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Decrypt a SAML Response

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Demonstrates how to decrypt a SAML response.

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import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  var success = false;

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

  // This example decrypts this SAML response:

  // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  // <saml2p:Response Destination="https://deskflow-asp2.com/ubc/ubcdfe.dll/cwlacs" ID="_e4585eaeedbcaf7c24dff7f1ee2499f5" IssueInstant="2018-10-11T17:46:20.727Z" Version="2.0" xmlns:saml2p="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol">
  //     <saml2:Issuer xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">https://authentication.stg.id.ubc.ca</saml2:Issuer>
  //     <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
  //         <ds:SignedInfo>
  //             <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
  //             <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/>
  //             <ds:Reference URI="#_e4585eaeedbcaf7c24dff7f1ee2499f5">
  //                 <ds:Transforms>
  //                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
  //                     <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
  //                 </ds:Transforms>
  //                 <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/>
  //                 <ds:DigestValue>1ui22tqFyYEOoWI19CMwz4n+ynxNjLDGdTeRMdi60EU=</ds:DigestValue>
  //             </ds:Reference>
  //         </ds:SignedInfo>
  //         <ds:SignatureValue>ROg7FXV6vsp8socVhdo76/i7cRHGGKIveAiScKdujZT0QrHVqIvvbZ/RnwvEMJ9H9i/kJFAQA171
  // 		Eo2kDjSdvNFQ/YcKaJUwMtAwT05yVatGV42RZKEf7ME+vpcCTR1LWZdrhat1FWCg1MNQwNWB0EL5
  // 		fEP2a4jAcSTB8tFbjTAHsv7IWC39E5RVv99mACYXLa7iGZLtORANZxgYu5qQgmH6pUkI6Z1cpmf+
  // 		m9mIjKM6LF0EvLfWOBWL6udZ+GsHPOLjVTJg+1S0xb9FQCYDVW1QhbjSS0icKHKTNNbrsaxllVDY
  // 		m4q27YQjRh+XxugPgvsZ61Pxlto8Jbg+6jUlMQ==</ds:SignatureValue>
  //         <ds:KeyInfo>
  //             <ds:X509Data>
  //                 <ds:X509Certificate>MIIDTTCCAjWgAwIBAgIVAJccYyIV6wly8XyddumpgnHMJ2JLMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMCcxJTAj
  // 			BgNVBAMMHGF1dGhlbnRpY2F0aW9uLnN0Zy5pZC51YmMuY2EwHhcNMTcwMzAxMTk1NDM0WhcNMzcw
  // 			...
  // 			xUuh6HuHKIwQqHBz7udxbH3Zbb6jXGDJjiDHt1LRJ8xbVisFIcDlIwsGQQi0HeEJfx4P</ds:X509Certificate>
  //             </ds:X509Data>
  //         </ds:KeyInfo>
  //     </ds:Signature>
  //     <saml2p:Status>
  //         <saml2p:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success"/>
  //     </saml2p:Status>
  //     <saml2:EncryptedAssertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
  //         <xenc:EncryptedData Id="_314d80b9cf02d8eda8d686a6ffd626cf" Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Element" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
  //             <xenc:EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#"/>
  //             <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
  //                 <xenc:EncryptedKey Id="_d7b6da6fb59a627ebb4a96928441ab79" Recipient="https://ubcdfe.deskflow-asp2.com" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
  //                     <xenc:EncryptionMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#rsa-oaep-mgf1p" xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
  //                         <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"/>
  //                     </xenc:EncryptionMethod>
  //                     <ds:KeyInfo>
  //                         <ds:X509Data>
  //                             <ds:X509Certificate>MIICuzCCAiQCCQD3bpigRnKMSzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBoTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQ0ExEDAOBgNV
  // 				BAgMB09udGFyaW8xEDAOBgNVBAcMB1Rvcm9udG8xJjAkBgNVBAoMHVRhY3RpY2FsIEJ1c2luZXNz
  // 				...
  // 				kVRcHd1UK3q7G8FoykWjdQz/0EoMTfEZ+Md56mLOe48eMUZV2ONZuL1kDCEKw1UwkaDQI4Pf8pzx
  // 				82b9rgw9wBDtvu5eFPlUGEGIBw==</ds:X509Certificate>
  //                         </ds:X509Data>
  //                     </ds:KeyInfo>
  //                     <xenc:CipherData xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
  //                         <xenc:CipherValue>BNHfUOpgdPE5BgpN2VIZIDthMAv1rxk91qVnWyCZOG9bmUKChJtTUqMpndot7VJwYuyKFshkAdnT
  // 				D79KGdlSA1xHKcVeZXXzDWglqSyYjzhDCsyOhPaI4HelMFgCLwyFz89uEpUpqlvfl8ol3Am/XnzQ
  // 				Vp7V7oS76hocjUI51Qs=</xenc:CipherValue>
  //                     </xenc:CipherData>
  //                 </xenc:EncryptedKey>
  //             </ds:KeyInfo>
  //             <xenc:CipherData xmlns:xenc="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#">
  //                 <xenc:CipherValue>R6l7tmbnXrOfBgB8lA3KnwLYsLH5ZO5omQ7Hp5K05atzw2o55xmCXVMYhNneFxMtxUh6raEyHeZX
  // 			PTZNgWrvdqc4GYND/R7MhRrJzk9OAq1WyoOXwbtRpwNDwWA4N2IuprPQJbvjVxaw/PesZMZwZqlp
  // 			...
  // 			zm9zAxahyu8Ooe8M4r3HN2cY0JxxxkZtDiulbnyA+rRtXfBRJtangvFQ4iFAnzM/Yg9hMyW9jcu0
  // 			S7FzuRB9ONMxi+nh0IFWgqp+</xenc:CipherValue>
  //             </xenc:CipherData>
  //         </xenc:EncryptedData>
  //     </saml2:EncryptedAssertion>
  // </saml2p:Response>

