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RSA Encrypt RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA1AndMGF1Padding

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt using RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA1AndMGF1Padding. Also demonstrates RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA-256AndMGF1Padding. Both of these terms are from Java's JCE. Note: In this context, "ECB" doesn't actually mean anything. It's a symmetric cipher mode that doesn't apply (or make sense) in this context.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

rsa = chilkat2.Rsa()

# First load a public key object with a public key.
# In this case, we'll load it from a file.
pubkey = chilkat2.PublicKey()
success = pubkey.LoadFromFile("qa_data/pem/rsa_public.pem")
if (success == False):
    print(pubkey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# RSA encryption is limited to small amounts of data. The limit
# is typically a few hundred bytes and is based on the key size and
# padding (OAEP vs. PKCS1_5).  RSA encryption is typically used for
# encrypting hashes or symmetric (bulk encryption algorithm) secret keys.
plainText = "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

# Import the public key to be used for encrypting.
success = rsa.UsePublicKey(pubkey)

# To get OAEP padding, set the PkcsPadding property equal to False
rsa.PkcsPadding = False
rsa.OaepHash = "sha256"

# Indicate we'll want hex output
rsa.EncodingMode = "hex"

# Encrypt..
usePrivateKey = False
encryptedStr = rsa.EncryptStringENC(plainText,usePrivateKey)
print(encryptedStr)

# -------------------------------------------------
# Now decrypt with the matching private key.
rsa2 = chilkat2.Rsa()

privKey = chilkat2.PrivateKey()
success = privKey.LoadEncryptedPem("qa_data/pem/rsa_passwd.pem","passwd")
if (success == False):
    print(privKey.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = rsa2.UsePrivateKey(privKey)

# Make sure we have the same settings used for encryption.
rsa2.PkcsPadding = False
rsa2.EncodingMode = "hex"
rsa2.OaepHash = "sha256"

originalStr = rsa2.DecryptStringENC(encryptedStr,True)

print(originalStr)