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DSACryptoServiceProvider::SignData Method (array<Byte>^)

 

Computes the hash value of the specified byte array and signs the resulting hash value.

Namespace:   System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
array<unsigned char>^ SignData(
	array<unsigned char>^ buffer
)

Parameters

buffer
Type: array<System::Byte>^

The input data for which to compute the hash.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Byte>^

The DSA signature for the specified data.

This method creates a digital signature that is verified using the VerifyData method.

DSA uses the SHA1 hash algorithm.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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