[xmlsec] xmlsec executable and examples

[Aleksey Sanin]

I think you should start from reading XML Digital Siganture spec:
         http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
About 100+ tests are included into the xmlsec sources package. And all of
them are based on the xmlsec application.  Check out 
xmlsec/test/testDSig.sh
script and test xml signature templates and result files from the 
sub-folders of
the xmlsec/tests folder. Also try 'xmlsec help' to get quick help and 
list of
available options.


Aleksey



Marius Kjeldahl wrote:

> Since xmlsec comes with an executable, does anybody have any simple 
> examples that show how it all fits together?
>
> Specifically, I'm trying to sign a small simple xml document, but 
> xmlsec complains about missing signature sections.
>
> E.g., take an xml file (test.xml) containing:
>
> <SomeTest>
>   <Message>
>     <Somedata.test>Hello</Somedata.test>
>   </Message>
> </SomeTest>
>
> If I try:
>
> xmlsec sign test.xml
>
> I get the following:
>
> Error: failed to find Signature node
> Error: operation failed
>
> If I just try to add an empty Signature tag, it still does not work.
>
> <SomeTest>
>   <Message>
>     <Somedata.test>Hello</Somedata.test>
>   </Message>
>   <Signature>
>   </Signature>
> </SomeTest>
>
> I would like to fully understand how everything works together and 
> what results to expect before I start digging into the API.
>
> Does anybody have any examples of signing/encrypting using the command 
> line tool that comes with xmlsec?
>
> Thanks,
>