C++

Encrypt File using X.509 Certificate using AES in CBC Mode

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Demonstrates how to encrypt a file using an X.509 Certificate's public key, where the underlying bulk encryption algorithm is 128-bit AES in CBC mode. (The underlying bulk encryption algorithm can be specified to be other algorithms/strengths.) C++

#include <CkCrypt2.h>
#include <CkCert.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkCrypt2 crypt;

    // Use public-key cryptography for encryption.
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("pki");

    // Get an X.509 certificate to use for encrypting.
    // Note: Chilkat provides many different ways of loading a certificate, from many different formats,
    // or if on Windows, from the installed certificates on the system.
    // This example simply loads a certificate from a file.
    // Also, for encryption, only the public key is needed.  Digital certificates embed the public key
    // within the X.509 format itself.  Therefore, if you have a certificate, you also have the public key.
    CkCert cert;
    success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/testCert.cer");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = crypt.SetEncryptCert(cert);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Indicate the underlying bulk encryption algorithm to be used:
    crypt.put_Pkcs7CryptAlg("aes");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);

    // Note: When doing public-key encryption the underlying bulk symmetric cipher mode will always be CBC. (at least with Chilkat...)

    // There's one last option that could be set.  If is the RSA encryption encryption/padding scheme. 
    // By default, RSAES_PKCS1-V1_5 is used.  If desired, the OaepPadding property could be set to true to
    // use RSAES_OAEP.  (We'll leave it set at the default value of false)
    crypt.put_OaepPadding(false);

    // Everything is specified.  Now just encrypt...
    // The output is PKCS7 in binary DER format.
    success = crypt.CkEncryptFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_output/hamlet.p7");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Finished." << "\r\n";
    }