OfficeSigner Component

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The OfficeSigner component signs Office documents.

Syntax

nsoftware.SecureBlackbox.OfficeSigner

Remarks

OfficeSigner provides digital signing capabilities of Office documents, and provides support for extended facilities, such as timestamps and advanced (XAdES) signatures. OfficeSigner signer = new OfficeSigner(); // Select the file which you want to sign signer.setInputFile("MyFile.docx"); // Set the path where you want the signed file to be saved signer.setOutputFile("SignedFile.docx"); signer.getNewSignature().setHashAlgorithm("SHA512"); // Default hashing algorithm SHA256 signer.getNewSignature().setLevel(OfficeSignature.aslBaselineB); // Set the level of the signature // Specify the certificate that shall be used for signing signer.setSigningCertificate(new Certificate("Cert.pfx","password")); // Whether to sign the document itself signer.getNewSignature().setDocumentSigned(true); // Whether to sign core properties of the document signer.getNewSignature().setCorePropertiesSigned(true); // Whether to sign signature origin signer.getNewSignature().setSignatureOriginSigned(true); signer.sign();

Property List


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

AutoValidateSignaturesSpecifies whether component should validate any present signatures when the document is opened.
BlockedCertificatesThe certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.
CertificatesA collection of certificates included in the electronic signature.
CheckTrustedListsSpecifies whether the component should attempt to validate chain trust via a known Trusted List.
CRLsA collection of certificate revocation lists embedded into the signature by the signer.
DocumentFormatDefines the format of the Office document.
DocumentTypeDefines the type of the Office document.
ExternalCryptoProvides access to external signing and DC parameters.
FIPSModeReserved.
IgnoreChainValidationErrorsMakes the component tolerant to chain validation errors.
InputBytesUse this property to pass the input to component in byte array form.
InputFileThe file to be signed.
InputStreamStream containing the Office document.
KnownCertificatesAdditional certificates for chain validation.
KnownCRLsAdditional CRLs for chain validation.
KnownOCSPsAdditional OCSP responses for chain validation.
NewSignatureProvides access to new signature properties.
OCSPsA collection of OCSP responses embedded into the signature.
OfflineModeSwitches the component to offline mode.
OutputBytesUse this property to read the output the component object has produced.
OutputFileDefines where to save the signed document.
OutputStreamThe stream where the signed document would be saved.
ProfileSpecifies a pre-defined profile to apply when creating the signature.
ProxyThe proxy server settings.
RevocationCheckSpecifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates.
SignaturesProvides details of all signatures found in the Office document.
SignedPartsAll signed parts or entries found in the Office signatures.
SigningCertificateThe certificate to be used for signing.
SigningChainThe signing certificate chain.
SocketSettingsManages network connection settings.
TimestampsContains a collection of timestamps for the processed document.
TimestampServerThe address of the timestamping server.
TLSClientChainThe TLS client certificate chain.
TLSServerChainThe TLS server's certificate chain.
TLSSettingsManages TLS layer settings.
TrustedCertificatesA list of trusted certificates for chain validation.
ValidationMomentThe time point at which signature validity is to be established.

Method List


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

CloseCloses an opened document.
ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
DoActionPerforms an additional action.
ExtractAsyncDataExtracts user data from the DC signing service response.
OpenOpens a document for signing or updating.
ResetResets the component settings.
RevalidateRevalidates a signature in accordance with current settings.
SelectInfoSelect signature information for a specific entity.
SignCalculates the signature value.
SignAsyncBeginInitiates the asynchronous signing operation.
SignAsyncEndCompletes the asynchronous signing operation.
SignExternalSigns the document using an external signing facility.
TimestampUse this method to add an timestamp.
UpgradeUpgrades existing XAdES signature to a new form.

Event List


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

ChainElementDownloadFires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source.
ChainElementNeededFires when an element required to validate the chain was not located.
ChainElementStoreThis event is fired when a chain element (certificate, CRL, or OCSP response) should be stored along with a signature.
ChainValidatedReports the completion of a certificate chain validation.
ChainValidationProgressThis event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure.
DocumentLoadedThis event is fired when the document has been loaded into memory.
ErrorInformation about errors during signing.
ExternalSignHandles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.
NotificationThis event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.
SignatureFoundSignifies the start of signature validation.
SignatureValidatedMarks the completion of the signature validation routine.
TimestampFoundSignifies the start of a timestamp validation routine.
TimestampRequestFires when the component is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA.
TimestampValidatedReports the completion of the timestamp validation routine.
TLSCertNeededFires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.
TLSCertValidateThis event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.
TLSEstablishedFires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.
TLSHandshakeFires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.
TLSShutdownReports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

