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PKCS11 Discover Readers and Smart Cards / Tokens

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Example showing how to discover the readers (slots) and smart cards and tokens available through a vendor's PKCS11 Cryptoki module.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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success = 0

'  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.

set pkcs11 = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Pkcs11")

'  Specify the vendor's Cryptoki module DLL / shared lib.
pkcs11.SharedLibPath = "aetpkss1.dll"

success = pkcs11.Initialize()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pkcs11.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Call Discover to discover what's available.
'  Indicate that we only want to return slots (readers) where tokens (smart cards) are present.
'  (If the device is a USB token, such as an ePass300Auto, then by definition it has a "token" present.)
onlyTokensPresent = 1
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = pkcs11.Discover(onlyTokensPresent,json)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pkcs11.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

'  Sample JSON output.
'  Code for parsing this JSON is shown below..

'  {
'    "cryptokiVersion": {
'      "major": 2,
'      "minor": 20
'    },
'    "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
'    "libraryDescription": "Cryptographic Token Interface",
'    "libraryVersion": {
'      "major": 3,
'      "minor": 0
'    },
'    "slot": [
'      {
'        "id": 52482,
'        "slotDescription": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0",
'        "manufacturerID": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB",
'        "tokenPresent": true,
'        "removableDevice": true,
'        "hardwareSlot": true,
'        "hardwareVersion": {
'          "major": 0,
'          "minor": 0
'        },
'        "firmwareVersion": {
'          "major": 0,
'          "minor": 0
'        },
'        "token": {
'          "label": "chilkat",
'          "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
'          "model": "19C40406010D00C0",
'          "serialNumber": "21619600583C4505",
'          "flags": [
'            "CKF_RNG",
'            "CKF_LOGIN_REQUIRED",
'            "CKF_USER_PIN_INITIALIZED",
'            "CKF_TOKEN_INITIALIZED"
'          ],
'          "maxSessionCount": 126,
'          "sessionCount": 0,
'          "maxRwSessionCount": 126,
'          "rwSessionCount": 0,
'          "maxPinLen": 15,
'          "minPinLen": 4,
'          "totalPublicMemory": 32767,
'          "freePublicMemory": 32767,
'          "totalPrivateMemory": 32767,
'          "freePrivateMemory": 32767,
'          "hardwareVersion": {
'            "major": 0,
'            "minor": 0
'          },
'          "firmwareVersion": {
'            "major": 0,
'            "minor": 0
'          },
'          "utcTime": "",
'          "rsa": {
'            "minKeySize": 768,
'            "maxKeySize": 2048
'          },
'          "mechanism": [
'            "CKM_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_RSA_X_509",
'            "CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP",
'            "CKM_MD5_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_SHA1_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_SHA224_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_SHA384_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_SHA512_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_RIPEMD160_RSA_PKCS",
'            "CKM_CPK_ECDSA",
'            "CKM_CPK_ECDSA_SHA1",
'            "CKM_CPK_ECIES",
'            "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_DES3CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
'            "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_AES128CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
'            "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_SIGNED",
'            "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_ENVELOPE_DES3CBC_PAD",
'            "CKM_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
'            "CKM_RSA_PKCS_KEY_PAIR_GEN",
'            "CKM_RC2_KEY_GEN",
'            "CKM_RC2_ECB",
'            "CKM_RC2_CBC",
'            "CKM_RC2_CBC_PAD",
'            "CKM_RC4_KEY_GEN",
'            "CKM_RC4",
'            "CKM_DES_KEY_GEN",
'            "CKM_DES2_KEY_GEN",
'            "CKM_DES3_KEY_GEN",
'            "CKM_DES_ECB",
'            "CKM_DES_CBC",
'            "CKM_DES3_ECB",
'            "CKM_DES3_CBC",
'            "CKM_DES_CBC_PAD",
'            "CKM_DES3_CBC_PAD",
'            "CKM_MD5",
'            "CKM_SHA_1",
'            "CKM_SHA224",
'            "CKM_SHA256",
'            "CKM_SHA384",
'            "CKM_SHA512",
'            "CKM_RIPEMD160"
'          ]
'        }
'      }
'    ]
'  }

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

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

cryptokiVersionMajor = json.IntOf("cryptokiVersion.major")
cryptokiVersionMinor = json.IntOf("cryptokiVersion.minor")
manufacturerID = json.StringOf("manufacturerID")
libraryDescription = json.StringOf("libraryDescription")
libraryVersionMajor = json.IntOf("libraryVersion.major")
libraryVersionMinor = json.IntOf("libraryVersion.minor")
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("slot")
Do While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    id = json.IntOf("slot[i].id")
    slotDescription = json.StringOf("slot[i].slotDescription")
    manufacturerID = json.StringOf("slot[i].manufacturerID")
    tokenPresent = json.BoolOf("slot[i].tokenPresent")
    removableDevice = json.BoolOf("slot[i].removableDevice")
    hardwareSlot = json.BoolOf("slot[i].hardwareSlot")
    hardwareVersionMajor = json.IntOf("slot[i].hardwareVersion.major")
    hardwareVersionMinor = json.IntOf("slot[i].hardwareVersion.minor")
    firmwareVersionMajor = json.IntOf("slot[i].firmwareVersion.major")
    firmwareVersionMinor = json.IntOf("slot[i].firmwareVersion.minor")
    tokenLabel = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.label")
    tokenManufacturerID = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.manufacturerID")
    tokenModel = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.model")
    tokenSerialNumber = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.serialNumber")
    tokenMaxSessionCount = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxSessionCount")
    tokenSessionCount = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.sessionCount")
    tokenMaxRwSessionCount = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxRwSessionCount")
    tokenRwSessionCount = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.rwSessionCount")
    tokenMaxPinLen = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxPinLen")
    tokenMinPinLen = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.minPinLen")
    tokenTotalPublicMemory = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.totalPublicMemory")
    tokenFreePublicMemory = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.freePublicMemory")
    tokenTotalPrivateMemory = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.totalPrivateMemory")
    tokenFreePrivateMemory = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.freePrivateMemory")
    tokenHardwareVersionMajor = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.major")
    tokenHardwareVersionMinor = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.minor")
    tokenFirmwareVersionMajor = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.major")
    tokenFirmwareVersionMinor = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.minor")
    tokenUtcTime = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.utcTime")
    tokenRsaMinKeySize = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.rsa.minKeySize")
    tokenRsaMaxKeySize = json.IntOf("slot[i].token.rsa.maxKeySize")
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("slot[i].token.flags")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        strVal = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.flags[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("slot[i].token.mechanism")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        strVal = json.StringOf("slot[i].token.mechanism[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

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