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DSASignatureFormatter Class

Creates a Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) signature.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.AsymmetricSignatureFormatter
    System.Security.Cryptography.DSASignatureFormatter

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class DSASignatureFormatter : AsymmetricSignatureFormatter

The DSASignatureFormatter type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method DSASignatureFormatter() Initializes a new instance of the DSASignatureFormatter class.
Public method DSASignatureFormatter(AsymmetricAlgorithm) Initializes a new instance of the DSASignatureFormatter class with the specified key.
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  Name Description
Public method CreateSignature(Byte[]) Creates the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) PKCS #1 signature for the specified data. (Overrides AsymmetricSignatureFormatter.CreateSignature(Byte[]).)
Public method CreateSignature(HashAlgorithm) Creates the signature from the specified hash value. (Inherited from AsymmetricSignatureFormatter.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method SetHashAlgorithm Specifies the hash algorithm for the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) signature formatter. (Overrides AsymmetricSignatureFormatter.SetHashAlgorithm(String).)
Public method SetKey Specifies the key to be used for the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) signature formatter. (Overrides AsymmetricSignatureFormatter.SetKey(AsymmetricAlgorithm).)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

class DSASample
{
		
	static void Main()
	{
		try
		{
			//Create a new instance of DSACryptoServiceProvider.
			DSACryptoServiceProvider DSA = new DSACryptoServiceProvider();

			//The hash to sign.
			byte[] Hash = {59,4,248,102,77,97,142,201,210,12,224,93,25,41,100,197,213,134,130,135};

			//Create an DSASignatureFormatter object and pass it the 
			//DSACryptoServiceProvider to transfer the key information.
			DSASignatureFormatter DSAFormatter = new DSASignatureFormatter(DSA);

			//Set the hash algorithm to SHA1.
			DSAFormatter.SetHashAlgorithm("SHA1");

			//Create a signature for HashValue and return it.
			byte[] SignedHash = DSAFormatter.CreateSignature(Hash);

		}
		catch(CryptographicException e)
		{
			Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
		}
	}

}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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