Config Settings


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

AddAllDataObjectsTimestampWhether to add all data objects timestamp during signing.
AsyncDocumentIDSpecifies the document ID for SignAsyncEnd() call.
ChainCurrentCACertReturns the current CA certificate.
ChainCurrentCertReturns the certificate that is currently being validated.
ChainCurrentCRLReturns the current CRL.
ChainCurrentCRLSizeReturns the size of the current CRL.
ChainCurrentOCSPReturns the current OCSP response.
ChainCurrentOCSPSignerReturns the signer of the current OCSP object.
ChainInterimDetailsReturns the current interim validation details.
ChainInterimResultReturns the current interim validation result.
CheckValidityPeriodForTrustedWhether to check validity period for trusted certificates.
ClaimedRolesXMLThe XML content of the claimed roles.
ClaimedRoleTextThe text of the claimed role.
CommitmentTypeIndicationAllSignedDataObjects[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's AllSignedDataObjects.
CommitmentTypeIndicationCountThe number of the CommitmentTypeIndication elements.
CommitmentTypeIndicationIdentifier[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's CommitmentTypeId's Identifier.
CommitmentTypeIndicationIdentifierDescription[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's CommitmentTypeId's Description.
CommitmentTypeIndicationIdentifierDocumentationReferences[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's CommitmentTypeId's DocumentationReferences.
CommitmentTypeIndicationIdentifierQualifier[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's CommitmentTypeId's IdentifierQualifier.
CommitmentTypeIndicationObjectReference[Index]Specifies the CommitmentTypeIndication's ObjectReference.
CommitmentTypeIndicationQualifiersXML[Index]The XML content of the CommitmentTypeIndication's Qualifiers.
CustomTrustedListsSpecifies the custom TrustedLists.
CustomTSLsSpecifies the custom TrustedLists.
DataObjectFormatCountThe number of the DataObjectFormat elements.
DataObjectFormatDescription[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's Description.
DataObjectFormatEncoding[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's Encoding.
DataObjectFormatMimeType[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's MimeType.
DataObjectFormatObjectIdentifier[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's ObjectIdentifier's Identifier.
DataObjectFormatObjectIdentifierDescription[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's ObjectIdentifier's Description.
DataObjectFormatObjectIdentifierDocumentationReferences[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's ObjectIdentifier's DocumentationReferences.
DataObjectFormatObjectIdentifierQualifier[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's ObjectIdentifier's IdentifierQualifier.
DataObjectFormatObjectReference[Index]Specifies the DataObjectFormat's ObjectReference.
DislikeOpenEndedOCSPsTells the component to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter.
ExclusiveCanonicalizationPrefixSpecifies the exclusive canonicalization prefix.
ExpireTimeSignature expiration time in UTC.
ForceCompleteChainValidationWhether to check the CA certificates when the signing certificate is invalid.
ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrustedWhether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors.
GracePeriodSpecifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks.
HMACKeyThe key value for HMAC.
HMACOutputLengthSets the length of the HMAC output.
HMACSigningUsedWhether to use HMAC signing.
IgnoreChainLoopsWhether chain loops should be ignored.
IgnoreChainValidationErrorsWhether to ignore any certificate chain validation issues.
IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtensionWhether the OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored.
IgnoreSystemTrustWhether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.
IgnoreTimestampFailureWhether to ignore time-stamping failure during signing.
ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificatesWhether to trust self-signed certificates.
IncludeKnownRevocationInfoToSignatureWhether to include custom revocation info to the signature.
InclusiveNamespacesPrefixListSpecifies the InclusiveNamespaces PrefixList.
KeyInfoIDSpecifies the ID for KeyInfo element.
KeyNameContains information about the key used for signing.
ManifestCountTBD.
ManifestID[i]TBD.
ManifestObjectIndex[i]TBD.
ManifestXML[i]TBD.
ObjectCountTBD.
ObjectEncoding[i]TBD.
ObjectID[i]TBD.
ObjectMimeType[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertiesCountTBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertiesID[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertiesObjectIndex[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertiesXML[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertyCountTBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertyID[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertyPropertiesIndex[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertyTarget[i]TBD.
ObjectSignaturePropertyXML[i]TBD.
ObjectXML[i]TBD.
PolicyDescriptionsignature policy description.
PolicyDescriptionsignature policy description.
PolicyExplicitTextThe explicit text of the user notice.
PolicyExplicitTextThe explicit text of the user notice.
PolicyUNNumbersThe noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute.
PolicyUNNumbersThe noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute.
PolicyUNOrganizationThe organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.
PolicyUNOrganizationThe organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.
ProductionPlaceIdentifies the place of the signature production.
ProductionPlaceIdentifies the place of the signature production.
PromoteLongOCSPResponsesWhether long OCSP responses are requested.
PSSUsedWhether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.
PSSUsedWhether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.
QualifyingPropertiesIDSpecifies the ID for QualifyingProperties element.
QualifyingPropertiesObjectIDSpecifies the ID for object with QualifyingProperties element.
QualifyingPropertiesReferenceCountThe number of the QualifyingPropertiesReference elements.
QualifyingPropertiesReferenceID[Index]Specifies the QualifyingPropertiesReference's ID.
QualifyingPropertiesReferenceURI[Index]Specifies the QualifyingPropertiesReference's URI.
RefsTimestampTypeSpecifies references timestamp type to include to the signature.
SchemeParamsThe algorithm scheme parameters to employ.
SignatureIDSpecifies the ID for Signature element.
SignatureInfoAddress1Specifies the location at which the signature was created.
SignatureInfoAddress2Specifies the location at which the signature was created.
SignatureInfoCommentsComments to the signature info text.
SignatureInfoDelegateSuggestedSignerSpecifies the name of a person.
SignatureInfoDelegateSuggestedSigner2Specifies the title of a person.
SignatureInfoDelegateSuggestedSignerEmailSpecifies the e-mail address of a person.
SignatureInfoImageSpecifies an image for the digital signature.
SignatureInfoIncludedWhether to include the signature info.
SignatureInfoInvalidLnImageSpecifies the image of an invalid signature.
SignatureInfoSignatureTypeSpecifies the type of the digital signature.
SignatureInfoTextThe text to be displayed as the signature info.
SignatureInfoValidLnImageSpecifies the image of a valid signature.
SignatureLineAdditionalSignatureInfo[Index]Contains additional signature information.
SignatureLineAllowComments[Index]Indicates if comments are allowed.
SignatureLineCountThe number of signature lines.
SignatureLineId[Index]Contains signature unique ID.
SignatureLineImageData[Index]Contains signature image.
SignatureLineIndexSpecifies the index of the signature line to sign.
SignatureLineShowSignDate[Index]Indicates if signing date should be shown.
SignatureLineSignatureIndex[Index]The index of the signature that signs signature line.
SignatureLineSignatureProviderId[Index]Contains signature provider ID.
SignatureLineSignatureProviderUrl[Index]Contains signature provider URL.
SignatureLineSigned[Index]Indicates if signature line is signed.
SignatureLineSigningInstructions[Index]Contains signing instructions.
SignatureLineSuggestedSigner2[Index]Suggested signer line two.
SignatureLineSuggestedSigner[Index]Suggested signer line one.
SignatureLineSuggestedSignerEmail[Index]Suggested signer email address.
SignatureOriginPartURIContains the signature origin part URI element.
SignaturePartNameName of signature part.
SignaturePrefixSpecifies the signature prefix.
SignatureValueIDSpecifies the ID for SignatureValue element.
SignedInfoIDSpecifies the ID for SignedInfo element.
SignedPropertiesIDSpecifies the ID for SignedProperties element.
SignedPropertiesReferenceCanonicalizationMethodSpecifies the canonicalization method used in SignedProperties reference.
SignedPropertiesReferenceHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm used in SignedProperties reference.
SignedPropertiesReferenceIDSpecifies the ID for Reference element that points to SignedProperties element.
SignedPropertiesReferenceInclusiveNamespacesPrefixListSpecifies the InclusiveNamespaces PrefixList used in SignedProperties reference.
SignedPropertiesReferenceIndexSpecifies the index of SignedProperties reference.
SignedSignaturePropertiesIDSpecifies the ID for SignedSignatureProperties element.
SigningCertificatesChainThe indicator of which certificates should be/are included as the signing chain.
SigningCertificatesHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm used for SigningCertificates.
SignTimeSpecifies the signing time in UTC.
SigPolicyDescriptionsignature policy description.
SigPolicyDescriptionsignature policy description.
SigPolicyExplicitTextThe explicit text of the user notice.
SigPolicyExplicitTextThe explicit text of the user notice.
SigPolicyHashThe EPES policy hash.
SigPolicyHashThe EPES policy hash.
SigPolicyHashAlgorithmThe hash algorithm that was used to generate the EPES policy hash.
SigPolicyHashAlgorithmThe hash algorithm that was used to generate the EPES policy hash.
SigPolicyIDThe EPES policy ID.
SigPolicyIDThe EPES policy ID.
SigPolicyNoticeNumbersThe noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute.
SigPolicyNoticeNumbersThe noticeNumbers part of the NoticeReference CAdES attribute.
SigPolicyNoticeOrganizationThe organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.
SigPolicyNoticeOrganizationThe organization part of the NoticeReference qualifier.
SigPolicyURIThe EPES policy URI.
SigPolicyURIThe EPES policy URI.
TempPathPath for storing temporary files.
TimestampCanonicalizationMethodSpecifies canonicalization method used in timestamp.
TimestampResponseA base16-encoded timestamp response received from a TSA.
TimestampValidationDataDetailsSpecifies timestamp validation data details to include to the signature.
TLSChainValidationDetailsContains the advanced details of the TLS server certificate validation.
TLSChainValidationResultContains the result of the TLS server certificate validation.
TLSClientAuthRequestedIndicates whether the TLS server requests client authentication.
TLSValidationLogContains the log of the TLS server certificate validation.
TolerateMinorChainIssuesWhether to tolerate minor chain issues.
TspAttemptCountSpecifies the number of timestamping request attempts.
TspHashAlgorithmSets a specific hash algorithm for use with the timestamping service.
TspReqPolicySets a request policy ID to include in the timestamping request.
UseDefaultTrustedListsEnables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists.
UseDefaultTSLsEnables or disables the use of the default TrustedLists.
UseHMACSigningWhether to use HMAC signing.
UseHMACSigningWhether to use HMAC signing.
UseMicrosoftCTLEnables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.
UsePSSWhether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.
UsePSSWhether to use RSASSA-PSS algorithm.
UseSystemCertificatesEnables or disables the use of the system certificates.
UseValidationCacheEnables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache.
UseValidatorSettingsForTLSValidationWhether to employ the primary chain validator setup for auxiliary TLS chain validations.
ValidationDataRefsDetailsSpecifies validation data references details to include to the signature.
ValidationDataRefsHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm used in validation data references.
ValidationDataValuesDetailsSpecifies validation data values details to include to the signature.
XAdESPrefixSpecifies the XAdES prefix.
XAdESv141PrefixSpecifies the XAdES v1.4.1 prefix.
ASN1UseGlobalTagCacheControls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.
AssignSystemSmartCardPinsSpecifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.
CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUseEnables or disable private key integrity check before use.
CookieCachingSpecifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.
CookiesGets or sets local cookies for the component.
DefDeriveKeyIterationsSpecifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.
DNSLocalSuffixThe suffix to assign for TLD names.
EnableClientSideSSLFFDHEEnables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.
GlobalCookiesGets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.
HardwareCryptoUsePolicyThe hardware crypto usage policy.
HttpUserAgentSpecifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.
HttpVersionThe HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client components created.
IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCertWhether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.
ListDelimiterThe delimiter character for multi-element lists.
LogDestinationSpecifies the debug log destination.
LogDetailsSpecifies the debug log details to dump.
LogFileSpecifies the debug log filename.
LogFiltersSpecifies the debug log filters.
LogFlushModeSpecifies the log flush mode.
LogLevelSpecifies the debug log level.
LogMaxEventCountSpecifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.
LogRotationModeSpecifies the log rotation mode.
MaxASN1BufferLengthSpecifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.
MaxASN1TreeDepthSpecifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.
OCSPHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.
OldClientSideRSAFallbackSpecifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.
ProductVersionReturns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.
ServerSSLDHKeyLengthSets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.
StaticDNSSpecifies whether static DNS rules should be used.
StaticIPAddress[domain]Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.
StaticIPAddressesGets or sets all the static DNS rules.
TagAllows to store any custom data.
TLSSessionGroupSpecifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.
TLSSessionLifetimeSpecifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.
TLSSessionPurgeIntervalSpecifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.
UseInternalRandomSwitches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.
UseLegacyAdESValidationEnables legacy AdES validation mode.
UseOwnDNSResolverSpecifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver.
UseSharedSystemStoragesSpecifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.
UseSystemNativeSizeCalculationAn internal CryptoAPI access tweak.
UseSystemOAEPAndPSSEnforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.
UseSystemRandomEnables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.

AutoValidateSignatures Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Specifies whether component should validate any present signatures when the document is opened.

Syntax

public bool AutoValidateSignatures { get; set; }
Public Property AutoValidateSignatures As Boolean

Default Value

False

Remarks

This setting is switched off by default to speed up document processing. Even if the document is loaded with this property set to false, you can validate the signatures manually on a later stage using the Revalidate method.

BlockedCertificates Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.

Syntax

public CertificateList BlockedCertificates { get; }
Public Property BlockedCertificates As CertificateList

Remarks

Use this property to provide a list of compromised or blocked certificates. Any chain containing a blocked certificate will fail validation.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

Certificates Property (OfficeSigner Component)

A collection of certificates included in the electronic signature.

Syntax

public CertificateList Certificates { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property Certificates As CertificateList

Remarks

This property includes a collection of certificates of the currently selected info.

This collection is indexed from 0 to count -1.

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

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

CheckTrustedLists Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Specifies whether the component should attempt to validate chain trust via a known Trusted List.

Syntax

public bool CheckTrustedLists { get; set; }
Public Property CheckTrustedLists As Boolean

Default Value

False

Remarks

Set this property to true to enable the component to validate chain trust against an internal list of known Trusted Lists (such as EUTL).

CRLs Property (OfficeSigner Component)

A collection of certificate revocation lists embedded into the signature by the signer.

Syntax

public CRLList CRLs { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property CRLs As CRLList

Remarks

Use this property to access the CRLs embedded into the signature by the signer.

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

Please refer to the CRL type for a complete list of fields.

DocumentFormat Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Defines the format of the Office document.

Syntax

public OfficeSignerDocumentFormats DocumentFormat { get; }

enum OfficeSignerDocumentFormats { odfUnknown, odfBinary, odfOpenXML, odfOpenXPS, odfOpenDocument }
Public ReadOnly Property DocumentFormat As OfficesignerDocumentFormats

Enum OfficeSignerDocumentFormats odfUnknown odfBinary odfOpenXML odfOpenXPS odfOpenDocument End Enum

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the Office document format.

odfUnknown0Unknown document format
odfBinary1Binary Office document
odfOpenXML2OpenXML Office document
odfOpenXPS3OpenXPS document
odfOpenDocument4OpenOffice document

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

DocumentType Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Defines the type of the Office document.

Syntax

public string DocumentType { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property DocumentType As String

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the Office document type.

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

ExternalCrypto Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Provides access to external signing and DC parameters.

Syntax

public ExternalCrypto ExternalCrypto { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property ExternalCrypto As ExternalCrypto

Remarks

Use this property to tune-up remote cryptography settings. SecureBlackbox supports two independent types of external cryptography: synchronous (based on the ExternalSign event) and asynchronous (based on the DC protocol and the DCAuth signing component).

This property is read-only.

Please refer to the ExternalCrypto type for a complete list of fields.

FIPSMode Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Reserved.

Syntax

public bool FIPSMode { get; set; }
Public Property FIPSMode As Boolean

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property is reserved for future use.

IgnoreChainValidationErrors Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Makes the component tolerant to chain validation errors.

Syntax

public bool IgnoreChainValidationErrors { get; set; }
Public Property IgnoreChainValidationErrors As Boolean

Default Value

False

Remarks

If this property is set to True, any errors emerging during certificate chain validation will be ignored. This setting may be handy if the purpose of validation is the creation of an LTV signature, and the validation is performed in an environment that doesn't trust the signer's certificate chain.

