(Classic ASP) Find Certificate by Subject CN (Common Name)

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Demonstrates how to find a certificate having the specified subject CN.

Note: Requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or later.

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' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.CertStore")
set certStore = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CertStore")

' This opens the Current User certificate store on Windows,
' On MacOS and iOS it opens the default Keychain.
readOnly = 0
success = certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(readOnly)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( certStore.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Find the certificate having a Subject CN = "Example ABC".
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("CN","Example ABC")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Cert")
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = certStore.FindCert(json,cert)
If (success = 1) Then
    ' Show the full distinguished name of the certificate.
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Found: " & cert.SubjectDN) & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Not found.") & "</pre>"
End If


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