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Generate ed25519 Key and Save to PuTTY Format

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Generates an ED25519 key and saves to PuTTY format.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

C++

#include <CkSshKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    // Note: Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

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

    CkSshKey key;

    success = key.GenerateEd25519Key();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << key.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // We can optionally set a comment to be included in the exported key.
    key.put_Comment("This is my new ed25519 key.");

    // Export the ed25519 private key to unencrypted PuTTY format:
    bool exportEncrypted = false;
    const char *exportedKey = key.toPuttyPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"qa_output/privkey_putty_unencrypted.ppk");

    // The unencrypted PuTTY key looks like this:

    // 	PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-ed25519
    // 	Encryption: none
    // 	Comment: This is my new ed25519 key.
    // 	Public-Lines: 2
    // 	AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJn6m7yKzkAAHXzzjE1zv4RqtdE8r5eTegcpbNDF
    // 	OPYs
    // 	Private-Lines: 1
    // 	AAAAIFgwbZ38AR9Oiw930wsCcCGymQRBa2Y7qBq6R3HCe9VL
    // 	Private-MAC: 892573676dd13ef70b6ab7ef219decdfbd5b1857

    // Export the ed25519 private key to encrypted PuTTY format:
    key.put_Password("secret");
    exportEncrypted = true;
    exportedKey = key.toPuttyPrivateKey(exportEncrypted);
    success = key.SaveText(exportedKey,"qa_output/privkey_putty_encrypted.ppk");

    // The encrypted PuTTY key looks like this:

    // 	PuTTY-User-Key-File-2: ssh-ed25519
    // 	Encryption: aes256-cbc
    // 	Comment: This is my new ed25519 key.
    // 	Public-Lines: 2
    // 	AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJn6m7yKzkAAHXzzjE1zv4RqtdE8r5eTegcpbNDF
    // 	OPYs
    // 	Private-Lines: 1
    // 	aIa9mY22htPElPgWhtXesp97662JECxaSsnNqvhD06P+o18immv8ohn73vI/bhQB
    // 	Private-MAC: 312221dc90660859fe68df300767f8f779046815

    std::cout << "Success!" << "\r\n";
    }