InputBytes Property (OfficeSigner Component)

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

Syntax

public byte[] InputBytes { get; set; }
Public Property InputBytes As Byte()

Remarks

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

This property is not available at design time.

InputFile Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The file to be signed.

Syntax

public string InputFile { get; set; }
Public Property InputFile As String

Default Value

""

Remarks

Provide the path to the Office document to be signed.

InputStream Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Stream containing the Office document.

Syntax

public System.IO.Stream InputStream { get; set; }
Public Property InputStream As System.IO.Stream

Default Value

null

Remarks

Use this property to feed the document to the component via a stream.

This property is not available at design time.

KnownCertificates Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Additional certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

public CertificateList KnownCertificates { get; }
Public Property KnownCertificates As CertificateList

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of additional certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when intermediary CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.

The purpose of the certificates to be added to this collection is roughly equivalent to that of the Intermediate Certification Authorities system store in Windows.

Do not add trust anchors or root certificates to this collection: add them to TrustedCertificates instead.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

KnownCRLs Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Additional CRLs for chain validation.

Syntax

public CRLList KnownCRLs { get; }
Public Property KnownCRLs As CRLList

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional CRLs that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated CRLs are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the CRL type for a complete list of fields.

KnownOCSPs Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Additional OCSP responses for chain validation.

Syntax

public OCSPResponseList KnownOCSPs { get; }
Public Property KnownOCSPs As OCSPResponseList

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional OCSP responses that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated OCSP responses are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the OCSPResponse type for a complete list of fields.

NewSignature Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Provides access to new signature properties.

Syntax

public OfficeSignature NewSignature { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property NewSignature As OfficeSignature

Remarks

Use this property to tune-up signature properties.

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

Please refer to the OfficeSignature type for a complete list of fields.

OCSPs Property (OfficeSigner Component)

A collection of OCSP responses embedded into the signature.

Syntax

public OCSPResponseList OCSPs { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property OCSPs As OCSPResponseList

Remarks

Use this property to access the OCSP responses embedded into the signature by its creator.

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

Please refer to the OCSPResponse type for a complete list of fields.

OfflineMode Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Switches the component to offline mode.

Syntax

public bool OfflineMode { get; set; }
Public Property OfflineMode As Boolean

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.

OutputBytes Property (OfficeSigner Component)

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

Syntax

public byte[] OutputBytes { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property OutputBytes As Byte()

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.

OutputFile Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Defines where to save the signed document.

Syntax

public string OutputFile { get; set; }
Public Property OutputFile As String

Default Value

""

Remarks

Specifies the path where the signed Office document should be saved.

OutputStream Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The stream where the signed document would be saved.

Syntax

public System.IO.Stream OutputStream { get; set; }
Public Property OutputStream As System.IO.Stream

Default Value

null

Remarks

Use this property to save the signed document to the stream.

This property is not available at design time.

Profile Property (OfficeSigner Component)

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

Syntax

public string Profile { get; set; }
Public Property Profile As String

Default Value

""

Remarks

Advanced signatures come in many variants, which are often defined by parties that needs to process them or by local standards. SecureBlackbox profiles are sets of pre-defined configurations which correspond to particular signature variants. By specifying a profile, you are pre-configuring the component to make it produce the signature that matches the configuration corresponding to that profile.

Proxy Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The proxy server settings.

Syntax

public ProxySettings Proxy { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property Proxy As ProxySettings

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the proxy server settings.

This property is read-only.

Please refer to the ProxySettings type for a complete list of fields.

RevocationCheck Property (OfficeSigner Component)

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

Syntax

public OfficeSignerRevocationChecks RevocationCheck { get; set; }

enum OfficeSignerRevocationChecks { crcNone, crcAuto, crcAllCRL, crcAllOCSP, crcAllCRLAndOCSP, crcAnyCRL, crcAnyOCSP, crcAnyCRLOrOCSP, crcAnyOCSPOrCRL }
Public Property RevocationCheck As OfficesignerRevocationChecks

Enum OfficeSignerRevocationChecks crcNone crcAuto crcAllCRL crcAllOCSP crcAllCRLAndOCSP crcAnyCRL crcAnyOCSP crcAnyCRLOrOCSP crcAnyOCSPOrCRL End Enum

Default Value

1

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.

crcNone0No revocation checking.
crcAuto1Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future.
crcAllCRL2All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllOCSP3All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllCRLAndOCSP4All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAnyCRL5All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyOCSP6All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyCRLOrOCSP7All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first.
crcAnyOCSPOrCRL8All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first.

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.

Signatures Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Provides details of all signatures found in the Office document.

Syntax

public OfficeSignatureList Signatures { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property Signatures As OfficeSignatureList

Remarks

Use this property to get the details of all the signatures identified in the document.

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

Please refer to the OfficeSignature type for a complete list of fields.

SignedParts Property (OfficeSigner Component)

All signed parts or entries found in the Office signatures.

Syntax

public OfficeSignedPartList SignedParts { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property SignedParts As OfficeSignedPartList

Remarks

This property contains a list of all signed parts or entries extracted from the Office signatures.

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

Please refer to the OfficeSignedPart type for a complete list of fields.

SigningCertificate Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The certificate to be used for signing.

Syntax

public Certificate SigningCertificate { get; set; }
Public Property SigningCertificate As Certificate

Remarks

Use this property to specify the certificate that shall be used for signing the data. Note that this certificate should have a private key associated with it. Use SigningChain to supply the rest of the certificate chain for inclusion into the signature.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

SigningChain Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The signing certificate chain.

Syntax

public CertificateList SigningChain { get; }
Public Property SigningChain As CertificateList

Remarks

Use this property to provide the chain for the signing certificate. Use the SigningCertificate property, if it is available, to provide the signing certificate itself.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

SocketSettings Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Manages network connection settings.

Syntax

public SocketSettings SocketSettings { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property SocketSettings As SocketSettings

Remarks

Use this property to tune up network connection parameters.

This property is read-only.

Please refer to the SocketSettings type for a complete list of fields.

Timestamps Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Contains a collection of timestamps for the processed document.

Syntax

public TimestampInfoList Timestamps { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property Timestamps As TimestampInfoList

Remarks

Use this property to access the timestamps included in the processed document.

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

Please refer to the TimestampInfo type for a complete list of fields.

TimestampServer Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The address of the timestamping server.

Syntax

public string TimestampServer { get; set; }
Public Property TimestampServer As String

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.

TLSClientChain Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The TLS client certificate chain.

Syntax

public CertificateList TLSClientChain { get; }
Public Property TLSClientChain As CertificateList

Remarks

Assign a certificate chain to this property to enable TLS client authentication in the component. Note that the client's end-entity certificate should have a private key associated with it.

Use the CertificateStorage or CertificateManager components to import the certificate from a file, system store, or PKCS11 device.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

TLSServerChain Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The TLS server's certificate chain.

Syntax

public CertificateList TLSServerChain { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property TLSServerChain As CertificateList

Remarks

Use this property to access the certificate chain sent by the TLS server. This property is ready to read when the TLSCertValidate event is fired by the client component.

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

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

TLSSettings Property (OfficeSigner Component)

Manages TLS layer settings.

Syntax

public TLSSettings TLSSettings { get; }
Public ReadOnly Property TLSSettings As TLSSettings

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the TLS layer parameters.

This property is read-only.

Please refer to the TLSSettings type for a complete list of fields.

TrustedCertificates Property (OfficeSigner Component)

A list of trusted certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

public CertificateList TrustedCertificates { get; }
Public Property TrustedCertificates As CertificateList

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of trusted certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when root CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.

The purpose of this certificate collection is largely the same as that of the Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities system store.

Use this property with extreme care as it directly affects chain verifiability; a wrong certificate added to the trusted list may result in bad chains being accepted, and forfeited signatures being recognized as genuine. Only add certificates that originate from the parties that you know and trust.

This property is not available at design time.

Please refer to the Certificate type for a complete list of fields.

ValidationMoment Property (OfficeSigner Component)

The time point at which signature validity is to be established.

Syntax

public string ValidationMoment { get; set; }
Public Property ValidationMoment As String

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to specify the moment in time at which signature validity should be established. The time is in UTC. Leave the setting empty to stick to the default moment (either the signature creation time or the current time).

The validity of the same signature may differ depending on the time point chosen due to temporal changes in chain validities, revocation statuses, and timestamp times.

Close Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Closes an opened document.

Syntax

public void Close(bool saveChanges);
Public Sub Close(ByVal SaveChanges As Boolean)

Remarks

Use this method to close a previously opened document. Set SaveChanges to true to apply any changes made.

Config Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

public string Config(string configurationString);
Public Function Config(ByVal ConfigurationString As String) As String

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every component. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the component.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

DoAction Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Performs an additional action.

Syntax

public string DoAction(string actionID, string actionParams);
Public Function DoAction(ByVal ActionID As String, ByVal ActionParams As String) As String

Remarks

DoAction is a generic method available in every component. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier (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;....

ExtractAsyncData Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Extracts user data from the DC signing service response.

Syntax

public string ExtractAsyncData(string asyncReply);
Public Function ExtractAsyncData(ByVal AsyncReply As String) As String

Remarks

Call this method before finalizing the asynchronous signing process to extract the data passed to the ExternalCrypto.Data property on the pre-signing stage.

The Data parameter can be used to pass some state or document identifier along with the signing request from the pre-signing to the completion async stage.

Open Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Opens a document for signing or updating.

Syntax

public void Open();
Public Sub Open()

Remarks

Use this method to open a document for signing or updating. When finished, call Close to complete or discard the operation.

Reset Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Resets the component settings.

Syntax

public void Reset();
Public Sub Reset()

Remarks

Reset is a generic method available in every component.

Revalidate Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Revalidates a signature in accordance with current settings.

Syntax

public void Revalidate(string sigLabel);
Public Sub Revalidate(ByVal SigLabel As String)

Remarks

Use this method to re-validate a signature in the opened Office document.

SelectInfo Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Select signature information for a specific entity.

Syntax

public void SelectInfo(string entityLabel, int infoType, bool clearSelection);
Public Sub SelectInfo(ByVal EntityLabel As String, ByVal InfoType As Integer, ByVal ClearSelection As Boolean)

Remarks

Use this method to select (or filter) signature-related information for a specific signature element.

