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+ using System;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
+using System.Xml;
+
+public class VerifyXML
+{
+
+    public static void Main(String[] args)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            const string signingAlgorithm = "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#ecdsa-sha256";
+            const string signingCertName = "RimSignCert.pem";
+            const string privateKeyFilename = "privateRimKey.pem";
+
+            //Load public cert from file
+            X509Certificate2 signingCert = new X509Certificate2(signingCertName);
+            RSA publicKey = signingCert.GetRSAPublicKey();
+            //Load private key from file
+            string privateKeyText = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(privateKeyFilename);
+            //System.Console.WriteLine("Using private key: " + privateKeyText);
+            var privateKey = RSA.Create();
+            privateKey.ImportFromPem(privateKeyText);
+
+            // Load an XML file into the XmlDocument object.
+            XmlDocument unsignedDoc = new XmlDocument();
+            unsignedDoc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
+            unsignedDoc.Load("unsigned.xml");
+            SignXml(unsignedDoc, privateKey);
+            unsignedDoc.Save("signed.xml");
+
+            // Verify the signature of the signed XML.
+            XmlDocument signedDoc = new XmlDocument();
+            signedDoc.Load("signed.xml");
+            bool result = VerifyXml(signedDoc, publicKey);
+
+            // Display the results of the signature verification to
+            // the console.
+            if (result)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("The XML signature is valid.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("The XML signature is not valid.");
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
+        }
+    }
+    private static void SignXml(XmlDocument xmlDoc, RSA rsaKey)
+    {
+        if (xmlDoc == null)
+            throw new ArgumentException(nameof(xmlDoc));
+        if (rsaKey == null)
+            throw new ArgumentException(nameof(rsaKey));
+
+        Console.Write("Signing xml...");
+
+        // Create a SignedXml object.
+        SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml(xmlDoc);
+
+        // Add the key to the SignedXml document.
+        signedXml.SigningKey = rsaKey;
+
+        // Create a reference to be signed.
+        Reference reference = new Reference();
+        reference.Uri = "";
+
+        // Add an enveloped transformation to the reference.
+        XmlDsigEnvelopedSignatureTransform env = new XmlDsigEnvelopedSignatureTransform();
+        reference.AddTransform(env);
+
+        // Add the reference to the SignedXml object.
+        signedXml.AddReference(reference);
+
+        // Compute the signature.
+        signedXml.ComputeSignature();
+
+        // Get the XML representation of the signature and save
+        // it to an XmlElement object.
+        XmlElement xmlDigitalSignature = signedXml.GetXml();
+
+        // Append the element to the XML document.
+        xmlDoc.DocumentElement.AppendChild(xmlDoc.ImportNode(xmlDigitalSignature, true));
+        Console.WriteLine("Xml signed.");
+    }
+
+    // Verify the signature of an XML file against an asymmetric
+    // algorithm and return the result.
+    public static Boolean VerifyXml(XmlDocument xmlDoc, RSA key)
+    {
+        // Check arguments.
+        if (xmlDoc == null)
+            throw new ArgumentException("xmlDoc");
+        if (key == null)
+            throw new ArgumentException("key");
+
+        Console.Write("Verifying signature...");
+        // Create a new SignedXml object and pass it
+        // the XML document class.
+        SignedXml signedXml = new SignedXml(xmlDoc);
+
+        // Find the "Signature" node and create a new
+        // XmlNodeList object.
+        XmlNodeList nodeList = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("Signature");
+
+        // Throw an exception if no signature was found.
+        if (nodeList.Count <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new CryptographicException("Verification failed: No Signature was found in the document.");
+        }
+
+        // This example only supports one signature for
+        // the entire XML document.  Throw an exception
+        // if more than one signature was found.
+        if (nodeList.Count >= 2)
+        {
+            throw new CryptographicException("Verification failed: More than one signature was found for the document.");
+        }
+
+        // Load the first <signature> node.
+        signedXml.LoadXml((XmlElement)nodeList[0]);
+        Boolean isValid = false;
+        try
+        {
+            isValid = signedXml.CheckSignature(key);
+        } catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
+        }
+        
+        // Check the signature and return the result.
+        return isValid;
+    }
+
+}
+//6/17/2022
+//Copied RimSignCert.pem, RimCertChain.pem, and generated_user_cert_embed.swidtag to EC2. 
+//Tried reading RimSignCert and RimCertChain (both certs and each cert by itself) and extracting the PK, validation failed all attempts.
+//Verified that swidtag is in fact signed by RimSignCert's private key.
+//
+//7/11/2022
+//Copied RimSignCert.pem, generated_user_cert_embed.swidtag (less the signature block), and privateRimKey.pem to EC2.
+//Tried signing the unsigned RIM with the private key and then validated with the public key from the cert; unsuccessful.
+