On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 09:24:38AM +0100, timmy pony wrote: > I have tried this > > openssl dgst -sha256 -sign my_private.key -out /tmp/sign.sha256 codeTosign.txt This produces raw binary output, no base64 encoding. What is the content of the file "codeToSign.txt"? Post the output of: od -tx1 < /tmp/codeToSign.txt > public class SHA256RSA { > > public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { > String input = "sample input"; This input has no newline ending, perhaps the disk file does. > // Not a real private key! Replace with your private key! > String strPk = "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvwIBADANBgkqhkiG9" > + "w0BAQEFAASCBKkwggSlAgEAAoIBAQDJUGqaRB11KjxQ\nKHDeG" > + "........................................................" > + "Ldt0hAPNl4QKYWCfJm\nNf7Afqaa/RZq0+y/36v83NGENQ==\n" > + "-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"; I sure hope your production code will *NOT* have the private key embedded in the executable. > String base64Signature = signSHA256RSA(input,strPk); > System.out.println("Signature="+base64Signature); This outputs a signature encoded in base64. -- Viktor. -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users