Class CMS

Cryptographic Message Syntax (aka PKCS #7)

CMS describes an encapsulation syntax for data protection. It is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary message content.

See RFC 5652 for all the details.

Hierarchy

CMS

Index

Constructors

Properties

Methods

decrypt encrypt

Constructors

constructor

new CMS(keychain: KeyChain): CMS
Creates a new instance with a keychain
Parameters
- keychain: KeyChain
Returns CMS
- Defined in index.ts:55

Properties

`Private` `Readonly` keychain

keychain: KeyChain

Methods

decrypt

decrypt(cmsData: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>
Reads some protected data.

The keychain must contain one of the keys used to encrypt the data. If none of the keys exists, an Error is returned with the property 'Error.props.missingKeys'. It is array of key ids.
Parameters
- cmsData: Uint8Array
Returns Promise<Uint8Array>
- Defined in index.ts:96

encrypt

encrypt(name: string, plain: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>
Creates some protected data.

The output Uint8Array contains the PKCS #7 message in DER.
Parameters
- name: string
- plain: Uint8Array
Returns Promise<Uint8Array>
- Defined in index.ts:68