XML-Dsig signatures

Disclaimer: You are free to reuse it “as-is”, on your own responsibility and without any guarantee whatsoever. No rights can be derived from, successfully or unsuccessfully, completing the steps outlined below.

Steps

  • Create a Hello Word document or spreadsheet
  • Sign the file
  • Verify the file using an ODF validator
  • Reopen the file in another application
  • Check if the application at least detects the signature
  • Check if the signature can be validated

Files

Please follow the file name convention outlined in the faq. Note that the PDF files can be included as a previewing aid, but uploading the ODF files is much more important.

Original

ODF File PDF preview
LibreOffice 3.4.1

Reopened /modified

ODF File PDF preview

Tracker

A list of known issues. Implementations not listed here may or may not work as expected. Results may vary depending on user settings and computer environment. Use at your own risk.

Nr Status Write Read Comment
001 Open LibreOffice 3.4.1 All ODF Validator says file is not valid:
* META-INF/manifest.xml: Error: The file 'META-INF/documentsignatures.xml' shall be listed in the 'META-INF/manifest.xml'
* META-INF/documentsignatures.xml[2,89]: Error: element “document-signatures” is missing “version” attribute
* styles.xml[2,10982]:Error:unexpected attribute “style:layout-grid-snap-to-characters”
scenarios/20110715/xmldsig.txt · Last modified: 2011/07/13 08:49 by bart.hanssens
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