Android™

Secure FTP with Client Certificate

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Chilkat FTP2 provides the ability to use a client certificate with secure FTP (implicit or explicit SSL/TLS). This example demonstrates how to load a certificate from a .pfx and use it as the client-side SSL cert. Note: Client-side certificates are only needed in situations where the server demands one. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Port(21);
    ftp.put_Username("test");
    ftp.put_Password("test");

    // This example will use explict TLS/SSL.
    // Establish an explicit secure channel after connection
    // on the standard FTP port 21.
    ftp.put_AuthTls(true);

    // The Ssl property is for establishing an implicit SSL connection
    // on port 990.  Because this example uses explicit SSL, it 
    // should remain false.
    ftp.put_Ssl(false);

    // Load a certificate from a .pfx
    // A PFX may contain several certs, including the certificates
    // in a chain of authority.
    CkCertStore certStore = new CkCertStore();
    String password;
    password = "***";
    // Load the certs from a PFX into an in-memory certificate store:
    success = certStore.LoadPfxFile("chilkat.pfx",password);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, certStore.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Find the desired certificate.
    CkJsonObject jsonCN = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonCN.UpdateString("CN","cert common name");

    CkCert cert = new CkCert();
    success = certStore.FindCert(jsonCN,cert);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Certificate not found!");
        return;
        }

    // Use this certificate for our secure (SSL/TLS) connection:
    success = ftp.SetSslClientCert(cert);

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.  The connection is 
    // made secure because of the AuthTls setting.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }
    else {
        // LastErrorText contains information even when
        // successful. This allows you to visually verify
        // that the secure connection actually occurred.
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Secure FTP Channel Established!");

    // Do whatever you're doing to do ...
    // upload files, download files, etc...

    // .....
    // .....

    success = ftp.Disconnect();

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}