Provide the unique label of the entity that you are interested in via the EntityLabel parameter. Use one of the following filters, or their combination, to specify what information you are interested in:

sitEntity1Select the current entity

sitParentEntity2Select the parent entity of the current entity

sitTimestamps4Select all timestamps covering the current entity

sitSignatures8Select all signatures covering the current entity

sitSigningChain16Select the signing chain of the current entity

sitEmbeddedCertificates256Select all certificates embedded in the current entity

sitEmbeddedCRLs512Select all CRLs embedded in the current entity

sitEmbeddedOCSPs1024Select all OCSP responses embedded in the current entity

sitEmbeddedRevInfo1792Select the whole pack of embedded revocation information (certificates, CRLs and OCSPs)

sitUsedCertificates4096Select all the certificates used to validate this entity's chain

sitUsedCRLs8192Select all the CRLs used to validate this entity's chain

sitUsedOCSPs16384Select all the OCSP responses used to validate this entity's chain

sitUsedRevInfo28672Select the whole pack of revocation information used to validate this entity's chain (certificates, CRLs, OCSP responses)

sitAttributes65536Select this entity's CMS attributes

sitReferences131072Select this entity's XML references

sitSignedParts262144Select this entity's signed parts

Following the call, the relevant pieces of information will be copied to the respective component properties (Certificates, CRLs, OCSPs). Note that you can accumulate information in the properties by making repeated calls to SelectInfo and keeping ClearSelection set to false.

This method is useful if you would like to read/display detailed information about a particular signature or timestamp.

Sign Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Calculates the signature value.

Syntax

public void Sign();
Public Sub Sign()

Remarks

Call this method to generate a signature over the document.

SignAsyncBegin Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Initiates the asynchronous signing operation.

Syntax

public string SignAsyncBegin();
Public Function SignAsyncBegin() As String

Remarks

When using the DC framework, call this method to initiate the asynchronous signing process. Upon completion, a pre-signed copy of the document will be saved in OutputFile (or OutputStream). Keep the pre-signed copy somewhere local, and pass the returned string ('the request state') to the DC processor for handling.

Upon receiving the response state from the DC processor, assign the path to the pre-signed copy to InputFile (or InputStream), and call SignAsyncEnd to finalize the signing.

Note that depending on the signing method and DC configuration used, you may still need to provide the public part of the signing certificate via the SigningCertificate property.

Use the ExternalCrypto.AsyncDocumentID property to supply a unique document ID to include in the request. This is helpful when creating batches of multiple async requests, as it allows you to pass the whole response batch to SignAsyncEnd and expect it to recover the correct response from the batch automatically.

AsyncState is a message of the distributed cryptography (DC) protocol. 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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Completes the asynchronous signing operation.

Syntax

public void SignAsyncEnd(string asyncReply);
Public Sub SignAsyncEnd(ByVal AsyncReply As String)

Remarks

When using the DC framework, call this method upon receiving the response state from the DC processor to complete the asynchronous signing process.

Before calling this method, assign the path to the pre-signed copy of the document obtained from 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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Signs the document using an external signing facility.

Syntax

public void SignExternal();
Public Sub SignExternal()

Remarks

Call this method to delegate 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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Use this method to add an timestamp.

Syntax

public void Timestamp(string sigLabel, int timestampType);
Public Sub Timestamp(ByVal SigLabel As String, ByVal TimestampType As Integer)

Remarks

Call this method to timestamp the signature. Use the TimestampServer property to provide the address of the TSA (Time Stamping Authority) server which should be used for timestamping. This method could be called separately or in SignatureValidated event handler after successful signature validation. Use the TimestampType parameter to specify the type of timestamp to create

Supported timestamp types:

tstSignature12Signature timestamp
tstRefsOnly13RefsOnly timestamp
tstSigAndRefs14SigAndRefs timestamp
tstArchive7Archive timestamp

Upgrade Method (OfficeSigner Component)

Upgrades existing XAdES signature to a new form.

Syntax

public void Upgrade(string sigLabel, int upgradeKind);
Public Sub Upgrade(ByVal SigLabel As String, ByVal UpgradeKind As Integer)

Remarks

XAdES standard defines a number of different 'forms' of signatures which can be used for different purposes. Use this method to upgrade XAdES signature to a new form or level specified by UpgradeKind. Signatures can normally be upgraded from less sophisticated levels (BES, EPES) to more sophisticated (T, C, X, X-L, A).

The supported levels and forms are:

aslUnknown0Unknown signature level

aslGeneric1Generic (this value applicable to XAdES signature only and corresponds to XML-DSIG signature)

aslBaselineB2Baseline B (B-B, basic)

aslBaselineT3Baseline T (B-T, timestamped)

aslBaselineLT4Baseline LT (B-LT, long-term)

aslBaselineLTA5Baseline LTA (B-LTA, long-term with archived timestamp)

aslBES6BES (Basic Electronic Signature)

aslEPES7EPES (Electronic Signature with an Explicit Policy)

aslT8T (Timestamped)

aslC9C (T with revocation references)

aslX10X (C with SigAndRefs timestamp or RefsOnly timestamp) (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslXType111X Type 1 (C with an ES-C timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXType212X Type 2 (C with a CertsAndCRLs timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXL13X-L (X with revocation values) (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslXLType114X-L Type 1 (C with revocation values and an ES-C timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXLType215X-L Type 2 (C with revocation values and a CertsAndCRLs timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslA16A (archived)

aslExtendedBES17Extended BES

aslExtendedEPES18Extended EPES

aslExtendedT19Extended T

aslExtendedC20Extended C

aslExtendedX21Extended X (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXType122Extended X (type 1) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXType223Extended X (type 2) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLong24Extended X-Long (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXL25Extended X-L (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLType126Extended XL (type 1) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLType227Extended XL (type 2) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedA28Extended A

The supported additional upgrade kinds are:

xukAddValidationDataRefs256Add signature validation references

xukAddValidationDataValues512Add signature validation values

xukAddTimestampValidationData1024Add timestamp validation data

ChainElementDownload Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Fires when there is a need to download a chain element from an online source.

Syntax

public event OnChainElementDownloadHandler OnChainElementDownload;

public delegate void OnChainElementDownloadHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerChainElementDownloadEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerChainElementDownloadEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Kind { get; }
  public string CertRDN { get; }
  public string CACertRDN { get; }
  public string Location { get; }
  public int Action { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnChainElementDownload As OnChainElementDownloadHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnChainElementDownloadHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerChainElementDownloadEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerChainElementDownloadEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Kind As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property CertRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CACertRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property Location As String
  Public Property Action As Integer
End Class

Remarks

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

veaAuto0Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour)

veaContinue1Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval)

veaReject2Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval)

veaAcceptNow3Accept the validated certificate immediately

veaAbortNow4Abort the validation, reject the certificate

cekUnknown0Unknown or unsupported element type

cekCertificate1An X.509 certificate

cekCRL2A CRL

cekOCSP3An OCSP response

ChainElementNeeded Event (OfficeSigner Component)

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

Syntax

public event OnChainElementNeededHandler OnChainElementNeeded;

public delegate void OnChainElementNeededHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerChainElementNeededEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerChainElementNeededEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Kind { get; }
  public string CertRDN { get; }
  public string CACertRDN { get; }
}
Public Event OnChainElementNeeded As OnChainElementNeededHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnChainElementNeededHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerChainElementNeededEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerChainElementNeededEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Kind As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property CertRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CACertRDN As String
End Class

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.

cekUnknown0Unknown or unsupported element type

cekCertificate1An X.509 certificate

cekCRL2A CRL

cekOCSP3An OCSP response

ChainElementStore Event (OfficeSigner Component)

This event is fired when a chain element (certificate, CRL, or OCSP response) should be stored along with a signature.

Syntax

public event OnChainElementStoreHandler OnChainElementStore;

public delegate void OnChainElementStoreHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerChainElementStoreEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerChainElementStoreEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Kind { get; }
  public byte[] Body { get; }
  public string URI { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnChainElementStore As OnChainElementStoreHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnChainElementStoreHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerChainElementStoreEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerChainElementStoreEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Kind As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property Body As Byte()
  Public Property URI As String
End Class

Remarks

This event could occur if you are verifying XAdES-C form or higher. The Body parameter contains the element in binary form that should be stored along with a signature. Use the URI parameter to provide an URI of the stored element.

cekUnknown0Unknown or unsupported element type

cekCertificate1An X.509 certificate

cekCRL2A CRL

cekOCSP3An OCSP response

ChainValidated Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Reports the completion of a certificate chain validation.

Syntax

public event OnChainValidatedHandler OnChainValidated;

public delegate void OnChainValidatedHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerChainValidatedEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerChainValidatedEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Index { get; }
  public string EntityLabel { get; }
  public string SubjectRDN { get; }
  public int ValidationResult { get; }
  public int ValidationDetails { get; }
  public bool Cancel { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnChainValidated As OnChainValidatedHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnChainValidatedHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerChainValidatedEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerChainValidatedEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Index As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property EntityLabel As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property ValidationResult As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property ValidationDetails As Integer
  Public Property Cancel As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event is fired when a certificate chain validation routine completes. SubjectRDN identifies the owner of the validated certificate.

ValidationResult set to 0 (zero) indicates successful chain validation.

cvtValid0The chain is valid

cvtValidButUntrusted1The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted

cvtInvalid2The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature)

cvtCantBeEstablished3The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses)

Any other value reports a failure, and ValidationDetails provides more details on its reasons.
cvrBadData0x0001One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed

cvrRevoked0x0002One or more certificates are revoked

cvrNotYetValid0x0004One or more certificates are not yet valid

cvrExpired0x0008One or more certificates are expired

cvrInvalidSignature0x0010A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature

cvrUnknownCA0x0020A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete)

cvrCAUnauthorized0x0040One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA

cvrCRLNotVerified0x0080One or more CRLs could not be verified

cvrOCSPNotVerified0x0100One or more OCSP responses could not be verified

cvrIdentityMismatch0x0200The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate

cvrNoKeyUsage0x0400A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates

cvrBlocked0x0800One or more certificates are blocked

cvrFailure0x1000General validation failure

cvrChainLoop0x2000Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself

cvrWeakAlgorithm0x4000A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements

cvrUserEnforced0x8000The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code

ChainValidationProgress Event (OfficeSigner Component)

This event is fired multiple times during chain validation to report various stages of the validation procedure.

