Supported kind of keys

Types of keys supported by the xml.CryptoKey class.

Table 1. Supported kind of keys
Identifier Description Usage Type
http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#dsa-sha1

Asymmetric DSA key with SHA1 for signature purposes.

Uses a private DSA key for signature and needs an associated public DSA key or X509 certificate containing it, to verify it.

See specification for details.

SIGNATURE PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1

Asymmetric RSA key with SHA1 for signature purposes.

Uses a private RSA key for signature and needs an associated public RSA key or X509 certificate containing it, to verify it.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256

Asymmetric RSA key with SHA256 for signature purposes.

Uses a private RSA key for signature and needs an associated public RSA key or X509 certificate containing it, to verify it.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha384

Asymmetric RSA key with SHA384 for signature purposes.

Uses a private RSA key for signature and needs an associated public RSA key or X509 certificate containing it, to verify it.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha512

Asymmetric RSA key with SHA512 for signature purposes.

Uses a private RSA key for signature and needs an associated public RSA key or X509 certificate containing it, to verify it.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#hmac-sha1

Message Authentication Code key with SHA1 for signature purposes.

Uses the same password for signature and to verify it, and key size is free.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE HMAC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha256

Message Authentication Code key with SHA256 for signature purposes.

Uses the same password for signature and to verify it, and key size is free.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE HMAC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha384

Message Authentication Code key with SHA384 for signature purposes.

Uses the same password for signature and to verify it, and key size is free.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE HMAC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#hmac-sha512

Message Authentication Code key with SHA512 for signature purposes.

Uses the same password for signature and to verify it, and key size is free.

See specification for details.
SIGNATURE HMAC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc

Symmetric AES128 key for encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 128bits for encrypting and decrypting XML documents.

See specification for details.
ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes192-cbc

Symmetric AES192 key for encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 192bits for encrypting and decrypting XML documents.

See specification for details.
ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes256-cbc

Symmetric AES256 key for encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 256bits for encrypting and decrypting XML documents.

See specification for details.
ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#tripledes-cbc

Symmetric TripleDes key for encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 192bits for encrypting and decrypting XML documents.

See specification for details.
ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes128

Symmetric AES128 key wrap for key encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 128bits for encrypting and decrypting a symmetric key.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes192

Symmetric AES192 key wrap for key encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 192bits for encrypting and decrypting a symmetric key.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-aes256

Symmetric AES256 key wrap for key encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 256bits for encrypting and decrypting a symmetric key.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#kw-tripledes

Symmetric TripleDes key wrap for key encryption purposes.

Uses a common key of 192bits for encrypting and decrypting a symmetric key.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION SYMMETRIC
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-1_5

Asymmetric RSA key for key encryption purposes.

Uses a public RSA key or a X509 certificate containing it to encrypt a symmetric key, and needs the associated private RSA key to decrypt it.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION PUBLIC or PRIVATE
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-oaep-mgf1p

Asymmetric RSA key for key encryption purposes.

Uses a public RSA key or a X509 certificate containing it to encrypt a symmetric key, and needs the associated private RSA key to decrypt it.

See specification for details.
KEY ENCRYPTION PUBLIC or PRIVATE
Diffie-Hellman identifier: http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#DHKeyValue Diffie-Hellman key agreement algorithm. Derives a shared secret. The resulting shared secret is a HMAC or symmetric key for encryption purposes. KEY AGREEMENT PUBLIC or PRIVATE