Re: Implement W3C XML Digital Signatures for Widgets specification in Apache Wookie from Marcos Caceres on 2012-03-24 (public-native-web-apps@w3.org from March 2012)

From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:50:37 +0000
To: Pushpalanka Jayawardhana <pushpalankajaya@gmail.com>
Cc: public-native-web-apps@w3.org
Message-ID: <1AEFFC2FC43F49E9BC6509F284EBAA9D@marcosc.com>

Hi Pushpalanka,  

On Friday, 23 March 2012 at 16:19, Pushpalanka Jayawardhana wrote:  
> Hi,
>  
> I'm trying to implement W3C XML Digital Signatures for Widgets specification (http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/) in Apache Wookie.
> I found 'Java XML Digital Signature API' can be a suitable candidate.

It's certainly doable with that… I tried a few years ago, but found it very painful. Maybe the Java documentation has improved since then.   
>  
> But glad to know whether there are better solutions, that can be used or things to try out, from the experts out there.

  
Take a look at:  
http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-digsig/test-suite/tools/

It uses OpenSSL + a bunch of fairly simple bash scripts to do signing. Might be able to use that on the server.

Received on Saturday, 24 March 2012 12:51:09 UTC