Syntax

public event OnChainValidationProgressHandler OnChainValidationProgress;

public delegate void OnChainValidationProgressHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerChainValidationProgressEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerChainValidationProgressEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string EventKind { get; }
  public string CertRDN { get; }
  public string CACertRDN { get; }
  public int Action { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnChainValidationProgress As OnChainValidationProgressHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnChainValidationProgressHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerChainValidationProgressEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerChainValidationProgressEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property EventKind As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CertRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CACertRDN As String
  Public Property Action As Integer
End Class

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.

veaAuto0Handle the action automatically (the default behaviour)

veaContinue1Accept the request implied by the event (accept the certificate, allow the object retrieval)

veaReject2Reject the request implied by the event (reject the certificate, disallow the object retrieval)

veaAcceptNow3Accept the validated certificate immediately

veaAbortNow4Abort the validation, reject the certificate

DocumentLoaded Event (OfficeSigner Component)

This event is fired when the document has been loaded into memory.

Syntax

public event OnDocumentLoadedHandler OnDocumentLoaded;

public delegate void OnDocumentLoadedHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerDocumentLoadedEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerDocumentLoadedEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public bool Cancel { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnDocumentLoaded As OnDocumentLoadedHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnDocumentLoadedHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerDocumentLoadedEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerDocumentLoadedEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public Property Cancel As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

The handler for this event is a good place to check document properties, which may be useful when preparing the signature, for example, the document format.

Set Cancel to true to terminate document processing on this stage.

Error Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Information about errors during signing.

Syntax

public event OnErrorHandler OnError;

public delegate void OnErrorHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerErrorEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerErrorEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int ErrorCode { get; }
  public string Description { get; }
}
Public Event OnError As OnErrorHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnErrorHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerErrorEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerErrorEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property ErrorCode As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property Description As String
End Class

Remarks

This event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during the office document processing.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error.

ExternalSign Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Handles remote or external signing initiated by the SignExternal method or other source.

Syntax

public event OnExternalSignHandler OnExternalSign;

public delegate void OnExternalSignHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerExternalSignEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerExternalSignEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string OperationId { get; }
  public string HashAlgorithm { get; }
  public string Pars { get; }
  public string Data { get; }
  public string SignedData { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnExternalSign As OnExternalSignHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnExternalSignHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerExternalSignEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerExternalSignEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property OperationId As String
  Public ReadOnly Property HashAlgorithm As String
  Public ReadOnly Property Pars As String
  Public ReadOnly Property Data As String
  Public Property SignedData As String
End Class

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 (OfficeSigner Component)

This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.

Syntax

public event OnNotificationHandler OnNotification;

public delegate void OnNotificationHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerNotificationEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerNotificationEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string EventID { get; }
  public string EventParam { get; }
}
Public Event OnNotification As OnNotificationHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnNotificationHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerNotificationEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerNotificationEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property EventID As String
  Public ReadOnly Property EventParam As String
End Class

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:

DocumentLoadedReports the completion of Office document processing by the component. Use the event handler to access document-related information. The EventParam value passed with this EventID is empty.
BeforeTimestampThis event is fired before a timestamp is requested from the timestamping authority. Use the event handler to modify TSA and HTTP settings.
TimestampErrorThis event is only fired if the component failed to obtain a timestamp from the timestamping authority. The EventParam parameter contains extended error info.
TimestampRequestA timestamp is requested from the custom timestamping authority. This event is only fired if TimestampServer was set to a virtual:// URI. The EventParam parameter contains the TSP request (or the plain hash, depending on the value provided to TimestampServer), in base16, that needs to be sent to the TSA.

Use the event handler to send the request to the TSA. Upon receiving the response, assign it, in base16, to the TimestampResponse configuration property.

SignatureFound Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Signifies the start of signature validation.

Syntax

public event OnSignatureFoundHandler OnSignatureFound;

public delegate void OnSignatureFoundHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerSignatureFoundEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerSignatureFoundEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Index { get; }
  public string EntityLabel { get; }
  public string IssuerRDN { get; }
  public byte[] SerialNumber { get; }
  public byte[] SubjectKeyID { get; }
  public bool CertFound { get; }
  public bool ValidateSignature { get; set; }
  public bool ValidateChain { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnSignatureFound As OnSignatureFoundHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnSignatureFoundHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerSignatureFoundEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerSignatureFoundEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Index As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property EntityLabel As String
  Public ReadOnly Property IssuerRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyID As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property CertFound As Boolean
  Public Property ValidateSignature As Boolean
  Public Property ValidateChain As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event tells the application that signature validation is about to start, and provides the details about the signer's certificate via its IssuerRDN, SerialNumber, and SubjectKeyID parameters. It fires for every signature located in the verified document or message.

The CertFound parameter is set to True if the component has found the needed certificate in one of the known locations, and to False otherwise, in which case you must provide it manually via the KnownCertificates property.

Signature validation consists of two independent stages: cryptographic signature validation and chain validation. Separate validation results are reported for each, with the SignatureValidationResult and ChainValidationResult properties respectively.

Use the ValidateSignature and ValidateChain parameters to tell the verifier which stages to include in the validation.

SignatureValidated Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Marks the completion of the signature validation routine.

Syntax

public event OnSignatureValidatedHandler OnSignatureValidated;

public delegate void OnSignatureValidatedHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerSignatureValidatedEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerSignatureValidatedEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Index { get; }
  public string EntityLabel { get; }
  public string IssuerRDN { get; }
  public byte[] SerialNumber { get; }
  public byte[] SubjectKeyID { get; }
  public int ValidationResult { get; }
  public bool Cancel { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnSignatureValidated As OnSignatureValidatedHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnSignatureValidatedHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerSignatureValidatedEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerSignatureValidatedEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Index As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property EntityLabel As String
  Public ReadOnly Property IssuerRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyID As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property ValidationResult As Integer
  Public Property Cancel As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event is fired upon the completion of the signature validation routine, and reports the respective validation result.

Use the IssuerRDN, SerialNumber, and/or SubjectKeyID parameters to identify the signing certificate.

ValidationResult is set to 0 if the validation has been successful, or to a non-zero value in case of a validation failure.

svtValid0The signature is valid

svtUnknown1Signature validity is unknown

svtCorrupted2The signature is corrupted

svtSignerNotFound3Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated.

svtFailure4General failure

svtReferenceCorrupted5Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only)

TimestampFound Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Signifies the start of a timestamp validation routine.

Syntax

public event OnTimestampFoundHandler OnTimestampFound;

public delegate void OnTimestampFoundHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTimestampFoundEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTimestampFoundEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Index { get; }
  public string EntityLabel { get; }
  public string IssuerRDN { get; }
  public byte[] SerialNumber { get; }
  public byte[] SubjectKeyID { get; }
  public bool CertFound { get; }
  public bool ValidateTimestamp { get; set; }
  public bool ValidateChain { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTimestampFound As OnTimestampFoundHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTimestampFoundHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTimestampFoundEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTimestampFoundEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Index As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property EntityLabel As String
  Public ReadOnly Property IssuerRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyID As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property CertFound As Boolean
  Public Property ValidateTimestamp As Boolean
  Public Property ValidateChain As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event fires for every timestamp identified during signature processing, and reports the details about the signer's certificate via its IssuerRDN, SerialNumber, and SubjectKeyID parameters.

The CertFound parameter is set to True if the component has found the needed certificate in one of the known locations, and to False otherwise, in which case you must provide it manually via the KnownCertificates property.

Just like with signature validation, timestamp validation consists of two independent stages: cryptographic signature validation and chain validation. Separate validation results are reported for each, with the ValidationResult and ChainValidationResult properties respectively.

Use the ValidateSignature and ValidateChain parameters to tell the verifier which stages to include in the validation.

TimestampRequest Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Fires when the component is ready to request a timestamp from an external TSA.

Syntax

public event OnTimestampRequestHandler OnTimestampRequest;

public delegate void OnTimestampRequestHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTimestampRequestEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTimestampRequestEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string TSA { get; }
  public string TimestampRequest { get; }
  public string TimestampResponse { get; set; }
  public bool SuppressDefault { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTimestampRequest As OnTimestampRequestHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTimestampRequestHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTimestampRequestEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTimestampRequestEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property TSA As String
  Public ReadOnly Property TimestampRequest As String
  Public Property TimestampResponse As String
  Public Property SuppressDefault As Boolean
End Class

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.

TimestampValidated Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Reports the completion of the timestamp validation routine.

Syntax

public event OnTimestampValidatedHandler OnTimestampValidated;

public delegate void OnTimestampValidatedHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTimestampValidatedEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTimestampValidatedEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public int Index { get; }
  public string EntityLabel { get; }
  public string IssuerRDN { get; }
  public byte[] SerialNumber { get; }
  public byte[] SubjectKeyID { get; }
  public string Time { get; }
  public int ValidationResult { get; }
  public int ChainValidationResult { get; }
  public int ChainValidationDetails { get; }
  public bool Cancel { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTimestampValidated As OnTimestampValidatedHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTimestampValidatedHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTimestampValidatedEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTimestampValidatedEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Index As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property EntityLabel As String
  Public ReadOnly Property IssuerRDN As String
  Public ReadOnly Property SerialNumber As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property SubjectKeyID As Byte()
  Public ReadOnly Property Time As String
  Public ReadOnly Property ValidationResult As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property ChainValidationResult As Integer
  Public ReadOnly Property ChainValidationDetails As Integer
  Public Property Cancel As Boolean
End Class

Remarks

This event is fired upon the completion of the timestamp validation routine, and reports the respective validation result.

ValidationResult is set to 0 if the validation has been successful, or to a non-zero value in case of a failure.

svtValid0The signature is valid

svtUnknown1Signature validity is unknown

svtCorrupted2The signature is corrupted

svtSignerNotFound3Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated.

svtFailure4General failure

svtReferenceCorrupted5Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only)

TLSCertNeeded Event (OfficeSigner Component)

Fires when a remote TLS party requests a client certificate.

Syntax

public event OnTLSCertNeededHandler OnTLSCertNeeded;

public delegate void OnTLSCertNeededHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTLSCertNeededEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTLSCertNeededEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Host { get; }
  public string CANames { get; }
}
Public Event OnTLSCertNeeded As OnTLSCertNeededHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTLSCertNeededHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTLSCertNeededEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTLSCertNeededEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Host As String
  Public ReadOnly Property CANames As String
End Class

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 (OfficeSigner Component)

This event is fired upon receipt of the TLS server's certificate, allowing the user to control its acceptance.

