Digital Signature SunMSCAPI provider & MS Crypto API

Question

I want to sign file with the SunMSCAPI provider. As public key and signatures needs to be imported using MS Crypto API.

Generally generating signatures

Answer 1

If you work with MSCAPI, it is assumed that you've added your key to the Microsoft Certificate store. You can check if the key is present by going to "Internet Properties" > "Content" > "Certificates" which gives you a list of certificates that are available. If your certificate isn't there, you can't use it. If it's there, you need this code:

SunMSCAPI providerMSCAPI = new SunMSCAPI();
Security.addProvider(providerMSCAPI);
KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("Windows-MY");
ks.load(null, null);

From there on, the code is pretty standard. Please consult my book on digital signatures for more info (the book is free).

IMPORTANT ADDITION: I forgot to mention that SunMSCAPI isn't present in the 64-bit version of Java 6 (I don't know about Java 7). You can fix this by installing the 32-bit version.