I am glad that this issue was mentioned because I had the same problem, not with argument exception but understanding how it was to be dimensioned.
>The easiest way is to create a dummy signature and look at the generated byte >length. Paulo, Don't take it personal but this seems like rather a crummy solution compared to other crypto APIs. That a too large argument gives an error is IMHO a bug. My suggestion is that you document minimum sizes but handle oversized arguments automatically in a future version of iText. Another passibility is introducing another method which does not require any dimensioned arguments at all. I get a bit "C-sick" when I have to reserve buffer-space for internal operations in a java program... I love iText BTW! best Anders Rundgren > > Paulo Soares wrote: > > Replace "new byte[128]" with "new byte[256]". > > > > Paulo > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Android Andrew [:] > >> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 12:42 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [iText-questions] IllegalArgumentException: The key > >> /Contents istoo big. (RSA 2k ???) > >> > >> Hello everybody! > >> > >> I've faced with problem similar to described here: > >> 26 Oct 2005 > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> net/msg19419.html > >> > >> If I'm using 1k length private key, everything is Ok, but > if I try to > >> use 2k length key, I get this: > >> > >> Exception in thread "main" > >> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The key > >> /Contents is too big. Is 522, reserved 264 > >> at > >> com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfSignatureAppearance.close(PdfSignature > >> Appearance.java:1040) > >> > >> My code is based on receipt from > >> http://itextpdf.sourceforge.net/howtosign.html#signextstd > >> > >> Does anybody faced with such problem or knew how to deal with it? > >> > >> > >> > >> Here is a part of my code: > >> > >> .... > >> KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("pkcs12"); > >> ks.load(new FileInputStream(KeyFileName), > >> Pass.toCharArray()); > >> String alias = (String) ks.aliases().nextElement(); > >> PrivateKey key = > >> (PrivateKey)ks.getKey(alias,Pass.toCharArray()); > >> Certificate[] chain = ks.getCertificateChain(alias); > >> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(InFileName); > >> FileOutputStream fout = new > >> FileOutputStream(OutFileName); > >> PdfStamper stp = > >> PdfStamper.createSignature(reader,fout,'\0'); > >> PdfSignatureAppearance sap = > >> stp.getSignatureAppearance(); > >> sap.setCrypto(key,chain, null, > >> PdfSignatureAppearance.SELF_SIGNED); > >> sap.setReason(Reason); > >> sap.setLocation(Location); > >> if (isVisible) > >> sap.setVisibleSignature(new > >> Rectangle(475,15,575,115), > >> 1, null); > >> sap.setExternalDigest(new byte[128], null, "RSA"); > >> sap.preClose(); > >> PdfPKCS7 sig = sap.getSigStandard().getSigner(); > >> Signature sign = Signature.getInstance("SHA1withRSA"); > >> sign.initSign(key); > >> byte buf[] = new byte[8192]; > >> int n; > >> InputStream inp = sap.getRangeStream(); > >> while ((n = inp.read(buf)) > 0) { > >> sign.update(buf,0,n); > >> } > >> sig.setExternalDigest(sign.sign(), null, "RSA"); > >> PdfDictionary dic = new PdfDictionary(); > >> dic.put(PdfName.CONTENTS, new > >> PdfString(sig.getEncodedPKCS1()).setHexWriting(true)); > >> sap.setCertified(true); > >> sap.close(dic); > >> ... > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ----------- > >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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