Syntax

public event OnTLSCertValidateHandler OnTLSCertValidate;

public delegate void OnTLSCertValidateHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTLSCertValidateEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTLSCertValidateEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string ServerHost { get; }
  public string ServerIP { get; }
  public bool Accept { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTLSCertValidate As OnTLSCertValidateHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTLSCertValidateHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTLSCertValidateEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTLSCertValidateEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property ServerHost As String
  Public ReadOnly Property ServerIP As String
  Public Property Accept As Boolean
End Class

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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Fires when a TLS handshake with Host successfully completes.

Syntax

public event OnTLSEstablishedHandler OnTLSEstablished;

public delegate void OnTLSEstablishedHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTLSEstablishedEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTLSEstablishedEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Host { get; }
  public string Version { get; }
  public string Ciphersuite { get; }
  public byte[] ConnectionId { get; }
  public bool Abort { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTLSEstablished As OnTLSEstablishedHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTLSEstablishedHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTLSEstablishedEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTLSEstablishedEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Host As String
  Public ReadOnly Property Version As String
  Public ReadOnly Property Ciphersuite As String
  Public ReadOnly Property ConnectionId As Byte()
  Public Property Abort As Boolean
End Class

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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Fires when a new TLS handshake is initiated, before the handshake commences.

Syntax

public event OnTLSHandshakeHandler OnTLSHandshake;

public delegate void OnTLSHandshakeHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTLSHandshakeEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTLSHandshakeEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Host { get; }
  public bool Abort { get; set; }
}
Public Event OnTLSHandshake As OnTLSHandshakeHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTLSHandshakeHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTLSHandshakeEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTLSHandshakeEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Host As String
  Public Property Abort As Boolean
End Class

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 (OfficeSigner Component)

Reports the graceful closure of a TLS connection.

Syntax

public event OnTLSShutdownHandler OnTLSShutdown;

public delegate void OnTLSShutdownHandler(object sender, OfficeSignerTLSShutdownEventArgs e);

public class OfficeSignerTLSShutdownEventArgs : EventArgs {
  public string Host { get; }
}
Public Event OnTLSShutdown As OnTLSShutdownHandler

Public Delegate Sub OnTLSShutdownHandler(sender As Object, e As OfficeSignerTLSShutdownEventArgs)

Public Class OfficeSignerTLSShutdownEventArgs Inherits EventArgs
  Public ReadOnly Property Host As String
End Class

Remarks

This event notifies the application about the closure of an earlier established TLS connection. Note that only graceful connection closures are reported.

Certificate Type

Encapsulates an individual X.509 certificate.

Remarks

This type keeps and provides access to X.509 certificate details.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

CA
bool

Default: False

Indicates whether the certificate has a CA capability. For the certificate to be considered a CA, it must have its Basic Constraints extension set with the CA indicator enabled.

Set this field when generating a new certificate to have its Basic Constraints extension generated automatically.

CAKeyID
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's cryptographic key.

Authority Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows identification of certificates belonging to the same issuer, but with different public keys. It is a de-facto standard to include this extension in all certificates to facilitate chain building.

This setting cannot be set when generating a certificate as it always derives from another certificate property. CertificateManager generates this setting automatically if enough information is available to it: for self-signed certificates, this value is copied from the SubjectKeyID setting, and for lower-level certificates, from the parent certificate's subject key ID extension.

CertType
CertTypes (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the type of the entity contained in the Certificate object.

A Certificate object can contain two types of cryptographic objects: a ready-to-use X.509 certificate, or a certificate request ("an unsigned certificate"). Certificate requests can be upgraded to full certificates by signing them with a CA certificate.

Use the CertificateManager component to load or create new certificate and certificate requests objects.

CRLDistributionPoints
string

Default: ""

Contains a list of locations of CRL distribution points used to check this certificate's validity. The list is taken from the respective certificate extension.

Use this field when generating a certificate to provide a list of CRL endpoints that should be made part of the new certificate.

The endpoints are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

Curve
string

Default: ""

Specifies the elliptic curve associated with the certificate's public key. This setting only applies to certificates containing EC keys.

SB_EC_SECP112R1SECP112R1
SB_EC_SECP112R2SECP112R2
SB_EC_SECP128R1SECP128R1
SB_EC_SECP128R2SECP128R2
SB_EC_SECP160K1SECP160K1
SB_EC_SECP160R1SECP160R1
SB_EC_SECP160R2SECP160R2
SB_EC_SECP192K1SECP192K1
SB_EC_SECP192R1SECP192R1
SB_EC_SECP224K1SECP224K1
SB_EC_SECP224R1SECP224R1
SB_EC_SECP256K1SECP256K1
SB_EC_SECP256R1SECP256R1
SB_EC_SECP384R1SECP384R1
SB_EC_SECP521R1SECP521R1
SB_EC_SECT113R1SECT113R1
SB_EC_SECT113R2SECT113R2
SB_EC_SECT131R1SECT131R1
SB_EC_SECT131R2SECT131R2
SB_EC_SECT163K1SECT163K1
SB_EC_SECT163R1SECT163R1
SB_EC_SECT163R2SECT163R2
SB_EC_SECT193R1SECT193R1
SB_EC_SECT193R2SECT193R2
SB_EC_SECT233K1SECT233K1
SB_EC_SECT233R1SECT233R1
SB_EC_SECT239K1SECT239K1
SB_EC_SECT283K1SECT283K1
SB_EC_SECT283R1SECT283R1
SB_EC_SECT409K1SECT409K1
SB_EC_SECT409R1SECT409R1
SB_EC_SECT571K1SECT571K1
SB_EC_SECT571R1SECT571R1
SB_EC_PRIME192V1PRIME192V1
SB_EC_PRIME192V2PRIME192V2
SB_EC_PRIME192V3PRIME192V3
SB_EC_PRIME239V1PRIME239V1
SB_EC_PRIME239V2PRIME239V2
SB_EC_PRIME239V3PRIME239V3
SB_EC_PRIME256V1PRIME256V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V1C2PNB163V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V2C2PNB163V2
SB_EC_C2PNB163V3C2PNB163V3
SB_EC_C2PNB176W1C2PNB176W1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V1C2TNB191V1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V2C2TNB191V2
SB_EC_C2TNB191V3C2TNB191V3
SB_EC_C2ONB191V4C2ONB191V4
SB_EC_C2ONB191V5C2ONB191V5
SB_EC_C2PNB208W1C2PNB208W1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V1C2TNB239V1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V2C2TNB239V2
SB_EC_C2TNB239V3C2TNB239V3
SB_EC_C2ONB239V4C2ONB239V4
SB_EC_C2ONB239V5C2ONB239V5
SB_EC_C2PNB272W1C2PNB272W1
SB_EC_C2PNB304W1C2PNB304W1
SB_EC_C2TNB359V1C2TNB359V1
SB_EC_C2PNB368W1C2PNB368W1
SB_EC_C2TNB431R1C2TNB431R1
SB_EC_NISTP192NISTP192
SB_EC_NISTP224NISTP224
SB_EC_NISTP256NISTP256
SB_EC_NISTP384NISTP384
SB_EC_NISTP521NISTP521
SB_EC_NISTB163NISTB163
SB_EC_NISTB233NISTB233
SB_EC_NISTB283NISTB283
SB_EC_NISTB409NISTB409
SB_EC_NISTB571NISTB571
SB_EC_NISTK163NISTK163
SB_EC_NISTK233NISTK233
SB_EC_NISTK283NISTK283
SB_EC_NISTK409NISTK409
SB_EC_NISTK571NISTK571
SB_EC_GOSTCPTESTGOSTCPTEST
SB_EC_GOSTCPAGOSTCPA
SB_EC_GOSTCPBGOSTCPB
SB_EC_GOSTCPCGOSTCPC
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHAGOSTCPXCHA
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHBGOSTCPXCHB
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160R1BRAINPOOLP160R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160T1BRAINPOOLP160T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192R1BRAINPOOLP192R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192T1BRAINPOOLP192T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224R1BRAINPOOLP224R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224T1BRAINPOOLP224T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256R1BRAINPOOLP256R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256T1BRAINPOOLP256T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320R1BRAINPOOLP320R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320T1BRAINPOOLP320T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384R1BRAINPOOLP384R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384T1BRAINPOOLP384T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512R1BRAINPOOLP512R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512T1BRAINPOOLP512T1
SB_EC_CURVE25519CURVE25519
SB_EC_CURVE448CURVE448

Fingerprint
string (read-only)

Default: ""

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.

FriendlyName
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains an associated alias (friendly name) of the certificate. The friendly name is not a property of a certificate: it is maintained by the certificate media rather than being included in its DER representation. Windows certificate stores are one example of media that does support friendly names.

HashAlgorithm
string

Default: ""

Provides means to set the hash algorithm to be used in the subsequent operation on the certificate (such as generation or key signing). It is not a property of a certificate; use SigAlgorithm to find out the hash algorithm that is part of the certificate signature.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

Issuer
string (read-only)

Default: ""

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

IssuerRDN
string

Default: ""

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

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

KeyAlgorithm
string

Default: "0"

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Use the KeyBits, Curve, and PublicKeyBytes fields to get more details about the key the certificate contains.

KeyBits
int (read-only)

Default: 0

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 PublicKeyBytes or PrivateKeyBytes field would typically contain auxiliary values, and therefore be longer.

KeyFingerprint
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Returns a SHA1 fingerprint of the public key contained in the certificate.

Note that the key fingerprint is different from the certificate fingerprint accessible via the Fingerprint field. The key fingeprint uniquely identifies the public key, and so can be the same for multiple certificates containing the same key.

KeyUsage
int

Default: 0

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:

ckuUnknown0x00000Unknown key usage

ckuDigitalSignature0x00001Digital signature

ckuNonRepudiation0x00002Non-repudiation

ckuKeyEncipherment0x00004Key encipherment

ckuDataEncipherment0x00008Data encipherment

ckuKeyAgreement0x00010Key agreement

ckuKeyCertSign0x00020Certificate signing

ckuCRLSign0x00040Revocation signing

ckuEncipherOnly0x00080Encipher only

ckuDecipherOnly0x00100Decipher only

ckuServerAuthentication0x00200Server authentication

ckuClientAuthentication0x00400Client authentication

ckuCodeSigning0x00800Code signing

ckuEmailProtection0x01000Email protection

ckuTimeStamping0x02000Timestamping

ckuOCSPSigning0x04000OCSP signing

ckuSmartCardLogon0x08000Smartcard logon

ckuKeyPurposeClientAuth0x10000Kerberos - client authentication

ckuKeyPurposeKDC0x20000Kerberos - KDC

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

KeyValid
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Returns True if the certificate's key is cryptographically valid, and False otherwise.

