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RSAPKCS1SignatureFormatter.CreateSignature Method (Byte[])

Creates the RSA PKCS #1 signature for the specified data.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public override byte[] CreateSignature(
	byte[] rgbHash
)

Parameters

rgbHash
Type: System.Byte[]

The data to be signed.

Return Value

Type: System.Byte[]
The digital signature for rgbHash.
ExceptionCondition
CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException

The key is null.

-or-

The hash algorithm is null.

ArgumentNullException

The rgbHash parameter is null.

You must specify a key and a hash algorithm before calling this method.

The following example demonstrates how to create a PKCS #1 version 1.5 signature.

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

class RSASample
{

    static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            //Create a new instance of RSACryptoServiceProvider. 
            using (RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                //The hash to sign. 
                byte[] hash;
                using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
                {
                    byte[] data = new byte[] { 59, 4, 248, 102, 77, 97, 142, 201, 210, 12, 224, 93, 25, 41, 100, 197, 213, 134, 130, 135 };
                    hash = sha256.ComputeHash(data);
                }

                //Create an RSASignatureFormatter object and pass it the  
                //RSACryptoServiceProvider to transfer the key information.
                RSAPKCS1SignatureFormatter RSAFormatter = new RSAPKCS1SignatureFormatter(rsa);

                //Set the hash algorithm to SHA256.
                RSAFormatter.SetHashAlgorithm("SHA256");

                //Create a signature for HashValue and return it. 
                byte[] SignedHash = RSAFormatter.CreateSignature(hash);
            }

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

}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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