CMessageSigner Class Reference

Helper class for signing messages and checking their signatures. More...

#include <messagesigner.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static bool	GetKeysFromSecret (const std::string &strSecret, CKey &keyRet, CPubKey &pubkeyRet)
	Set the private/public key values, returns true if successful. More...
static bool	SignMessage (const std::string &strMessage, std::vector< unsigned char > &vchSigRet, const CKey &key)
	Sign the message, returns true if successful. More...
static bool	VerifyMessage (const CPubKey &pubkey, const std::vector< unsigned char > &vchSig, const std::string &strMessage, std::string &strErrorRet)
	Verify the message signature, returns true if succcessful. More...
static bool	VerifyMessage (const CKeyID &keyID, const std::vector< unsigned char > &vchSig, const std::string &strMessage, std::string &strErrorRet)
	Verify the message signature, returns true if succcessful. More...

Detailed Description

Helper class for signing messages and checking their signatures.

Definition at line 12 of file messagesigner.h.

Member Function Documentation

GetKeysFromSecret()

bool CMessageSigner::GetKeysFromSecret ( const std::string &  strSecret, CKey &  keyRet, CPubKey &  pubkeyRet  )

static

Set the private/public key values, returns true if successful.

Definition at line 12 of file messagesigner.cpp.

References CBitcoinSecret::GetKey(), CKey::GetPubKey(), and CBitcoinSecret::SetString().

Referenced by CSporkManager::SetPrivKey().

SignMessage()

bool CMessageSigner::SignMessage ( const std::string &  strMessage, std::vector< unsigned char > &  vchSigRet, const CKey &  key  )

static

Sign the message, returns true if successful.

Definition at line 24 of file messagesigner.cpp.

References CHashWriter::GetHash(), SER_GETHASH, CHashSigner::SignHash(), and strMessageMagic.

Referenced by CGovernanceVote::Sign(), and CSporkMessage::Sign().

VerifyMessage() [1/2]

bool CMessageSigner::VerifyMessage ( const CPubKey &  pubkey, const std::vector< unsigned char > &  vchSig, const std::string &  strMessage, std::string &  strErrorRet  )

static

Verify the message signature, returns true if succcessful.

Definition at line 33 of file messagesigner.cpp.

References CPubKey::GetID().

Referenced by CGovernanceVote::CheckSignature(), CSporkMessage::CheckSignature(), CheckStringSig(), CGovernanceVote::Sign(), and CSporkMessage::Sign().

VerifyMessage() [2/2]

bool CMessageSigner::VerifyMessage ( const CKeyID &  keyID, const std::vector< unsigned char > &  vchSig, const std::string &  strMessage, std::string &  strErrorRet  )

static

Verify the message signature, returns true if succcessful.

Definition at line 38 of file messagesigner.cpp.

References CHashWriter::GetHash(), SER_GETHASH, strMessageMagic, and CHashSigner::VerifyHash().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/messagesigner.h
• src/messagesigner.cpp