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| xsec-checksig.pod(1) |
Apache XML Security |
xsec-checksig.pod(1) |
NAME¶
xmlsec-checksig - Check a signature embedded in an XML file
SYNOPSIS¶
xmlsec-checksig [-s] [-h string] [-x]
[-d ns-uri name]
[-i] [--id name] input
DESCRIPTION¶
xmlsec-checksig checks a digital signature embedded in an XML file using
the Apache XML Security for C++ library. It reads the XML document to check
from the provided input file and expects the signature to follow the
XML Digital Signature and Encryption specifications.
OPTIONS¶
Note that each option must be given as a separate argument.
- --hmackey string, -h string
- Use the HMAC key specified by string.
- --id name
- Use the attribute id with name name. To also specify the namespace,
use --idns instead.
- --idns ns-uri name, -d ns-uri
name
- Use the attribute id specified by the namespace URI ns-uri and the
name name.
- --interop, -i
- Use the interop resolver for the Baltimore interop examples.
- --skiprefs, -s
- Skip checking references and only check the signature.
- --xsecresolver, -x
- Use the Apache XML Security for C++ test XMLDSig URI resolver.
RETURN STATUS¶
xmlsec-checksig exits with status 0 if the signature is valid and with
status 1 if the signature is not valid. If it cannot process the input file
for some reason, it exits with status 2.
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Russ Allbery for Debian.
MANUAL LICENSE¶
The authors hereby relinquish any claim to any copyright that they may have in
this work, whether granted under contract or by operation of law or
international treaty, and hereby commit to the public, at large, that they
shall not, at any time in the future, seek to enforce any copyright in this
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