An interface for verifying that a given string of data was signed by the private key matching the given public key.
1.0
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Introduced
Gecko 1.9
Inherits from:
nsISupports
Last changed in Gecko 1.9 (Firefox 3)Method overview
boolean verifyData(in ACString aData, in ACString aSignature, in ACString aPublicKey); |
Methods
verifyData()
Verifies that the data matches the data that was used to generate the signature.
boolean verifyData( in ACString aData, in ACString aSignature, in ACString aPublicKey );
Parameters
aData- The data to be tested.
aSignature- The signature of the data, base64 encoded.
aPublicKey- The public part of the key used for signing, DER encoded then base64 encoded.
Return value
true if the signature matches the data, false if not.