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Generate a CSR with keyUsage, extKeyUsage, and other Extensions

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Demonstrates how to generate a CSR containing a 1.2.840.113549.1.9.14 extensionRequest with the following extensions:
  • 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2 enrollCerttypeExtension
  • 2.5.29.15 keyUsage
  • 2.5.29.37 extKeyUsage
  • 2.5.29.14 subjectKeyIdentifier

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  This example will generate a secp256r1 ECDSA key for the CSR.
Dim ecc As ChilkatEcc
ecc.Initialize
Dim prng As ChilkatPrng
prng.Initialize
Dim privKey As ChilkatPrivateKey
privKey.Initialize("privKey")
success = ecc.GenKey("secp256r1", prng, privKey)
If success = False Then
    Log("Failed to generate a new ECDSA private key.")
    Return
End If


Dim csr As ChilkatCsr
csr.Initialize

'  Add common CSR fields:
csr.CommonName = "mysubdomain.mydomain.com"
csr.Country = "GB"
csr.State = "Yorks"
csr.Locality = "York"
csr.Company = "Internet Widgits Pty Ltd"
csr.EmailAddress = "support@mydomain.com"

'  Add the following 1.2.840.113549.1.9.14 extensionRequest
'  Note: The easiest way to know the content and format of the XML to be added is to examine
'  a pre-existing CSR with the same desired extensionRequest.  You can use Chilkat to
'  get the extensionRequest from an existing CSR. 

'  Here is a sample extension request:

'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
'  <set>
'      <sequence>
'          <sequence>
'              <oid>1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2</oid>
'              <asnOctets>
'                  <universal tag="30" constructed="0">AEUAbgBkAEUAbgB0AGkAdAB5AEMAbABpAGUAbgB0AEEAdQB0AGgAQwBlAHIAdABpAGYAaQBjAGEAdABl
'  AF8AQwBTAFIAUABhAHMAcwB0AGgAcgBvAHUAZwBoAC8AVgAx</universal>
'              </asnOctets>
'          </sequence>
'          <sequence>
'              <oid>2.5.29.15</oid>
'              <bool>1</bool>
'              <asnOctets>
'                  <bits n="3">A0</bits>
'              </asnOctets>
'          </sequence>
'          <sequence>
'              <oid>2.5.29.37</oid>
'              <asnOctets>
'                  <sequence>
'                      <oid>1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3</oid>
'                  </sequence>
'              </asnOctets>
'          </sequence>
'          <sequence>
'              <oid>2.5.29.14</oid>
'              <asnOctets>
'                  <octets>MCzBMQAViXBz8IDt8LsgmJxJ4Xg=</octets>
'              </asnOctets>
'          </sequence>
'      </sequence>
'  </set>

'  Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
'  Generate Code to Create XML

'  A few notes:
'  The string "AEUAbgBkAEUAbgB0AGkAdAB5AEMAbABpAGUAbgB0AEEAdQB0AGgAQwBlAHIAdABpAGYAaQBjAGEAdABlAF8AQwBTAFIAUABhAHMAcwB0AGgAcgBvAHUAZwBoAC8AVgAx"
'  is the base64 encoding of the utf-16be byte representation of the string "EndEntityClientAuthCertificate_CSRPassthrough/V1"

Dim s As String = "EndEntityClientAuthCertificate_CSRPassthrough/V1"
Dim bdTemp As ChilkatBinData
bdTemp.Initialize
bdTemp.AppendString(s, "utf-16be")
Dim s_base64_utf16be As String = bdTemp.GetEncoded("base64")
'  The string should be "AEUA....."
Log(s_base64_utf16be)

'  Here's the code to generate the above extension request.

Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
xml.Tag = "set"
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence|oid", "1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal", True, "tag", "30")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal", True, "constructed", "0")
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal", s_base64_utf16be)
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[1]|oid", "2.5.29.15")
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[1]|bool", "1")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("sequence|sequence[1]|asnOctets|bits", True, "n", "3")
'  A0 is hex for decimal 160.
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[1]|asnOctets|bits", "A0")
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[2]|oid", "2.5.29.37")
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[2]|asnOctets|sequence|oid", "1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3")

'  This is the subjectKeyIdentifier extension.
'  The string "MCzBMQAViXBz8IDt8LsgmJxJ4Xg=" is base64 that decodes to 20 bytes, which is a SHA1 hash.
'  This is simply a hash of the DER of the public key.

Dim pubKey As ChilkatPublicKey
pubKey.Initialize
privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)
Dim bdPubKeyDer As ChilkatBinData
bdPubKeyDer.Initialize
bdPubKeyDer.AppendEncoded(pubKey.GetEncoded(True, "base64"), "base64")
Dim ski As String = bdPubKeyDer.GetHash("sha1", "base64")

xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[3]|oid", "2.5.29.14")
xml.UpdateChildContent("sequence|sequence[3]|asnOctets|octets", ski)

'  Add the extension request to the CSR
csr.SetExtensionRequest(xml)

'  Generate the CSR with the extension request
Dim csrPem As String = csr.GenCsrPem(privKey)
If csr.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(csr.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log(csrPem)