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MimeKit

ArcVerifierVerify(MimeMessage, CancellationToken) Method

Verify the ARC signature chain.

Namespace: MimeKit.Cryptography
Assembly: MimeKit (in MimeKit.dll) Version: 4.3.0
Syntax
C#
public ArcValidationResult Verify(
	MimeMessage message,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
)

Parameters

message  MimeMessage
The message to verify.
cancellationToken  CancellationToken  (Optional)
The cancellation token.

Return Value

ArcValidationResult
The ARC validation result.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptionmessage is null.
OperationCanceledException The operation was canceled via the cancellation token.
Remarks
Verifies the ARC signature chain.
Example
C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Generic;

using Heijden.DNS;

using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;

using MimeKit;
using MimeKit.Cryptography;

namespace ArcVerifierExample
{
    // Note: By using the DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase, we avoid having to parse the DNS TXT records
    // in order to get the public key ourselves.
    class ExamplePublicKeyLocator : DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase
    {
        readonly Dictionary<string, AsymmetricKeyParameter> cache;
        readonly Resolver resolver;

        public ExamplePublicKeyLocator ()
        {
            cache = new Dictionary<string, AsymmetricKeyParameter> ();

            resolver = new Resolver ("8.8.8.8") {
                TransportType = TransportType.Udp,
                UseCache = true,
                Retries = 3
            };
        }

        AsymmetricKeyParameter DnsLookup (string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
        {
            var query = selector + "._domainkey." + domain;
            AsymmetricKeyParameter pubkey;

            // checked if we've already fetched this key
            if (cache.TryGetValue (query, out pubkey))
                return pubkey;

            // make a DNS query
            var response = resolver.Query (query, QType.TXT);
            var builder = new StringBuilder ();

            // combine the TXT records into 1 string buffer
            foreach (var record in response.RecordsTXT) {
                foreach (var text in record.TXT)
                    builder.Append (text);
            }

            var txt = builder.ToString ();

            // DkimPublicKeyLocatorBase provides us with this helpful method.
            pubkey = GetPublicKey (txt);

            cache.Add (query, pubkey);

            return pubkey;
        }

        public AsymmetricKeyParameter LocatePublicKey (string methods, string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default (CancellationToken))
        {
            var methodList = methods.Split (new char[] { ':' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            for (int i = 0; i < methodList.Length; i++) {
                if (methodList[i] == "dns/txt")
                    return DnsLookup (domain, selector, cancellationToken);
            }

            throw new NotSupportedException (string.Format ("{0} does not include any suported lookup methods.", methods));
        }

        public Task<AsymmetricKeyParameter> LocatePublicKeyAsync (string methods, string domain, string selector, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default (CancellationToken))
        {
            return Task.Run (() => {
                return LocatePublicKey (methods, domain, selector, cancellationToken);
            }, cancellationToken);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0) {
                Help ();
                return;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
                if (args[i] == "--help") {
                    Help ();
                    return;
                }
            }

            var locator = new ExamplePublicKeyLocator ();
            var verifier = new ArcVerifier (locator);

            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) {
                if (!File.Exists (args[i])) {
                    Console.Error.WriteLine ("{0}: No such file.", args[i]);
                    continue;
                }

                Console.Write ("{0} -> ", args[i]);

                var message = MimeMessage.Load (args[i]);
                var result = verifier.Verify (message);

                switch (result.Chain) {
                case ArcSignatureValidationResult.None:
                    Console.WriteLine ("No ARC signatures to verify.");
                    break;
                case ArcSignatureValidationResult.Pass:
                    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
                    Console.WriteLine ("PASS");
                    Console.ResetColor ();
                    break;
                case ArcSignatureValidationResult.Fail:
                    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
                    Console.WriteLine ("FAIL");
                    Console.ResetColor ();
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        static void Help ()
        {
            Console.WriteLine ("Usage is: ArcVerifier [options] [messages]");
            Console.WriteLine ();
            Console.WriteLine ("Options:");
            Console.WriteLine ("  --help               This help menu.");
        }
    }
}
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