QXmlSec

QXmlSec is a simple Qt library helping you implement the XML Signature Syntax, XML Encryption Syntax and XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES), by leveraing Qt's QDomDocument and the xmlsec library.

Usage

Signing a document

xmldsig

#include <xmlsec-qt/xmlsign.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  QDomDocument targetDocument;
  QXmlSecCertificate certificateData;
  QXmlSign signer;
  QXmlSec xmlsec;
  QString keyInfoId;

  certificateData.setFormat(QXmlSecCertificate::Pkcs12);
  certificateData.setFilepath("./certificate.pfx");
  certificateData.setPassword("password");

  signer.withSignatureId("Signature-a53a6ab2")
        .useNamespace("ds")
        .useCertificate(certificateData)
        .useDocument(targetDocument);

  keyInfoId = signer.signatureContext().tagId("KeyInfo");

  signer.useKeyInfo(QXmlSignKeyInfo()
    .withId(keyInfoId)
    .withKeyValue()
    .withX509Data()
  );

  signer.useSignInfo(QXmlSignInfo()
    .addReference(QXmlSignReference()
      .withType(QUrl("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#Object"))
      .useAlgorithm(QUrl(http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#Object))
      .addTransform(QUrl("http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"))
      .addTransform(QUrl("http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116"))
    )
    .addReference(QXmlSignReference()
      .withUri('#' + keyInfoId)
      .useAlgorithm(QUrl("http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512"))
    )
  );

  if (signer.sign())
  {
    std::cerr << "Successfully signed XML document" << std::endl;
    std::cout << signer.toString().toStdString() << std::endl;
  }
  else
    std::cerr << "Failed to sign XML document." << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

The previous example would generate the following signature, envelopped within targetDocument:

<ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="Signature-a53a6ab2">
    <ds:SignedInfo>
        <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
        <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/>
        <ds:Reference Id="Reference-cf54e6a9-7bf2-4128-8cae-474a267a16a1" Type="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#Object" URI="">
            <ds:Transforms>
                <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315"/>
                <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
                <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
                    <ds:XPath xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">not(ancestor-or-self::ds:Signature)</ds:XPath>
                </ds:Transform>
            </ds:Transforms>
            <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512"/>
            <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
        </ds:Reference>
        <ds:Reference URI="#Signature-a53a6ab2-bkmcloef-KeyInfo">
            <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha512"/>
            <ds:DigestValue>...</ds:DigestValue>
        </ds:Reference>
    </ds:SignedInfo>
    <ds:SignatureValue>...</ds:SignatureValue>
    <ds:KeyInfo Id="Signature-a53a6ab2-bkmcloef-KeyInfo">
      <ds:X509Data>
          <ds:X509Certificate>...</ds:X509Certificate>
      </ds:X509Data>
      <ds:KeyValue>
          <ds:RSAKeyValue>
              <ds:Modulus>...</ds:Modulus>
              <ds:Exponent>...</ds:Exponent>
          </ds:RSAKeyValue>
      </ds:KeyValue>
    </ds:KeyInfo>
</ds:Signature>

You may also provide a QSslKey instead of QXmlsecCertificate:

QSslKey sslKey;

signer.useSslKey(sslKey, "password");

Note that while this allows you better integration with the rest of your Qt program, some xmlsigd fields might not work when using this method. It is safer to use the QXmlsecCertificate object.

XAdES

TODO

Verifying the signature on a document

#include <xmlsec-qt/xmlsec.h>
#include <xmlsec-qt/xmlverify.h>
#include <QFile>

int main()
{
  QXmlSec xmlsec; // initializes and finalizes the global state for xmlsec
  QFile sslKeyFile("./ssl.key");
  QFile signedDocument("./document.xml");

  if (sslKeyFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) &&
      signedDocument.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
  {
    QString password("password");
    QSslKey sslKey(sslKeyFile, QSsl::Rsa, QSsl::Pem, QSsl::PublicKey, password);
    bool valid;

    valid = QXmlVerify(sslKey)
      .usePassphrase(password)
      .verify(signedDocument.readAll());
    return valid ? 0 : -1;
  }
  return -1;
}