NAME¶

CryptVerifySignatureW (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL CryptVerifySignatureW
(
HCRYPTHASH hHash,
CONST BYTE* pbSignature,
DWORD dwSigLen,
HCRYPTKEY hPubKey,
LPCWSTR sDescription,
DWORD dwFlags
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Verifies the signature of a hash object.

PARAMS¶

hHash [In] Handle of the hash object to verify. pbSignature [In] Signature data to verify. dwSigLen [In] Size of pbSignature. hPubKey [In] Handle to the public key to authenticate signature. sDescription [In] Should be NULL. dwFlags [In] See MSDN doc.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE Failure: FALSE.

NOTES¶

Because of security flaws sDescription should not be used and should thus be NULL. It is supported only for compatibility with Microsoft's Cryptographic Providers.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "wincrypt.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/crypt.c". Debug channel "crypt".