Type C signing

How it works

• How a URL is signed based on type C singing

  • Format 1

    http://DomainName/{<md5hash>/<timestamp>}/FileName

  • Format 2

    http://DomainName/FileName{&KEY1=<md5hash>&KEY2=<timestamp>}

  Note The content enclosed by braces ({}) indicates the encrypted information that is added based on the standard URL format.
• Fields in a signed URL

  Field	Description
  DomainName	The accelerated domain name.
  PrivateKey	The cryptographic key that you have set. The key must be 16 to 32 characters in length, and can contain letters and digits.
  FileName	The actual URL that points to the requested resource on the origin server. The Filename field must start with a forward slash (/).
  timestamp	The time when a signed URL is generated. The timestamp and the TTL value specify the time when a signed URL expires. The time is represented by a UNIX timestamp, which indicates the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970 (UTC). The timestamp is a string that consists of 10 positive decimal integers and is irrelevant to the time zone. Note In most cases, the validity period of a signed URL equals the value of the TTL parameter. In some cases, the signing server also assigns a TTL value to a signed URL. Timestamp = UNIX timestamp on the signing server + TTL assigned by the signing server. Validity period of the signed URL = Timestamp + TTL assigned by Alibaba Cloud CDN.
  md5hash	The string that is calculated by using the MD5 algorithm. The string must be 32 characters in length, and can contain digits and lowercase letters.

• Authentication logic
  When a CDN edge node receives a request, the CDN edge node determines whether the time calculated by adding the timestamp and the TTL value in the request is earlier than the current time.

  • If the time calculated by adding the timestamp and the TTL value in the request is earlier than the current time, the CDN edge node determines that the URL of the request expires and returns a 403 error.
  • If the time calculated by adding the timestamp and the TTL value in the request is later than the current time, an sstring is generated. Then, a md5hash value is generated based on the MD5 algorithm. The generated md5hash value is compared with the md5hash value in the request.
    • If they are the same, the request passes the authentication. The edge node returns the requested resource.
      Note If a request passes the authentication, authentication-specific parameters are removed from the URL to increase the cache hit ratio and reduce back-to-origin traffic.

      • For a URL signed in Format 1 or Format 2, the format of the URL that is used to generate a cache key is http://DomainName/FileName.
      • For a URL signed in Format 1 or Format 2, the format of the URL in the back-to-origin request is http://DomainName/FileNam.
    • If they are different, the request fails the authentication. The edge node returns a 403 error.