    # File lib/fog/aws/storage.rb, line 298
            def signature(params)
              string_to_sign =
    "\#{params[:method].to_s.upcase}\n\#{params[:headers]['Content-MD5']}\n\#{params[:headers]['Content-Type']}\n\#{params[:headers]['Date']}\n"

              amz_headers, canonical_amz_headers = {}, ''
              for key, value in params[:headers]
                if key[0..5] == 'x-amz-'
                  amz_headers[key] = value
                end
              end
              amz_headers = amz_headers.sort {|x, y| x[0] <=> y[0]}
              for key, value in amz_headers
                canonical_amz_headers << "#{key}:#{value}\n"
              end
              string_to_sign << canonical_amz_headers

              subdomain = params[:host].split(".#{@host}").first
              unless subdomain =~ /^(?:[a-z]|\d(?!\d{0,2}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3}$))(?:[a-z0-9]|\.(?![\.\-])|\-(?![\.])){1,61}[a-z0-9]$/
                Fog::Logger.warning("fog: the specified s3 bucket name(#{subdomain}) is not a valid dns name, which will negatively impact performance.  For details see: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/BucketRestrictions.html")
                params[:host] = params[:host].split("#{subdomain}.")[-1]
                if params[:path]
                  params[:path] = "#{subdomain}/#{params[:path]}"
                else
                  params[:path] = subdomain
                end
                subdomain = nil
              end

              canonical_resource  = @path.dup
              unless subdomain.nil? || subdomain == @host
                canonical_resource << "#{Fog::AWS.escape(subdomain).downcase}/"
              end
              canonical_resource << params[:path].to_s
              canonical_resource << '?'
              for key in (params[:query] || {}).keys.sort
                if %w{
                  acl
                  lifecycle
                  location
                  logging
                  notification
                  partNumber
                  policy
                  requestPayment
                  response-cache-control
                  response-content-disposition
                  response-content-encoding
                  response-content-language
                  response-content-type
                  response-expires
                  torrent
                  uploadId
                  uploads
                  versionId
                  versioning
                  versions
                  website
                }.include?(key)
                  canonical_resource << "#{key}#{"=#{params[:query][key]}" unless params[:query][key].nil?}&"
                end
              end
              canonical_resource.chop!
              string_to_sign << canonical_resource

              signed_string = @hmac.sign(string_to_sign)
              Base64.encode64(signed_string).chomp!
            end