Verify a MAC signature

Verify the signature of data from an HMAC key.

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• Creating and validating MAC digital signatures

Code sample

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

using Google.Cloud.Kms.V1;
using Google.Protobuf;

public class VerifyMacSample
{
    public bool VerifyMac(
      string projectId = "my-project", string locationId = "us-east1", string keyRingId = "my-key-ring", string keyId = "my-key", string keyVersionId = "123",
      string data = "my data",
      byte[] signature = null)
    {
        // Build the key version name.
        CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName = new CryptoKeyVersionName(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

        // Create the client.
        KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.Create();

        // Convert the data and signatures into ByteStrings.
        ByteString dataByteString = ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(data);
        ByteString signatureByteString = ByteString.CopyFrom(signature);

        // Verify the signature.
        MacVerifyResponse result = client.MacVerify(keyVersionName, dataByteString, signatureByteString);

        // Return the result.
        return result.Success;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	kms "cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/kms/apiv1/kmspb"
)

// verifyMac will verify a previous HMAC signature.
func verifyMac(w io.Writer, name string, data, signature []byte) error {
	// name := "projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/keyRings/my-key-ring/cryptoKeys/my-key/cryptoKeyVersions/123"
	// data := "my previous data"
	// signature := []byte("...")  // Response from a sign request

	// Create the client.
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := kms.NewKeyManagementClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create kms client: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the request.
	req := &kmspb.MacVerifyRequest{
		Name: name,
		Data: data,
		Mac:  signature,
	}

	// Verify the signature.
	result, err := client.MacVerify(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to verify signature: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Verified: %t", result.Success)
	return nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.CryptoKeyVersionName;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.KeyManagementServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.kms.v1.MacVerifyResponse;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;

public class VerifyMac {

  public void verifyMac() throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-east1";
    String keyRingId = "my-key-ring";
    String keyId = "my-key";
    String keyVersionId = "123";
    String data = "Data to sign";
    byte[] signature = null;
    verifyMac(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId, data, signature);
  }

  // Sign data with a given mac key.
  public void verifyMac(
      String projectId,
      String locationId,
      String keyRingId,
      String keyId,
      String keyVersionId,
      String data,
      byte[] signature)
      throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only
    // needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After
    // completing all of your requests, call the "close" method on the client to
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (KeyManagementServiceClient client = KeyManagementServiceClient.create()) {
      // Build the key version name from the project, location, key ring, key,
      // and key version.
      CryptoKeyVersionName keyVersionName =
          CryptoKeyVersionName.of(projectId, locationId, keyRingId, keyId, keyVersionId);

      // Verify the signature
      MacVerifyResponse response =
          client.macVerify(
              keyVersionName, ByteString.copyFromUtf8(data), ByteString.copyFrom(signature));

      // The data comes back as raw bytes, which may include non-printable
      // characters. This base64-encodes the result so it can be printed below.
      System.out.printf("Success: %s%n", response.getSuccess());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

//
// TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
//
// const projectId = 'your-project-id';
// const locationId = 'us-east1';
// const keyRingId = 'my-key-ring';
// const keyId = 'my-key';
// const versionId = '123';
// const data = Buffer.from('...');
// const signature = Buffer.from('...');

// Imports the Cloud KMS library
const {KeyManagementServiceClient} = require('@google-cloud/kms');

// Instantiates a client
const client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

// Build the version name
const versionName = client.cryptoKeyVersionPath(
  projectId,
  locationId,
  keyRingId,
  keyId,
  versionId
);

async function verifyMac() {
  // Verify the data with Cloud KMS
  const [verifyResponse] = await client.macVerify({
    name: versionName,
    data: data,
    mac: signature,
  });

  console.log(`Verified: ${verifyResponse.success}`);
  return verifyResponse;
}

return verifyMac();

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\Client\KeyManagementServiceClient;
use Google\Cloud\Kms\V1\MacVerifyRequest;

function verify_mac(
    string $projectId = 'my-project',
    string $locationId = 'us-east1',
    string $keyRingId = 'my-key-ring',
    string $keyId = 'my-key',
    string $versionId = '123',
    string $data = '...',
    string $signature = '...'
) {
    // Create the Cloud KMS client.
    $client = new KeyManagementServiceClient();

    // Build the key version name.
    $keyVersionName = $client->cryptoKeyVersionName($projectId, $locationId, $keyRingId, $keyId, $versionId);

    // Call the API.
    $macVerifyRequest = (new MacVerifyRequest())
        ->setName($keyVersionName)
        ->setData($data)
        ->setMac($signature);
    $verifyMacResponse = $client->macVerify($macVerifyRequest);

    printf('Signature verified: %s' . PHP_EOL, $verifyMacResponse->getSuccess());

    return $verifyMacResponse;
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import kms


def verify_mac(
    project_id: str,
    location_id: str,
    key_ring_id: str,
    key_id: str,
    version_id: str,
    data: str,
    signature: bytes,
) -> kms.MacVerifyResponse:
    """
    Verify the signature of data from an HMAC key.

    Args:
        project_id (string): Google Cloud project ID (e.g. 'my-project').
        location_id (string): Cloud KMS location (e.g. 'us-east1').
        key_ring_id (string): ID of the Cloud KMS key ring (e.g. 'my-key-ring').
        key_id (string): ID of the key to use (e.g. 'my-key').
        version_id (string): Version to use (e.g. '1').
        data (string): Data that was signed.
        signature (bytes): Signature bytes.

    Returns:
        MacVerifyResponse: Success.
    """

    # Create the client.
    client = kms.KeyManagementServiceClient()

    # Build the key version name.
    key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path(
        project_id, location_id, key_ring_id, key_id, version_id
    )

    # Convert the message to bytes.
    data_bytes = data.encode("utf-8")

    # Call the API
    verify_response = client.mac_verify(
        request={"name": key_version_name, "data": data_bytes, "mac": signature}
    )

    print(f"Verified: {verify_response.success}")
    return verify_response

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud KMS, see Cloud KMS client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud KMS, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

# TODO(developer): uncomment these values before running the sample.
# project_id  = "my-project"
# location_id = "us-east1"
# key_ring_id = "my-key-ring"
# key_id      = "my-key"
# version_id  = "123"
# data        = "my data"
# signature   = "..."

# Require the library.
require "google/cloud/kms"

# Require digest.
require "digest"

# Create the client.
client = Google::Cloud::Kms.key_management_service

# Build the key version name.
key_version_name = client.crypto_key_version_path project:            project_id,
                                                  location:           location_id,
                                                  key_ring:           key_ring_id,
                                                  crypto_key:         key_id,
                                                  crypto_key_version: version_id

# Call the API.
verify_response = client.mac_verify name: key_version_name, data: data, mac: signature
puts "Verified: #{verify_response.success}"

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