module OpenSSL::Timestamp

Provides classes and methods to request, create and validate RFC3161-compliant timestamps. Request may be used to either create requests from scratch or to parse existing requests that again can be used to request timestamps from a timestamp server, e.g. via the net/http. The resulting timestamp response may be parsed using Response.

Please note that Response is read-only and immutable. To create a Response, an instance of Factory as well as a valid Request are needed.

Create a Response:¶ ↑

#Assumes ts.p12 is a PKCS#12-compatible file with a private key
#and a certificate that has an extended key usage of 'timeStamping'
p12 = OpenSSL::PKCS12.new(File.binread('ts.p12'), 'pwd')
md = OpenSSL::Digest.new('SHA1')
hash = md.digest(data) #some binary data to be timestamped
req = OpenSSL::Timestamp::Request.new
req.algorithm = 'SHA1'
req.message_imprint = hash
req.policy_id = "1.2.3.4.5"
req.nonce = 42
fac = OpenSSL::Timestamp::Factory.new
fac.gen_time = Time.now
fac.serial_number = 1
timestamp = fac.create_timestamp(p12.key, p12.certificate, req)

Verify a timestamp response:¶ ↑

#Assume we have a timestamp token in a file called ts.der
ts = OpenSSL::Timestamp::Response.new(File.binread('ts.der'))
#Assume we have the Request for this token in a file called req.der
req = OpenSSL::Timestamp::Request.new(File.binread('req.der'))
# Assume the associated root CA certificate is contained in a
# DER-encoded file named root.cer
root = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.binread('root.cer'))
# get the necessary intermediate certificates, available in
# DER-encoded form in inter1.cer and inter2.cer
inter1 = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.binread('inter1.cer'))
inter2 = OpenSSL::X509::Certificate.new(File.binread('inter2.cer'))
ts.verify(req, root, inter1, inter2) -> ts or raises an exception if validation fails