OCSPLocations
string

Default: ""

Locations of OCSP services that can be used to check this certificate's validity in real time, as recorded by the CA.

Set this field before calling the certificate manager's Generate method to propagate it to the new certificate.

The OCSP locations are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

OCSPNoCheck
bool

Default: False

Accessor to the value of the certificate's ocsp-no-check extension.

Origin
int (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the location that the certificate was taken or loaded from.

PolicyIDs
string

Default: ""

Contains identifiers (OIDs) of the applicable certificate policies.

The Certificate Policies extension identifies a sequence of policies under which the certificate has been issued, and which regulate its usage.

Set this field when generating a certificate to propagate the policies information to the new certificate.

The policies are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the policy element separator.

PrivateKeyBytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Returns the certificate's private key in DER-encoded format. It is normal for this field to be empty if the private key is non-exportable, which, for example, is typical for certificates originating from hardware security devices.

PrivateKeyExists
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Indicates whether the certificate has a usable private key associated with it. If it is set to True, the certificate can be used for private key operations, such as signing or decryption.

This field is independent from PrivateKeyBytes, and can be set to True even if the former is empty. This would imply that the private key is non-exportable, but still can be used for cryptographic operations.

PrivateKeyExtractable
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Indicates whether the private key is extractable (exportable).

PublicKeyBytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains the certificate's public key in DER format.

This typically would contain an ASN.1-encoded public key value. The exact format depends on the type of the public key contained in the certificate.

Qualified
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Indicates whether the certificate is qualified.

This property is set to True if the certificate is confirmed by a Trusted List to be qualified.

QualifiedStatements
QualifiedStatementsTypes

Default: 0

Returns a simplified qualified status of the certificate.

Qualifiers
string (read-only)

Default: ""

A list of qualifiers.

Contains a comma-separated list of qualifier aliases for the certificate, for example QCP-n-qscd,QCWithSSCD.

SelfSigned
bool (read-only)

Default: False

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

SerialNumber
byte[]

Default: ""

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.

SigAlgorithm
string (read-only)

Default: ""

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.

Source
PKISources (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Subject
string (read-only)

Default: ""

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 SubjectRDN.

SubjectAlternativeName
string

Default: ""

Returns or sets the value of the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate.

Subject alternative names are used to provide additional names that are impractical to store in the main SubjectRDN field. For example, it is often used to store all the domain names that a TLS certificate is authorized to protect.

The alternative names are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the element separator.

SubjectKeyID
byte[]

Default: ""

Contains a unique identifier of the certificate's cryptographic key.

Subject Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows a specific public key to be associated with a certificate holder. Typically, subject key identifiers of CA certificates are recorded as respective CA key identifiers in the subordinate certificates that they issue, which facilitates chain building.

The SubjectKeyID and CAKeyID fields of self-signed certificates typically contain identical values, as in that specific case, the issuer and the subject are the same entity.

SubjectRDN
string

Default: ""

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.

Valid
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Indicates whether or not the signature over the certificate or the request is valid and matches the public key contained in the CA certificate/request.

ValidFrom
string

Default: ""

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

ValidTo
string

Default: ""

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

Constructors

public Certificate(byte[] bytes, int startIndex, int count, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal Bytes As Byte(), ByVal StartIndex As Integer, ByVal Count As Integer, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a memory buffer. Bytes is a buffer containing the raw certificate data. StartIndex and Count specify the starting position and number of bytes to be read from the buffer, respectively. Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate(byte[] certBytes, int certStartIndex, int certCount, byte[] keyBytes, int keyStartIndex, int keyCount, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal CertBytes As Byte(), ByVal CertStartIndex As Integer, ByVal CertCount As Integer, ByVal KeyBytes As Byte(), ByVal KeyStartIndex As Integer, ByVal KeyCount As Integer, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a memory buffer.

CertBytes is a buffer containing the raw certificate data. CertStartIndex and CertCount specify the starting position and number of bytes to be read from the buffer, respectively.

KeyBytes is a buffer containing the private key data. KeyStartIndex and KeyCount specify the starting position and number of bytes to be read from the buffer, respectively.

Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate(byte[] bytes, int startIndex, int count);
Public Certificate(ByVal Bytes As Byte(), ByVal StartIndex As Integer, ByVal Count As Integer)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a memory buffer. Bytes is a buffer containing the raw certificate data. StartIndex and Count specify the starting position and number of bytes to be read from the buffer, respectively.

public Certificate(string path, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal Path As String, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a file. Path specifies the full path to the file containing the certificate data. Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate(string certPath, string keyPath, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal CertPath As String, ByVal KeyPath As String, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a file. CertPath specifies the full path to the file containing the certificate data. KeyPath specifies the full path to the file containing the private key. Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate(string path);
Public Certificate(ByVal Path As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a file. Path specifies the full path to the file containing the certificate data.

Public Certificate(ByVal Stream As System.IO.Stream)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a stream. Stream is a stream containing the certificate data.

public Certificate(System.IO.Stream stream, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal Stream As System.IO.Stream, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a stream. Stream is a stream containing the certificate data. Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate(System.IO.Stream certStream, System.IO.Stream keyStream, string password);
Public Certificate(ByVal CertStream As System.IO.Stream, ByVal KeyStream As System.IO.Stream, ByVal Password As String)

Loads the X.509 certificate from a stream. CertStream is a stream containing the certificate data. KeyStream is a stream containing the private key. Password is a password encrypting the certificate.

public Certificate();
Public Certificate()

Creates a new object with default field values.

CRL Type

Represents a Certificate Revocation List.

Remarks

CRLs store information about revoked certificates, i.e., certificates that have been identified as invalid by their issuing certificate authority (CA) for any number of reasons.

Each CRL object lists certificates from a single CA and identifies them by their serial numbers. A CA may or may not publish a CRL, may publish several CRLs, or may publish the same CRL in multiple locations.

Unlike OCSP responses, CRLs only list certificates that have been revoked. They do not list certificates that are still valid.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

CAKeyID
byte[]

Default: ""

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key, if present in the CRL.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the number of certificate status entries in the CRL.

Issuer
string (read-only)

Default: ""

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

IssuerRDN
string (read-only)

Default: ""

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the CRL issuer.

Location
string (read-only)

Default: ""

The URL that the CRL was downloaded from.

NextUpdate
string

Default: ""

The planned time and date of the next version of this CRL to be published.

SigAlgorithm
string

Default: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this CRL.

Source
PKISources (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

TBS
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

The to-be-signed part of the CRL (the CRL without the signature part).

ThisUpdate
string

Default: ""

The date and time at which this version of the CRL was published.

Constructors

public CRL(byte[] bytes, int startIndex, int count);
Public CRL(ByVal Bytes As Byte(), ByVal StartIndex As Integer, ByVal Count As Integer)

Creates a CRL object from a memory buffer. Bytes is a buffer containing raw (DER) CRL data, StartIndex and Count specify the starting position and the length of the CRL data in the buffer, respectively.

public CRL(string location);
Public CRL(ByVal Location As String)

Creates a CRL object by downloading it from a remote location.

public CRL(System.IO.Stream stream);
Public CRL(ByVal Stream As System.IO.Stream)

Creates a CRL object from data contained in a stream.

public CRL();
Public CRL()

Creates an empty CRL object.

ExternalCrypto Type

Specifies the parameters of external cryptographic calls.

Remarks

External cryptocalls are used in a Distributed Cryptography (DC) subsystem, which allows the delegation of security operations to the remote agent. For instance, it can be used to compute the signature value on the server, while retaining the client's private key locally.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AsyncDocumentID
string

Default: ""

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.

CustomParams
string

Default: ""

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

Data
string

Default: ""

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

ExternalHashCalculation
bool

Default: False

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.

HashAlgorithm
string

Default: "SHA256"

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

KeyID
string

Default: ""

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 KeySecret to pass the key itself.

The same KeyID/KeySecret pair should be used on the DCAuth side for the signing requests to be accepted.

Note: The KeyID/KeySecret scheme is very similar to the AuthKey scheme used in various Cloud service providers to authenticate users.

Example: signer.ExternalCrypto.KeyID = "MainSigningKey"; signer.ExternalCrypto.KeySecret = "abcdef0123456789";

KeySecret
string

Default: ""

The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. This key must be set and match the key used by the DCAuth counterpart for the scheme to work.

Read more about configuring authentication in the KeyID topic.

Method
AsyncSignMethods

Default: 0

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

Available options:

asmdPKCS10
asmdPKCS71

Mode
ExternalCryptoModes

Default: 0

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Available options:

ecmDefaultThe default value (0)
ecmDisabledDo not use DC or external signing (1)
ecmGenericGeneric external signing with the OnExternalSign event (2)
ecmDCAuthDCAuth signing (3)
ecmDCAuthJSONDCAuth signing in JSON format (4)

PublicKeyAlgorithm
string

Default: ""

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

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Constructors

public ExternalCrypto();
Public ExternalCrypto()

Creates a new ExternalCrypto object with default field values.

OCSPResponse Type

Represents a single OCSP response originating from an OCSP responder.

Remarks

OCSP is a protocol that allows verification of certificate status in real-time, and is an alternative to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

An OCSP response is a snapshot of the certificate status at a given time.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default: 0

The number of SingleResponse elements contained in this OCSP response. Each SingleResponse element corresponds to a certificate status.

Issuer
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Indicates the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

IssuerRDN
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Indicates the RDN of the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

Location
string (read-only)

Default: ""

The location of the OCSP responder.

ProducedAt
string

Default: ""

Specifies the time when the response was produced, in UTC.

SigAlgorithm
string

Default: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this OCSP response.

Source
PKISources (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Constructors

public OCSPResponse(byte[] bytes, int startIndex, int count);
Public OCSPResponse(ByVal Bytes As Byte(), ByVal StartIndex As Integer, ByVal Count As Integer)

Initializes the response from a memory buffer. Bytes is a buffer containing raw OCSP response data, StartIndex and Count specify the starting position and the number of bytes to be read from this buffer.

public OCSPResponse(string location);
Public OCSPResponse(ByVal Location As String)

Downloads an OCSP response from a remote location.

Public OCSPResponse(ByVal Stream As System.IO.Stream)

Initializes the response with the data from a stream.

public OCSPResponse();
Public OCSPResponse()

Creates an empty OCSP response object.

OfficeSignature Type

The component is a container for an Office document signature.

Remarks

Office document may include any number of document signatures. component stores on of them.

