gecko/security/manager/ssl/public/nsIDataSignatureVerifier.idl

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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
#include "nsISupports.idl"
/**
* An interface for verifying that a given string of data was signed by the
* private key matching the given public key.
*/
[scriptable, uuid(0a84b3d5-6ba9-432d-89da-4fbd0b0f2aec)]
interface nsIDataSignatureVerifier : nsISupports
{
/**
* Verifies that the data matches the data that was used to generate the
* signature.
*
* @param aData The data to be tested.
* @param aSignature The signature of the data, base64 encoded.
* @param aPublicKey The public part of the key used for signing, DER encoded
* then base64 encoded.
* @returns true if the signature matches the data, false if not.
*/
boolean verifyData(in ACString aData, in ACString aSignature, in ACString aPublicKey);
};