Re: Sign w/ BSafe; Verify w/ MS Crypto; Error: Invalid Signature

From: Pieter Philippaerts (Pieter_at_nospam.mentalis.org)
Date: 12/18/03 

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:47:44 +0100

"Daniel McGloin" <dmcgloin@san.rr.com> wrote in message
> I am getting an error verifying a signature created with BSAFE. The
> error returned from CryptVerifySignature is NTE_BAD_SIGNATURE. I have
> tried to verify all inputs (i.e. signature, message file, public key)
> to make sure they are correct.

Keep in mind that the CryptoAPI uses little endian byte order and that most
other products use big endian byte order.
Have you tried reversing the contents of 'signatureKeyData'?

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
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