C++

Use a Custom Set of Trusted Root Certificates

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Demonstrates how to build a set of trusted root certificates to be used globally by all Chilkat classes. C++

#include <CkTrustedRoots.h>
#include <CkZip.h>
#include <CkZipEntry.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.

    CkTrustedRoots trustedRoots;

    //   Indicate that we will NOT trust any pre-installed certificates on the system.
    trustedRoots.put_TrustSystemCaRoots(false);

    //  Thawte is a certificate authority that provides a .zip download of their
    //  root CA certificates:  https://www.thawte.com/roots/index.html
    //  The direct download link is: https://www.verisign.com/support/thawte-roots.zip
    //  Note: The above URLs are valid at the time of writing this example (29-May-2015).

    //  Assuming the .zip has already been downloaded, open it and load each .pem file into
    //  our trusted roots object.
    CkZip zip;

    //  Open a .zip containing PEM files, among other things..
    success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/certs/thawte-roots.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkZipEntry entry;
    const char *pemStr = 0;
    CkCert cert;

    const char *pattern = "*.pem";
    bool bHasMoreEntries = zip.EntryMatching(pattern,entry);
    while (bHasMoreEntries == true) {

        std::cout << "Entry: " << entry.fileName() << "\r\n";

        //  Get the PEM of the CA cert:
        pemStr = entry.unzipToString(0,"utf-8");

        //  Load it into a certificate object:
        success = cert.LoadPem(pemStr);
        if (success != true) {
            std::cout << cert.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        }

        //  Add it to the trusted roots.
        trustedRoots.AddCert(cert);

        bHasMoreEntries = entry.GetNextMatch(pattern);
    }

    //   Activate the trusted roots globally for all Chilkat objects.
    //   This call really shouldn't fail, so we're not checking the return value.
    success = trustedRoots.Activate();
    }