C++

Encrypt a file to a PKCS7 encrypted message using multiple certificates from different users

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Demonstrates how to encrypt a file to a PKCS7 encrypted message using multiple certificates from different users. Any one of the users can decrypt using his/her own certificate + private key.

Note: When doing public key encryption, it is the public key that is used to encrypt. The private key is required for decryption.

C++

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

    // Tell the crypt object to use 3 certificates.
    // Do this by calling AddEncryptCert for each certificate.

    // Load a digital certificate. 
    // We don't need the private key for encryption.
    // Only the public key is needed (which is included in a certificate).
    CkCert cert1;
    success = cert1.LoadFromFile("qa_data/user1/cert_user1.pem");
    // Assume success for the example, but make sure your application checks for success/failure...
    crypt.AddEncryptCert(cert1);

    CkCert cert2;
    success = cert2.LoadFromFile("qa_data/user2/cert_user2.pem");
    crypt.AddEncryptCert(cert2);

    CkCert cert3;
    success = cert3.LoadFromFile("qa_data/user3/cert_user3.pem");
    crypt.AddEncryptCert(cert3);

    // Indicate that we want PKI encryption (i.e. public-key infrastructure)
    // to produce a CMS message (Cryptographic Message Syntax/PKCS7),
    // that is be created with RSAES-OAEP padding, SHA256, and AES-128 for the
    // bulk encryption.
    crypt.put_CryptAlgorithm("pki");
    crypt.put_Pkcs7CryptAlg("aes");
    crypt.put_KeyLength(128);
    crypt.put_OaepHash("sha256");
    crypt.put_OaepPadding(true);

    // Load the file to be encrypted...
    CkBinData fileData;
    success = fileData.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg");
    // Your app should check for success/failure..

    // Encrypt the data.  The contents of the fileData object are replaced with the PKCS7 encrypted message.
    success = crypt.EncryptBd(fileData);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << crypt.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Save the PKCS7 encrypted message to a file..
    success = fileData.WriteFile("qa_output/pkcs7_encrypted.p7");

    // Now indicate that the PKCS7 output is to be returned in the base64 encoding.
    crypt.put_EncodingMode("base64");

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