Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Working with PEM Encrypted Private Keys

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

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;