private function DERtoECDSA($der, $partLength)
    {
        $hex = unpack('H*', $der)[1];
        if ('30' !== mb_substr($hex, 0, 2, '8bit')) { // SEQUENCE
            throw new DataSigningException('Invalid signature provided');
        }
        if ('81' === mb_substr($hex, 2, 2, '8bit')) { // LENGTH > 128
            $hex = mb_substr($hex, 6, null, '8bit');
        } else {
            $hex = mb_substr($hex, 4, null, '8bit');
        }
        if ('02' !== mb_substr($hex, 0, 2, '8bit')) { // INTEGER
            throw new DataSigningException('Invalid signature provided');
        }

        $Rl = hexdec(mb_substr($hex, 2, 2, '8bit'));
        $R = $this->retrievePositiveInteger(mb_substr($hex, 4, $Rl * 2, '8bit'));
        $R = str_pad($R, $partLength, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

        $hex = mb_substr($hex, 4 + $Rl * 2, null, '8bit');
        if ('02' !== mb_substr($hex, 0, 2, '8bit')) { // INTEGER
            throw new DataSigningException('Invalid signature provided');
        }
        $Sl = hexdec(mb_substr($hex, 2, 2, '8bit'));
        $S = $this->retrievePositiveInteger(mb_substr($hex, 4, $Sl * 2, '8bit'));
        $S = str_pad($S, $partLength, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

        return pack('H*', $R.$S);
    }