Android™

(PKCS11) Use a Smart Card Certificate + Private Key for SSL/TLS Authentication

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Demonstrates how to use a certificate + private key located on a smart card for the TLS client certificate in an HTTPS request. 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.

    // Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

    CkPkcs11 pkcs11 = new CkPkcs11();

    // Set your shared lib path -- either a full path to the DLL, .so, or .dylib,
    // or just the filename if the driver is in a location that can be automatically found. (Such as in C:\Windows\System32)
    pkcs11.put_SharedLibPath("C:/Program Files (x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll");

    success = pkcs11.Initialize();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pkcs11.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
    int slotID = -1;

    // Open a session.
    boolean readWrite = true;
    success = pkcs11.OpenSession(slotID,readWrite);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pkcs11.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
    // 
    // If we don't authenticate, then we won't be able to see the private keys, and thus
    // we won't know which certificates have an associated private key stored on the smart card.

    // The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
    // userType 1 indicates a "Normal User".
    int userType = 1;
    String pin = "0000";
    success = pkcs11.Login(userType,pin);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pkcs11.lastErrorText());
        success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
        return;
        }

    CkCert cert = new CkCert();

    // Find a certificate by the Subject Common Name
    success = pkcs11.FindCert("subjectCN","BadSSL Client Certificate",cert);
    if (success == true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Found: " + cert.subjectCN());
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Not found: " + cert.subjectCN());
        success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Successfully loaded the cert object from the smart card / USB token.");

    // Note: When successful, the cert object is internally linked to the Pkcs11 object's authenticated session.
    // The cert object can now be used to sign or do other cryptographic operations that occur on the smart card / USB token.

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // Send an HTTPS request to https://client.badssl.com
    // https://client.badssl.com (part of the badssl.com service) lets you test authentication using client SSL certificates. 
    // The client certificate can be downloaded from https://badssl.com/download/.
    // This server returns 200 OK if the correct client certificate is provided, and 400 Bad Request otherwise.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Provide the client certificate (linked internally to our authenticated smartcard session)
    success = http.SetSslClientCert(cert);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
        return;
        }

    String responseBody = http.quickGetStr("https://client.badssl.com/");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Response status code: " + String.valueOf(http.get_LastStatus()));
    Log.i(TAG, "Response body: ");
    Log.i(TAG, responseBody);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
    success = pkcs11.Logout();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pkcs11.lastErrorText());
        success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
        return;
        }

    // When finished, close the session.
    // It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
    success = pkcs11.CloseSession();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, pkcs11.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  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."
  }
}