Gem::Security::Signer

Basic OpenSSL-based package signing class.

Attributes

cert_chain[RW]

key[RW]

Public Class Methods

new(key, cert_chain) click to toggle source

 
               # File rubygems/security.rb, line 791
def initialize(key, cert_chain)
  Gem.ensure_ssl_available
  @algo = Gem::Security::OPT[:dgst_algo]
  @key, @cert_chain = key, cert_chain

  # check key, if it's a file, and if it's key, leave it alone
  if @key && !@key.kind_of?(OpenSSL::PKey::PKey)
    @key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(File.read(@key))
  end

  # check cert chain, if it's a file, load it, if it's cert data, convert
  # it into a cert object, and if it's a cert object, leave it alone
  if @cert_chain
    @cert_chain = @cert_chain.map do |cert|
      # check cert, if it's a file, load it, if it's cert data, convert it
      # into a cert object, and if it's a cert object, leave it alone
      if cert && !cert.kind_of?(OpenSSL::X509::Certificate)
        cert = File.read(cert) if File::exist?(cert)
        cert = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(cert)
      end
      cert
    end
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

sign(data) click to toggle source

Sign data with given digest algorithm

 
               # File rubygems/security.rb, line 819
def sign(data)
  @key.sign(@algo.new, data)
end

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