Classic ASP
Classic ASP
Get Ed25519 Key in Different Formats
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Demonstrates how to get/save an Ed25519 private key to different formats.Converting a private key from one format to another is done by loading in one format and saving/getting in another.
Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.
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success = 0
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set eddsa = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.EdDSA")
set prng = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Prng")
set privKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
' Generates a new ed25519 key and stores it in privKey.
success = eddsa.GenEd25519Key(prng,privKey)
If (success = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( eddsa.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 PKCS1 format
'
' This is the format created by: openssl genpkey -algorithm X25519 -out xkey.pem
pkcs1Base64 = privKey.GetPkcs1ENC("base64")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pkcs1Base64) & "</pre>"
' Sample output: MC4CAQAwBQYDK2VuBCIEIB1mwirs+eC6XGbkjPIiZyBwQ7768uSd9v5PHOLFbIXo
' PKCS1 is a binary ASN.1 DER format. You can examine the contents with two online tools:
' 1) Go to ASN.1 Decoder and paste the base64 into the online form.
' 2) Or Decode Base64 ASN.1 to XML
' The PKCS1 ASN.1 format for an Ed25519 key look like this:
' SEQUENCE
' INTEGER 0
' SEQUENCE
' OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1.3.101.110 curveX25519 (ECDH 25519 key agreement algorithm)
' OCTET STRING
' OCTET STRING (32 byte) 1D66C...
' Save it directly to a file.
success = privKey.SavePkcs1File("qa_output/ed25519.key")
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 Unencrypted PKCS8 format
'
' For ed25519, the ASN.1 output is the same as for PKCS1.
pkcs8Base64 = privKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pkcs8Base64) & "</pre>"
' PKCS8 is a binary ASN.1 DER format. You can examine the contents with two online tools:
' 1) Go to ASN.1 Decoder and paste the base64 into the online form.
' 2) Or Decode Base64 ASN.1 to XML
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 Encrypted PKCS8 format
'
' Note: The encrypted output cannot be examined using the above online tools because the ASN.1 is encrypted.
password = "secret"
pkcs8EncBase64 = privKey.GetPkcs8EncryptedENC("base64",password)
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pkcs8EncBase64) & "</pre>"
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 in PEM format:
'
ed25519Pem = privKey.GetPkcs1Pem()
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ed25519Pem) & "</pre>"
' Sample output:
' -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
' MC4CAQAwBQYDK2VuBCIEIOKPhbULJagBAi7hbRdn1f4AAzh1RqqCHqCAvau7N6yO
' -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 in JWK Format
'
jwk = privKey.GetJwk()
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.Load(jwk)
json.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"
' Sample output:
' {
' "kty": "OKP",
' "crv": "Ed25519",
' "x": "SE2Kne5xt51z1eciMH2T2ftDQp96Gl6FhY6zSQujiP0",
' "d": "O-eRXewadF0sNyB0U9omcnt8Qg2ZmeK3WSXPYgqe570",
' "use": "sig"
' }
' In the above JWK, x is the public key, y is the private key.
' Both are 32 bytes and are base64-url encoded.
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 in XML Format
'
ed25519_xml = privKey.GetXml()
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( ed25519_xml) & "</pre>"
' Sample output: <Ed25519KeyValue>w4b/gI0zgYKgjtfWLjNfc4issmP7Qap84uesYNgEefP/WoY3jNOhOzgTYsMtOnuyGn3MdA4NZtsUXVNI1NiTlA==</Ed25519KeyValue>
' The base64 content is composed of the concatenation of the 32-byte private key with the 32-byte public key and then base64 encoded.
' In other words: Base64(privKey || pubKey)
' ----------------------------------------------------------
' Ed25519 in Raw Hex Format
'
set sbPubKeyHex = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
privKeyHex = privKey.GetRawHex(sbPubKeyHex)
' We should have a 32-byte private key (a 64 character hex string).
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "private key = " & privKeyHex) & "</pre>"
' We should have a 32-byte public key (a 64 character hex string).
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "public key = " & sbPubKeyHex.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"
' Sample output:
' key type = ed25519
' size in bits = 256
' private key = d4ee72dbf913584ad5b6d8f1f769f8ad3afe7c28cbf1d4fbe097a88f44755842
' public key = 19bf44096984cdfe8541bac167dc3b96c85086aa30b6b6cb0c5c38ad703166e1
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