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AES-CMAC

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Demonstrates using the AES-CMAC algorithm, which is a keyed hash function similar to HMAC and Poly1305.

Note: Chilkat added AES-CMAC in version 9.5.0.95.

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#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    // Set the MAC algorithm to AES-CMAC
    crypt.put_MacAlgorithm("aes-cmac");

    // AES-CMAC always uses a 16-byte (128-bit) MAC key.
    const char *keyHex = "2b7e151628aed2a6abf7158809cf4f3c";
    success = crypt.SetMacKeyEncoded(keyHex,"hex");

    // Let's compute the AES-CMAC for the test vector at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4493#appendix-A
    // Here we have 64 bytes in hex representation.
    const char *messageBytes = "6bc1bee22e409f96e93d7e117393172aae2d8a571e03ac9c9eb76fac45af8e5130c81c46a35ce411e5fbc1191a0a52eff69f2445df4f9b17ad2b417be66c3710";

    CkBinData bd;
    bd.AppendEncoded(messageBytes,"hex");

    // Compute the AES-CMAC for the bytes contained in bd and return the AES-CMAC in hex representation.
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex_lower");
    const char *cmac = crypt.macBdENC(bd);
    std::cout << cmac << "\r\n";
    // Output should be: 51f0bebf7e3b9d92fc49741779363cfe

    // Now do the same for a string:
    const char *plainText = "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves\nDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:\nAll mimsy were the borogoves,\nAnd the mome raths outgrabe.";
    const char *encTag = crypt.macStringENC(plainText);
    std::cout << encTag << "\r\n";

    // Output should be: 4fca1fcbd265048d247f99ab57fa3ceb
    }