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RFC3161 Timestamp Client - Fetch from Timestamp Authority (TSA) and Verify

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Sends an RFC 3161 timestamp request to a TSA (Timestamp Authority) server and validates the timestamp token response.

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success = 0

'  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  First sha-256 hash the data that is to be timestamped.
'  In this example, the data is the string "Hello World"

set crypt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")
crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"
base64Hash = crypt.HashStringENC("Hello World")

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

set requestToken = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
optionalPolicyOid = ""
addNonce = 0
requestTsaCert = 1

'  Create a time-stamp request token
success = http.CreateTimestampRequest("sha256",base64Hash,optionalPolicyOid,addNonce,requestTsaCert,requestToken)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Send the time-stamp request token to the TSA.
'  This is the equivalent of the following CURL command:
'  curl -H "Content-Type: application/timestamp-query" --data-binary '@file.tsq' https://freetsa.org/tsr > file.tsr
tsaUrl = "https://freetsa.org/tsr"
'  Another timestamp server you could try is: http://timestamp.digicert.com
tsaUrl = "http://timestamp.digicert.com"
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpBd("POST",tsaUrl,requestToken,"application/timestamp-query",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Get the timestamp reply from the HTTP response object.
set timestampReply = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = resp.GetBodyBd(timestampReply)

'  Show the base64 encoded timestamp reply.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( timestampReply.GetEncoded("base64")) & "</pre>"

'  Let's verify the timestamp reply against the TSA's cert, which we've previously downloaded.
'  See https://freetsa.org/index_en.php
set tsaCert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = tsaCert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/freetsa.org.cer")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( tsaCert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  The VerifyTimestampReply method will return one of the following values:
'  -1:  The timestampReply does not contain a valid timestamp reply.
'  -2: The  timestampReply is a valid timestamp reply, but failed verification using the public key of the tsaCert.
'  0:  Granted and verified.
'  1: Granted and verified, with mods (see RFC 3161)
'  2: Rejected.
'  3: Waiting.
'  4: Revocation Warning
'  5: Revocation Notification
pkiStatus = http.VerifyTimestampReply(timestampReply,tsaCert)
If (pkiStatus < 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "pkiStatus = " & pkiStatus) & "</pre>"

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
http.GetLastJsonData json

json.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  The JSON looks like the following.

'  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
'  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

'  {
'    "timestampReply": {
'      "pkiStatus": {
'        "value": 0,
'        "meaning": "granted"
'      }
'    },
'    "pkcs7": {
'      "verify": {
'        "digestAlgorithms": [
'          "sha256"
'        ],
'        "signerInfo": [
'          {
'            "cert": {
'              "serialNumber": "04CD3F8568AE76C61BB0FE7160CCA76D",
'              "issuerCN": "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Timestamping CA",
'              "digestAlgOid": "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1",
'              "digestAlgName": "SHA256"
'            },
'            "contentType": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.4",
'            "signingTime": "200405023019Z",
'            "messageDigest": "f14zOsdnN9vyyV3HjjBiLzNDi1PF28hAFMODxNkNRZs=",
'            "signingAlgOid": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.1",
'            "signingAlgName": "RSA-PKCSV-1_5",
'            "authAttr": {
'              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.3": {
'                "name": "contentType",
'                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.4"
'              },
'              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.5": {
'                "name": "signingTime",
'                "utctime": "200405023019Z"
'              },
'              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12": {
'                "name": "signingCertificate",
'                "der": "MBowGDAWBBQDJb1QXtqWMC3CL0+gHkwovig0xQ=="
'              },
'              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.4": {
'                "name": "messageDigest",
'                "digest": "f14zOsdnN9vyyV3HjjBiLzNDi1PF28hAFMODxNkNRZs="
'              }
'            }
'          }
'        ]
'      }
'    }
'  }

set signingTime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
set authAttrSigningTimeUtctime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

timestampReplyPkiStatusValue = json.IntOf("timestampReply.pkiStatus.value")
timestampReplyPkiStatusMeaning = json.StringOf("timestampReply.pkiStatus.meaning")
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms")
Do While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    strVal = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms[i]")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo")
Do While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    certSerialNumber = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.serialNumber")
    certIssuerCN = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerCN")
    certDigestAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgOid")
    certDigestAlgName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgName")
    contentType = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].contentType")
    success = json.DtOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingTime",0,signingTime)
    messageDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].messageDigest")
    signingAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgOid")
    signingAlgName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgName")
    authAttrContentTypeName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.3"".name")
    authAttrContentTypeOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.3"".oid")
    authAttrSigningTimeName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.5"".name")
    success = json.DtOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.5"".utctime",0,authAttrSigningTimeUtctime)
    authAttrSigningCertificateName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12"".name")
    authAttrSigningCertificateDer = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12"".der")
    authAttrMessageDigestName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.4"".name")
    authAttrMessageDigestDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.""1.2.840.113549.1.9.4"".digest")
    i = i + 1
Loop

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