cssloExpectShutdownMessage 0x001 Wait for the close-notify message when shutting down the connection cssloOpenSSLDTLSWorkaround 0x002 (DEPRECATED) Use a DTLS version workaround when talking to very old OpenSSL versions cssloDisableKexLengthAlignment 0x004 Do not align the client-side PMS by the RSA modulus size.

Syntax

__property int TLSSSLOptions = { read=FTLSSSLOptions, write=FSetTLSSSLOptions };

Default Value

16

Remarks

Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of

Data Type

Integer

TLSTLSMode Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Specifies the TLS mode to use.

Syntax

__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSTLSModes TLSTLSMode = { read=FTLSTLSMode, write=FSetTLSTLSMode };

enum TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSTLSModes {
  smDefault=0,
  smNoTLS=1,
  smExplicitTLS=2,
  smImplicitTLS=3,
  smMixedTLS=4
};

Default Value

smDefault

Remarks

Specifies the TLS mode to use.

Data Type

Integer

TLSUseExtendedMasterSecret Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Enables the Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627.

Syntax

__property bool TLSUseExtendedMasterSecret = { read=FTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret, write=FSetTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Enables the Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627.

Data Type

Boolean

TLSUseSessionResumption Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Enables or disables the TLS session resumption capability.

Syntax

__property bool TLSUseSessionResumption = { read=FTLSUseSessionResumption, write=FSetTLSUseSessionResumption };

Default Value

false

Remarks

Enables or disables the TLS session resumption capability.

Data Type

Boolean

TLSVersions Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.

Syntax

__property int TLSVersions = { read=FTLSVersions, write=FSetTLSVersions };

Default Value

16

Remarks

The SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.

Data Type

Integer

TrustedCertCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the TrustedCert arrays.

Syntax

__property int TrustedCertCount = { read=FTrustedCertCount, write=FSetTrustedCertCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• TrustedCertBytes
• TrustedCertHandle

The array indices start at 0 and end at TrustedCertCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TrustedCertBytes Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray TrustedCertBytes[int TrustedCertIndex] = { read=FTrustedCertBytes };

Remarks

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

The TrustedCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TrustedCertCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

TrustedCertHandle Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object.

Syntax

__property __int64 TrustedCertHandle[int TrustedCertIndex] = { read=FTrustedCertHandle, write=FSetTrustedCertHandle };

Default Value

0

Remarks

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. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

The TrustedCertIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TrustedCertCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Long64

UnsignedAttributeCount Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The number of records in the UnsignedAttribute arrays.

Syntax

__property int UnsignedAttributeCount = { read=FUnsignedAttributeCount, write=FSetUnsignedAttributeCount };

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

• UnsignedAttributeOID
• UnsignedAttributeValue

The array indices start at 0 and end at UnsignedAttributeCount - 1.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

UnsignedAttributeOID Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The object identifier of the attribute.

Syntax

__property String UnsignedAttributeOID[int UnsignedAttributeIndex] = { read=FUnsignedAttributeOID, write=FSetUnsignedAttributeOID };

Default Value

""

Remarks

The object identifier of the attribute.

The UnsignedAttributeIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the UnsignedAttributeCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

UnsignedAttributeValue Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

The value of the attribute.

Syntax

__property DynamicArray UnsignedAttributeValue[int UnsignedAttributeIndex] = { read=FUnsignedAttributeValue, write=FSetUnsignedAttributeValue };

Remarks

The value of the attribute.

The UnsignedAttributeIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the UnsignedAttributeCount property.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Byte Array

ValidationLog Property (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Contains the complete log of the certificate validation routine.

Syntax

__property String ValidationLog = { read=FValidationLog };

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.

Data Type

String

AddAttribute Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Adds an attribute to the signature.

Syntax

int __fastcall AddAttribute(String OID, DynamicArray<Byte> Value, bool SignedAttribute);

Remarks

Use this method to add a signed or unsigned attribute to the collection of attributes included in the new signature.

Note that CAdESSigner creates certain mandatory and/or widely used attributes automatically in accordance with requirements for a specific signing profile. For example, attributes such as SigningCertificateV2 or SigningTime are always added. Policy attributes are added if specified via the PolicyID or PolicyURI properties of the signature object.

Use the OID parameter to provide the object identifier of the attribute, in string form. For example, the OID for the SigningCertificateV2 attribute is 1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.47. The Value parameter should contain a well-formed, DER-encoded representation of the attribute value, in accordance with its specification.

Config Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

String __fastcall Config(String ConfigurationString);

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

String __fastcall DoAction(String ActionID, String ActionParams);

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 (case insensitive) of the action is provided in the ActionID parameter.

ActionParams contains the value of a single parameter, or a list of multiple parameters for the action in the form of PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;....

Common ActionIDs:

ExtractAsyncData Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Extracts user data from the DC signing service response.