The following fields are available:

Fields

ChainValidationDetails
int (read-only)

Default: 0

The details of a certificate chain validation outcome. They may often suggest the reasons that contributed to the overall validation result.

Returns a bit mask of the following options:

cvrBadData0x0001One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed

cvrRevoked0x0002One or more certificates are revoked

cvrNotYetValid0x0004One or more certificates are not yet valid

cvrExpired0x0008One or more certificates are expired

cvrInvalidSignature0x0010A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature

cvrUnknownCA0x0020A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete)

cvrCAUnauthorized0x0040One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA

cvrCRLNotVerified0x0080One or more CRLs could not be verified

cvrOCSPNotVerified0x0100One or more OCSP responses could not be verified

cvrIdentityMismatch0x0200The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate

cvrNoKeyUsage0x0400A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates

cvrBlocked0x0800One or more certificates are blocked

cvrFailure0x1000General validation failure

cvrChainLoop0x2000Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself

cvrWeakAlgorithm0x4000A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements

cvrUserEnforced0x8000The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code

ChainValidationResult
ChainValidities (read-only)

Default: 0

The outcome of a certificate chain validation routine.

Available options:

cvtValid0The chain is valid

cvtValidButUntrusted1The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted

cvtInvalid2The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature)

cvtCantBeEstablished3The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses)

Use the ValidationLog property to access the detailed validation log.

ClaimedSigningTime
string

Default: ""

The signing time from the signer's computer.

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.

CompatibilityErrors
int (read-only)

Default: 0

Returns compatibility errors encountered during validation.

Use this property to get specific compatibility errors encountered during validation. Unlike chain validation details, compatibility errors indicate violations by the signature of the assumed signature level/profile. For example, BES signatures are required to contain the signing time attribute. A prospective BES signature without such attribute will invoke a compatibility error.

ContainsLongTermInfo
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Returns true if the signature was found to contain long-term validation details (certificates, CRLs, and OCSP response).

CorePropertiesSigned
bool

Default: False

Returns True if this signature covers the core properties of the document.

DocumentSigned
bool

Default: False

Returns True if the signature covers the document itself.

EntityLabel
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Use this property to get the signature entity label.

This property returns a string label that uniquely identifies the signature. The label can be used to establish the signature target in the SignatureFound event or to select the signing chain via the SelectInfo method.

ExpireTime
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Specifies the signature expiration time in UTC.

HashAlgorithm
string

Default: "Unknown"

The hash algorithm used for signing.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512

IssuerRDN
string (read-only)

Default: ""

The Relative Distinguished Name of the signing certificate's issuer.

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, about the company that issued the signing certificate.

LastArchivalTime
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Indicates the most recent archival time of an archived signature

This property returns the time of the most recent archival timestamp applied to the signature. This property only makes sense for 'archived' (e.g. CAdES-A) signatures. Time is in UTC.

Level
AdESSignatureLevels

Default: 6

Specifies which level or form of XAdES should be produced.

Use this property to specify the level or form of advanced electronic signature to be produced.

Use the Generic value to produce XML-DSIG signature.

The supported levels and forms are:

aslUnknown0Unknown signature level

aslGeneric1Generic (this value applicable to XAdES signature only and corresponds to XML-DSIG signature)

aslBaselineB2Baseline B (B-B, basic)

aslBaselineT3Baseline T (B-T, timestamped)

aslBaselineLT4Baseline LT (B-LT, long-term)

aslBaselineLTA5Baseline LTA (B-LTA, long-term with archived timestamp)

aslBES6BES (Basic Electronic Signature)

aslEPES7EPES (Electronic Signature with an Explicit Policy)

aslT8T (Timestamped)

aslC9C (T with revocation references)

aslX10X (C with SigAndRefs timestamp or RefsOnly timestamp) (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslXType111X Type 1 (C with an ES-C timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXType212X Type 2 (C with a CertsAndCRLs timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXL13X-L (X with revocation values) (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslXLType114X-L Type 1 (C with revocation values and an ES-C timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslXLType215X-L Type 2 (C with revocation values and a CertsAndCRLs timestamp) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslA16A (archived)

aslExtendedBES17Extended BES

aslExtendedEPES18Extended EPES

aslExtendedT19Extended T

aslExtendedC20Extended C

aslExtendedX21Extended X (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXType122Extended X (type 1) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXType223Extended X (type 2) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLong24Extended X-Long (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXL25Extended X-L (this value applicable to XAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLType126Extended XL (type 1) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedXLType227Extended XL (type 2) (this value applicable to CAdES signature only)

aslExtendedA28Extended A

* For XAdES form from XAdES v1.1.1 use either BES or EPES form values ** Extended forms are supported starting from XAdES v1.3.2

PolicyHash
string

Default: ""

The signature policy hash value.

Use this property to get the signature policy hash from EPES signatures

PolicyHashAlgorithm
string

Default: ""

The algorithm that was used to calculate the signature policy hash

Use this property to get or set the hash algorithm used to calculate the signature policy hash. Read the actual hash value from PolicyHash.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

PolicyID
string

Default: ""

The policy ID that was included or to be included into the signature.

Use this property to retrieve the signature policy identifier from EPES signatures.

PolicyURI
string

Default: ""

The signature policy URI that was included in the signature.

Use this property to set or retrieve the URI of the signature policy from EPES signatures.

SerialNumber
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

The serial number of the signing certificate.

SignatureBytes
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Returns the binary representation of the Office signature.

SignatureInfoComments
string

Default: ""

Contains the comments for the SignatureInfoText.

SignatureInfoText
string

Default: ""

Contains the text of the signature info.

SignatureOriginSigned
bool

Default: False

Returns True if the signature origin is signed.

SignatureType
OfficeSignatureTypes

Default: 0

Specifies the type of this signature.

ostDefault0
ostBinaryCryptoAPI1
ostBinaryXML2
ostOpenXML3
ostOpenXPS4
ostOpenDocument5

SignatureValidationResult
SignatureValidities (read-only)

Default: 0

The outcome of the cryptographic signature validation.

The following signature validity values are supported:

svtValid0The signature is valid

svtUnknown1Signature validity is unknown

svtCorrupted2The signature is corrupted

svtSignerNotFound3Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated.

svtFailure4General failure

svtReferenceCorrupted5Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only)

SubjectKeyID
byte[] (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains the subject key identifier of the signing certificate.

Subject Key Identifier is a (non-critical) X.509 certificate extension which allows the identification of certificates containing a particular public key. In SecureBlackbox, the unique identifier is represented by a SHA-1 hash of the bit string of the subject public key.

SubjectRDN
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains information about the person owning the signing certificate. Only certificates with given subject information will be enumerated during the search operation. Information is stored in the form of [Object Identifier, Value] pairs.

Timestamped
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Use this property to establish whether the signature contains an embedded timestamp.

ValidatedSigningTime
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains the certified signing time.

Use this property to obtain the signing time as certified by a timestamp from a trusted timestamping authority. This property is only non-empty if there was a valid timestamp included in the signature.

ClaimedSigningTime returns a non-trusted signing time from the signer's computer.

Both times are in UTC.

ValidationLog
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Contains the complete log of the certificate validation routine.

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.

XAdESVersion
XAdESVersions

Default: 3

Specifies XAdES version.

This property specifies the version of the XAdES specification the signature should comply with.

The supported vesions are:

xavUnknown0Unknown

xav1111XAdES v1.1.1

xav1222XAdES v1.2.2

xav1323XAdES v1.3.2

xav1414XAdES v1.4.1 (aka v1.4.2)

Constructors

public OfficeSignature();
Public OfficeSignature()

Creates a new Office signature object.

OfficeSignedPart Type

The component is responsible for storing a signed part of an Office document.

Remarks

An Office document may contain any number of signed parts; component contains a single one of them.

The following fields are available:

Fields

ContentType
string (read-only)

Default: ""

Specifies the content type of this signed part.

HashAlgorithm
string (read-only)

Default: "Unknown"

The hash algorithm used for signing.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512

The hash algorithm used for signing.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512

IsRelationshipPart
bool (read-only)

Default: False

Specifies whether this signed part is a relationship part.

Path
string (read-only)

Default: ""

The path to this signed part in the document package.

ValidationResult
SignatureValidities (read-only)

Default: 0

The outcome of the cryptographic signature validation.

The following signature validity values are supported:

svtValid0The signature is valid

svtUnknown1Signature validity is unknown

svtCorrupted2The signature is corrupted

svtSignerNotFound3Failed to acquire the signing certificate. The signature cannot be validated.

svtFailure4General failure

svtReferenceCorrupted5Reference corrupted (XML-based signatures only)

Constructors

public OfficeSignedPart();
Public OfficeSignedPart()

Creates a new Office signed part object.

ProxySettings Type

A container for proxy server settings.

Remarks

This type exposes a collection of properties for tuning up the proxy server configuration.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Address
string

Default: ""

The IP address of the proxy server.

Authentication
ProxyAuthTypes

Default: 0

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

patNoAuthentication0
patBasic1
patDigest2
patNTLM3

Password
string

Default: ""

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

Port
int

Default: 0

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

ProxyType
ProxyTypes

Default: 0

The type of the proxy server.

cptNone0
cptSocks41
cptSocks52
cptWebTunnel3
cptHTTP4

RequestHeaders
string

Default: ""

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

ResponseBody
string

Default: ""

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

ResponseHeaders
string

Default: ""

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

UseIPv6
bool

Default: False

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

Username
string

Default: ""

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

Constructors

public ProxySettings();
Public ProxySettings()

Creates a new ProxySettings object.

SocketSettings Type

A container for the socket settings.

Remarks

This type is a container for socket-layer parameters.

The following fields are available:

Fields

DNSMode
DNSResolveModes

Default: 0

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

dmAuto0
dmPlatform1
dmOwn2
dmOwnSecure3

DNSPort
int

Default: 0

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

DNSQueryTimeout
int

Default: 0

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

DNSServers
string

Default: ""

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

DNSTotalTimeout
int

Default: 0

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

IncomingSpeedLimit
int

Default: 0

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

LocalAddress
string

Default: ""

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

LocalPort
int

Default: 0

The local port number to bind the socket to.

OutgoingSpeedLimit
int

Default: 0

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

Timeout
int

Default: 60000

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).

UseIPv6
bool

Default: False

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

Constructors

public SocketSettings();
Public SocketSettings()

Creates a new SocketSettings object.

TimestampInfo Type

A container for timestamp information.

Remarks

The TimestampInfo object contains details of a third-party timestamp and the outcome of its validation.

The following fields are available: