Delphi ActiveX

Working with PEM Encrypted Private Keys

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Demonstrates how to load and save PEM encrypted private keys. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
pem: TChilkatPem;
pemPassword: WideString;
fac: TCkFileAccess;
pemText: WideString;
i: Integer;
numPrivateKeys: Integer;
privKey: TPrivateKey;

begin
success := 0;

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

success := 0;

pem := TChilkatPem.Create(Self);

pemPassword := 'secret';

// To load a PEM file containing encrypted private keys, simply
// provide the password.
success := pem.LoadPemFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/pemContainingEncryptedPrivateKeys.pem',pemPassword);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pem.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
pemText := fac.ReadEntireTextFile('/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/pemContainingEncryptedPrivateKeys.pem',pemPassword);

// To load a PEM from a string, call LoadPem instead of LoadPemFile:
success := pem.LoadPem(pemText);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(pem.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// A few notes:
// The PEM may contain both private keys and certificates (or anything else).
// The password is utilized for whatever content in the PEM is encrypted.  
// It is OK to have both encrypted and non-encrypted content within a given PEM.

// PEM private keys can be encrypted in different formats.  The LoadPem and LoadPemFile
// methods automatically handle the different formats.
// One format is PKCS8 and is indicated by this delimiter within the PEM:

// -----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
// MIICoTAbBgkqhkiG9w0BBQMwDgQIfdD0zv24lgkCAggABIICgE0PdHJmRbNs6cBX
// ...

// Another format, we'll call "passphrase" looks like this in the PEM:
// -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
// Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
// DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,A4215544D11C5D0C
// 
// paqy9XRexcSjurHfG0xhCaUD0HrvIdhuC0CbRxxxeMlkLaV6+uT80rBxt2AaibWG
// ...

// Show the bit length of each private key:

numPrivateKeys := pem.NumPrivateKeys;
if (numPrivateKeys = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(('Error: Expected the PEM to contain private keys.'));
    Exit;
  end;
privKey := TPrivateKey.Create(Self);
for i := 1 to numPrivateKeys do
  begin
    pem.PrivateKeyAt(i - 1,privKey.ControlInterface);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + IntToStr(privKey.BitLength) + ' bits');
  end;
end;