  // The sample encrypted SAML response and RSA private key are available online:
  final http = CkHttp();
  final sbSamlResponse = CkStringBuilder();
  final sbPrivateKeyPem = CkStringBuilder();
  success = true;
  try {
    http.quickGetSb('https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse.xml', sbSamlResponse);
  } on ChilkatException {
    success = false;
  }
  if (success) {
    success = true;
    try {
      http.quickGetSb('https://chilkatdownload.com/data/samlresponse_privkey.pem', sbPrivateKeyPem);
    } on ChilkatException {
      success = false;
    }
  }

  if (!success) {
    print(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  final xml = CkXml();
  xml.loadSb(sbSamlResponse, true);

  // Load the RSA private key..
  final privkey = CkPrivateKey();
  success = true;
  try {
    privkey.loadPem(sbPrivateKeyPem.getAsString());
  } on ChilkatException {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    print(privkey.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Prepare an RSA object w/ the private key...
  final rsa = CkRsa();
  success = true;
  try {
    rsa.usePrivateKey(privkey);
  } on ChilkatException {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    print(rsa.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // RSA will be used to decrypt the xenc:EncryptedKey
  // The bytes to be decrypted are in xenc:CipherValue (in base64 format)
  final String encryptedAesKey;
  try {
    encryptedAesKey = xml.getChildContent('saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue');
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Encrypted AES key not found.');
    return;
  }

  print('Encrypted AES key (base64) = $encryptedAesKey');

  final bdAesKey = CkBinData();
  bdAesKey.appendEncoded(encryptedAesKey, 'base64');

  final sbRsaAlg = CkStringBuilder();
  sbRsaAlg.append(xml.chilkatPath('saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|ds:KeyInfo|xenc:EncryptedKey|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)'));
  print('sbRsaAlg contains: ${sbRsaAlg.getAsString()}');
  if (sbRsaAlg.contains('rsa-oaep', true)) {
    rsa.pkcsPadding = false;
  }

  success = true;
  try {
    rsa.decryptBd(bdAesKey, true);
  } on ChilkatException {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    print(rsa.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Decrypted AES key (hex) = ${bdAesKey.getEncoded('hex')}');

  // Get the encrypted XML (in base64) to be decrypted w/ the AES key.
  final String encrypted64;
  try {
    encrypted64 = xml.getChildContent('saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:CipherData|xenc:CipherValue');
  } on ChilkatException {
    print('Encrypted data not found.');
    return;
  }

  final bdEncrypted = CkBinData();
  bdEncrypted.appendEncoded(encrypted64, 'base64');

  // Get the symmetric algorithm:  "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#aes128-cbc"
  // and set the symmetric decrypt properties.
  final crypt = CkCrypt2();
  final sbAlg = CkStringBuilder();
  sbAlg.append(xml.chilkatPath('saml2:EncryptedAssertion|xenc:EncryptedData|xenc:EncryptionMethod|(Algorithm)'));
  if (sbAlg.contains('aes128-cbc', true)) {
    crypt.cryptAlgorithm = 'aes';
    crypt.keyLength = 128;
    crypt.cipherMode = 'cbc';
    // The 1st 16 bytes of the encrypted data are the AES IV.
    crypt.setEncodedIV(bdEncrypted.getEncodedChunk(0, 16, 'hex'), 'hex');
    bdEncrypted.removeChunk(0, 16);
  }

  // Other algorithms, key lengths, etc, can be supported by checking for different Algorithm attribute values..

  crypt.setEncodedKey(bdAesKey.getEncoded('hex'), 'hex');

  // AES decrypt...
  success = true;
  try {
    crypt.decryptBd(bdEncrypted);
  } on ChilkatException {
    success = false;
  }
  if (!success) {
    print(crypt.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the decrypted XML
  final decryptedXml = bdEncrypted.getString('utf-8');
  print('Decrypted XML:');
  print(decryptedXml);

  // The decrypted XML looks like this:

  // <saml2:Assertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" ID="_226e565c548db7986d165d7d969b48b4" IssueInstant="2018-10-11T17:46:20.727Z" Version="2.0">
  // ...
  // ...
  // ...
  // </saml2:Assertion>

  final xmlAssertion = CkXml();
  xmlAssertion.loadXml(decryptedXml);

  // Replace the saml2:EncryptedAssertion XML subtree with the saml2:Assertion XML.
  final xmlEncryptedAssertion = xml.findChild('saml2:EncryptedAssertion');
  xmlEncryptedAssertion.swapTree(xmlAssertion);

  // The decrypted XML assertion has now replaced the encrypted XML assertion.
  // Examine the fully decrypted XML document:
  print('Full XML SAML document with decrypted assertion:');
  print(xml.getXml());
}