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ScMinidriver - Find and Load Certificate from Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to find and load a specific certificate located on a smart card or USB token.

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success = 0

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

set scmd = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.ScMinidriver")

'  Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
'  via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
readerName = "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0"
success = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( scmd.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Card name: " & scmd.CardName) & "</pre>"

'  If desired, perform regular PIN authentication with the smartcard.
'  For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
retval = scmd.PinAuthenticate("user","000000")
If (retval <> 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "PIN Authentication failed.") & "</pre>"
End If

'  You can find a cerficate using any of the following certificate parts:
'  "subjectDN" -- The full distinguished name of the cert.
'  "subjectDN_withTags" -- Same as above, but in a format that includes the subject part tags, such as the "CN=" in "CN=something"
'  "subjectCN" -- The common name part (CN) of the certificate's subject.
'  "serial" -- The certificate serial number.
'  "serial:issuerCN" -- The certificate serial number + the issuer's common name, delimited with a colon char.
'  These are the same certificate parts that can be retrieved by listing certificates on the smart card (or USB token).
'  See List Certificates on Smart Card Example
certPart = "subjectCN"
partValue = "PIVKey E42D60A759D39147A26E0AF2FB1183C5"

'  If the certificate is found, it is loaded into the cert object.
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = scmd.FindCert(certPart,partValue,cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed to find the certificate.") & "</pre>"
Else
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Successfully loaded the cert object from the smart card / USB token.") & "</pre>"

    '  Note: When successful, the cert object is internally linked to the ScMinidriver 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.
    '  If your application calls PinDeauthenticate or DeleteContext, the cert will no longer be able to sign on the smart card
    '  because the smart card ScMinidriver session will no longer be authenticated or deleted.
End If

'  ...
'  ...
'  ...

'  When finished with operations that required authentication, you may if you wish, deauthenticate the session.
success = scmd.PinDeauthenticate("user")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( scmd.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
End If

'  Delete the context when finished with the card.
success = scmd.DeleteContext()
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( scmd.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
End If


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