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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA-OAEP with SHA256 hashing

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RSA encrypt a SHA256 hash with OAEP padding.

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var
success: Boolean;
pubkey: HCkPublicKey;
sbPem: HCkStringBuilder;
bCrlf: Boolean;
json: HCkJsonObject;
rsa: HCkRsa;
bUsePrivateKey: Boolean;
encryptedStr: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

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

pubkey := CkPublicKey_Create();

sbPem := CkStringBuilder_Create();
bCrlf := True;
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA33TqqLR3eeUmDtHS89qF',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'3p4MP7Wfqt2Zjj3lZjLjjCGDvwr9cJNlNDiuKboODgUiT4ZdPWbOiMAfDcDzlOxA',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'04DDnEFGAf+kDQiNSe2ZtqC7bnIc8+KSG/qOGQIVaay4Ucr6ovDkykO5Hxn7OU7s',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'Jp9TP9H0JH8zMQA6YzijYH9LsupTerrY3U6zyihVEDXXOv08vBHk50BMFJbE9iwF',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'wnxCsU5+UZUZYw87Uu0n4LPFS9BT8tUIvAfnRXIEWCha3KbFWmdZQZlyrFw0buUE',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'f0YN3/Q0auBkdbDR/ES2PbgKTJdkjc/rEeM0TxvOUf7HuUNOhrtAVEN1D5uuxE1W',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'SwIDAQAB',bCrlf);
CkStringBuilder_AppendLine(sbPem,'-----END PUBLIC KEY-----',bCrlf);

//  Load the public key object from the PEM. 
success := CkPublicKey_LoadFromString(pubkey,CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbPem));
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkPublicKey__lastErrorText(pubkey));
    Exit;
  end;

//  Build a small string to encrypt
json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'example','123');
CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,'hello','world');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(json));

//  This is the JSON to be RSA encrypted:  {"example":"123","hello":"world"}

//  IMPORTANT: RSA encryption is only used to encrypt small amounts of data.
//  RSA is only able to encrypt data to a maximum amount of your key size (2048 bits = 256 bytes) 
//  minus padding / header data (11 bytes for PKCS#1 v1.5 padding, 42 bytes for OAEP).
//  As a result it is often not possible to encrypt files with RSA directly. 
//  RSA is also not meant for this purpose. 
//  
//  If you want to encrypt more data, you can use something like:
//  1) Generate a 256-bit random keystring K
//  2) Encrypt your data with AES-CBC with K
//  3) Encrypt K with RSA
//  4) Send both to the other side 

rsa := CkRsa_Create();
CkRsa_putPkcsPadding(rsa,False);
CkRsa_putOaepHash(rsa,'SHA-256');
CkRsa_UsePublicKey(rsa,pubkey);
CkRsa_putEncodingMode(rsa,'base64');

//  Note: The OAEP padding uses random bytes in the padding, and therefore each time encryption happens,
//  even using the same data and key, the result will be different --  but still valid.  One should not expect
//  to get the same output.
bUsePrivateKey := False;
encryptedStr := CkRsa__encryptStringENC(rsa,CkJsonObject__emit(json),bUsePrivateKey);
if (CkRsa_getLastMethodSuccess(rsa) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRsa__lastErrorText(rsa));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Result: ' + encryptedStr);

CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubkey);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPem);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkRsa_Dispose(rsa);