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+#!/usr/local/lua52/bin/lua
+--
+-- Example public-key signature verification.
+--
+
+local pubkey = require"openssl.pubkey"
+local digest = require"openssl.digest"
+
+-- generate a public/private key pair
+local key = pubkey.new{ type = "EC", curve = "prime192v1" }
+
+-- digest our message using an appropriate digest ("ecdsa-with-SHA1" for EC;
+-- "dss1" for DSA; and "sha1", "sha256", etc for RSA).
+local data = digest.new"ecdsa-with-SHA1"
+data:update(... or "hello world")
+
+-- generate a signature for our data
+local sig = key:sign(data)
+
+-- to prove verification works, instantiate a new object holding just
+-- the public key
+local pub = pubkey.new(key:toPEM"public")
+
+-- a utility routine to output our signature
+local function tohex(b)
+        local x = ""
+        for i = 1, #b do
+                x = x .. string.format("%.2x", string.byte(b, i))
+        end
+        return x
+end
+
+print("okay", pub:verify(sig, data))
+print("type", pub:type())
+print("sig", tohex(sig))