Syntax

String __fastcall ExtractAsyncData(String AsyncReply);

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 the completion async stage.

Reset Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Resets the component settings.

Syntax

void __fastcall Reset();

Remarks

Reset is a generic method available in every component.

Sign Method (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Calculates and adds a signature to the executable.

Syntax

void __fastcall 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

String __fastcall SignAsyncBegin();

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. The DC protocol is based on the 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 component), which processes it and produces a matching signature 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

void __fastcall SignAsyncEnd(String AsyncReply);

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 the 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. The DC protocol is based on the 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 component), which processes it and produces a matching signature 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

void __fastcall 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

void __fastcall 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

void __fastcall 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 UnsignedAttributes 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 UnsignedAttributes 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

typedef struct {
  int Kind;
  String CertRDN;
  String CACertRDN;
  String Location;
  int Action;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementDownloadEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementDownloadEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementDownloadEvent OnChainElementDownload = { read=FOnChainElementDownload, write=FOnChainElementDownload };

Remarks

Subscribe to this event to be notified about validation element retrievals. Use the Action parameter to suppress the download if required.

ChainElementNeeded Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Fires when an element required to validate the chain was not located.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int Kind;
  String CertRDN;
  String CACertRDN;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementNeededEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementNeededEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementNeededEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainElementNeededEvent OnChainElementNeeded = { 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

typedef struct {
  String EventKind;
  String CertRDN;
  String CACertRDN;
  int Action;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainValidationProgressEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainValidationProgressEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerChainValidationProgressEvent OnChainValidationProgress = { read=FOnChainValidationProgress, write=FOnChainValidationProgress };

Remarks

Subscribe to this event to be notified about chain validation progress. Use the Action parameter to alter the validation flow.

The EventKind parameter reports the nature of the event being reported. The CertRDN and CACertRDN parameters report the distinguished names of the certificates that are relevant for the event invocation (one or both can be empty, depending on EventKind). Use the Action parameter to adjust the validation flow.

Error Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Information about errors during Authenticode signing.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int ErrorCode;
  String Description;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerErrorEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerErrorEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerErrorEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerErrorEvent OnError = { 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

typedef struct {
  String OperationId;
  String HashAlgorithm;
  String Pars;
  String Data;
  String SignedData;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalSignEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalSignEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalSignEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerExternalSignEvent OnExternalSign = { 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 the 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 contains algorithm-dependent parameters.

The component uses base16 (hex) encoding for the 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 the .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

typedef struct {
  String EventID;
  String EventParam;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerNotificationEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerNotificationEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerNotificationEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerNotificationEvent OnNotification = { 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 the 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:

Start Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

This event is fired when the component is about to start the signing process.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  int SpecifiedChecksum;
  int ActualChecksum;
  bool IsSigned;
  bool Cancel;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStartEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStartEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStartEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerStartEvent OnStart = { 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

typedef struct {
  String TSA;
  String TimestampRequest;
  String TimestampResponse;
  bool SuppressDefault;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampRequestEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampRequestEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampRequestEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTimestampRequestEvent OnTimestampRequest = { read=FOnTimestampRequest, write=FOnTimestampRequest };

Remarks

Subscribe to this event to 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 the TimestampServer property. Set the 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

typedef struct {
  String Host;
  String CANames;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertNeededEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertNeededEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertNeededEvent OnTLSCertNeeded = { 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 parameter (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

typedef struct {
  String ServerHost;
  String ServerIP;
  bool Accept;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertValidateEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertValidateEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSCertValidateEvent OnTLSCertValidate = { read=FOnTLSCertValidate, write=FOnTLSCertValidate };

Remarks

This event is fired during a TLS handshake. Use the TLSServerChain property to access the certificate chain. In general, 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

typedef struct {
  String Host;
  String Version;
  String Ciphersuite;
  DynamicArray ConnectionId;
  bool Abort;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSEstablishedEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSEstablishedEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSEstablishedEvent OnTLSEstablished = { read=FOnTLSEstablished, write=FOnTLSEstablished };

Remarks

The component uses this event to notify the application about a successful completion of a TLS handshake.

The Version, Ciphersuite, and ConnectionId parameters indicate the 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

typedef struct {
  String Host;
  bool Abort;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSHandshakeEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSHandshakeEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSHandshakeEvent OnTLSHandshake = { 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 by the TLSEstablished event. If the server chooses to request a client certificate, the TLSCertNeeded event will also be fired.

TLSShutdown Event (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  String Host;
} TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSShutdownEventParams;
typedef void __fastcall (__closure *TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSShutdownEvent)(System::TObject* Sender, TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSShutdownEventParams *e);
__property TsbxAuthenticodeSignerTLSShutdownEvent OnTLSShutdown = { 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.

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

Base Config Settings

Trappable Errors (AuthenticodeSigner Component)

AuthenticodeSigner Errors