(Unicode C++) Create and Verify an Opaque PKCS7/CMS Signature

Demonstrates how to create a PKCS7 opaque signature, and also how to verify an opaque signature. An opaque signature is different than a detached PKCS7 signature in that it contains the original data. Verifying an opaque signature retrieves the original content.

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#include <CkCrypt2W.h>
#include <CkCertW.h>
#include <CkPrivateKeyW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCrypt2W crypt;

    // A certificate and private key is needed to create a signature.
    // Chilkat provides many different ways to load a certificate and private key, such
    // as from a PFX/.p12, Java keystore, JWK, Windows registry-based certificate stores, and other sources.
    // This example will load the certificate from a .crt and the private key from a .key file

    CkCertW cert;
    // The LoadFromFile method will automatically detect the format and load it.
    bool success = cert.LoadFromFile(L"qa_data/certs/test_12345678a.cer");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Our private key is in an encrypted PKCS8 format.
    // If you don't know the format of your key, but you do know it's encrypted,
    // and requires a password, then just call any of the Chilkat methods that load
    // a private key w/ a password argument.  Chilkat will auto-detect the format
    // and load it correctly even if it's not the format indicated by the method name..
    CkPrivateKeyW privKey;
    const wchar_t *password = L"12345678a";
    success = privKey.LoadPkcs8EncryptedFile(L"qa_data/certs/test_12345678a.key",password);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Set properties required for signing.

    // Tell it to use the cert and private key we've loaded.
    success = crypt.SetSigningCert2(cert,privKey);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",crypt.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Indicate we want the opaque signature in base64 format:
    crypt.put_EncodingMode(L"base64");

    // Sign the string using the "utf-8" byte representation:
    crypt.put_Charset(L"utf-8");

    // Create the opaque signature:
    const wchar_t *originalData = L"This is the string to be signed.";
    const wchar_t *opaqueSig = crypt.opaqueSignStringENC(originalData);
    if (crypt.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",crypt.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",opaqueSig);

    // The output looks like this:
    // MIIPgQYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIPcjCCD24CAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMC8GCSqGSIb3DQEHAaAiBCBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBzdHJpbmcgdG8gYmUgc...

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Now let's verify the signature and retrieve the original data.
    // We'll use a new Crypt2 object to keep things completely separate...

    CkCrypt2W vCrypt;

    vCrypt.put_EncodingMode(L"base64");
    vCrypt.put_Charset(L"utf-8");

    const wchar_t *extractedData = vCrypt.opaqueVerifyStringENC(opaqueSig);
    if (vCrypt.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",vCrypt.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"The extracted data: %s\n",extractedData);

    // The output is:
    // The extracted data: This is the string to be signed.
    }