(C) ScMinidriver - Import Private Key to Smart Card

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Demonstrates how to import a private key to the "signature" or "key exchange" location in the Nth key container on a smart card.

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#include <C_CkPrivateKey.h>
#include <C_CkScMinidriver.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkPrivateKey privKey;
    BOOL success;
    HCkScMinidriver scmd;
    const char *readerName;
    const char *pinId;
    int retval;

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

    // Chilkat recommends the following free tool for interactively examining the contents of your smart card
    // through the ScMinidriver interface:  MGTEK Tool for Minidriver enabled Smart Cards

    // Let's first look at our smart card before importing a private key.
    // Here's the view of our Gemalto (Thales) IDPrime MD T=0 smart card in the MGTEK tool:

    

    // First let's load a private key into the Chilkat private key object.
    // (Chilkat provides the ability to load private keys from many different sources and formats.
    // this example loads from a PEM file.)
    privKey = CkPrivateKey_Create();
    success = CkPrivateKey_LoadPemFile(privKey,"qa_data/rsa/rsaPrivKey_pkcs8.pem");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText(privKey));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        return;
    }

    scmd = CkScMinidriver_Create();

    // First we need to acquire a context to the smart card in the reader where it is inserted.
    // Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
    // via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
    readerName = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0";
    success = CkScMinidriver_AcquireContext(scmd,readerName);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    // If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
    printf("Card name: %s\n",CkScMinidriver_cardName(scmd));

    // To import a private key, we'll need to be PIN authenticated.
    // For more details about smart card PIN authentication, see the Smart Card PIN Authentication Example
    pinId = "user";
    retval = CkScMinidriver_PinAuthenticate(scmd,pinId,"0000");
    if (retval != 0) {
        printf("PIN Authentication failed.\n");
        CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    // Let's import into the "key exchange" position in key container #7.
    success = CkScMinidriver_ImportKey(scmd,7,"kex",privKey,"user");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("PIN Authentication failed.\n");
        CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);
        CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);

    printf("Success.\n");

    // Here's the MGTEK view of the smart card after importing the private key:
    


    CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
    CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);

    }