<Signature> Element (ClickOnce Deployment)

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Contains the necessary information to digitally sign this deployment manifest.

Syntax

  
      <Signature>   
   XML signature information   
</Signature>

Remarks

Signing a deployment manifest using an envelope signature is optional, but recommended. For more information about signing XML files see the World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation, "XML-Signature Syntax and Processing," described at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/.

If you want to sign your manifest, hashes must be provided for all files. A manifest with files that are not hashed cannot be signed, because users cannot verify the contents of unhashed files.

Example

The following code example illustrates a Signature element in a deployment manifest used in a ClickOnce deployment.

<Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">  
  <SignedInfo>  
    <CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm=  
           "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315" />  
    <SignatureMethod Algorithm=  
           "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />  
    <Reference URI="">  
      <Transforms>  
        <Transform Algorithm=  
           "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature" />  
      </Transforms>  
      <DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />  
      <DigestValue>d2z5AE...</DigestValue>  
    </Reference>  
  </SignedInfo>  
  <SignatureValue>  
4PHj6SaopoLp...  
  </SignatureValue>  
  <KeyInfo>  
    <X509Data>  
      <X509Certificate>  
MIIHnTCCBoWgAwIBAgIKJY9+nwAHAAB...  
      </X509Certificate>  
    </X509Data>  
  </KeyInfo>  
</Signature>

See Also

ClickOnce Deployment Manifest