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RFC3161 Timestamp Client - Fetch from Timestamp Authority (TSA) and Verify

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Sends an RFC 3161 timestamp request to a TSA (Timestamp Authority) server and validates the timestamp token response.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    //  First sha-256 hash the data that is to be timestamped.
    //  In this example, the data is the string "Hello World"

    var crypt = new chilkat.Crypt2();
    crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256";
    crypt.EncodingMode = "base64";
    var base64Hash = crypt.HashStringENC("Hello World");

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    var requestToken = new chilkat.BinData();
    var optionalPolicyOid = "";
    var addNonce = false;
    var requestTsaCert = true;

    //  Create a time-stamp request token
    success = http.CreateTimestampRequest("sha256",base64Hash,optionalPolicyOid,addNonce,requestTsaCert,requestToken);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Send the time-stamp request token to the TSA.
    //  This is the equivalent of the following CURL command:
    //  curl -H "Content-Type: application/timestamp-query" --data-binary '@file.tsq' https://freetsa.org/tsr > file.tsr
    var tsaUrl = "https://freetsa.org/tsr";
    //  Another timestamp server you could try is: http://timestamp.digicert.com
    tsaUrl = "http://timestamp.digicert.com";
    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpBd("POST",tsaUrl,requestToken,"application/timestamp-query",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the timestamp reply from the HTTP response object.
    var timestampReply = new chilkat.BinData();
    resp.GetBodyBd(timestampReply);

    //  Show the base64 encoded timestamp reply.
    console.log(timestampReply.GetEncoded("base64"));

    //  Let's verify the timestamp reply against the TSA's cert, which we've previously downloaded.
    //  See https://freetsa.org/index_en.php
    var tsaCert = new chilkat.Cert();
    success = tsaCert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/freetsa.org.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(tsaCert.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  The VerifyTimestampReply method will return one of the following values:
    //  -1:  The timestampReply does not contain a valid timestamp reply.
    //  -2: The  timestampReply is a valid timestamp reply, but failed verification using the public key of the tsaCert.
    //  0:  Granted and verified.
    //  1: Granted and verified, with mods (see RFC 3161)
    //  2: Rejected.
    //  3: Waiting.
    //  4: Revocation Warning
    //  5: Revocation Notification
    var pkiStatus = http.VerifyTimestampReply(timestampReply,tsaCert);
    if (pkiStatus < 0) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("pkiStatus = " + pkiStatus);

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    http.GetLastJsonData(json);

    json.EmitCompact = false;
    console.log(json.Emit());

    //  The JSON looks like the following.

    //  Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    //  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    //  {
    //    "timestampReply": {
    //      "pkiStatus": {
    //        "value": 0,
    //        "meaning": "granted"
    //      }
    //    },
    //    "pkcs7": {
    //      "verify": {
    //        "digestAlgorithms": [
    //          "sha256"
    //        ],
    //        "signerInfo": [
    //          {
    //            "cert": {
    //              "serialNumber": "04CD3F8568AE76C61BB0FE7160CCA76D",
    //              "issuerCN": "DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Timestamping CA",
    //              "digestAlgOid": "2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.1",
    //              "digestAlgName": "SHA256"
    //            },
    //            "contentType": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.4",
    //            "signingTime": "200405023019Z",
    //            "messageDigest": "f14zOsdnN9vyyV3HjjBiLzNDi1PF28hAFMODxNkNRZs=",
    //            "signingAlgOid": "1.2.840.113549.1.1.1",
    //            "signingAlgName": "RSA-PKCSV-1_5",
    //            "authAttr": {
    //              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.3": {
    //                "name": "contentType",
    //                "oid": "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.4"
    //              },
    //              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.5": {
    //                "name": "signingTime",
    //                "utctime": "200405023019Z"
    //              },
    //              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12": {
    //                "name": "signingCertificate",
    //                "der": "MBowGDAWBBQDJb1QXtqWMC3CL0+gHkwovig0xQ=="
    //              },
    //              "1.2.840.113549.1.9.4": {
    //                "name": "messageDigest",
    //                "digest": "f14zOsdnN9vyyV3HjjBiLzNDi1PF28hAFMODxNkNRZs="
    //              }
    //            }
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      }
    //    }
    //  }

    var signingTime = new chilkat.DtObj();
    var authAttrSigningTimeUtctime = new chilkat.DtObj();
    var strVal;
    var certSerialNumber;
    var certIssuerCN;
    var certDigestAlgOid;
    var certDigestAlgName;
    var contentType;
    var messageDigest;
    var signingAlgOid;
    var signingAlgName;
    var authAttrContentTypeName;
    var authAttrContentTypeOid;
    var authAttrSigningTimeName;
    var authAttrSigningCertificateName;
    var authAttrSigningCertificateDer;
    var authAttrMessageDigestName;
    var authAttrMessageDigestDigest;

    var timestampReplyPkiStatusValue = json.IntOf("timestampReply.pkiStatus.value");
    var timestampReplyPkiStatusMeaning = json.StringOf("timestampReply.pkiStatus.meaning");
    var i = 0;
    var count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms");
    while (i < count_i) {
        json.I = i;
        strVal = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.digestAlgorithms[i]");
        i = i+1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = json.SizeOfArray("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo");
    while (i < count_i) {
        json.I = i;
        certSerialNumber = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.serialNumber");
        certIssuerCN = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.issuerCN");
        certDigestAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgOid");
        certDigestAlgName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].cert.digestAlgName");
        contentType = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].contentType");
        json.DtOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingTime",false,signingTime);
        messageDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].messageDigest");
        signingAlgOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgOid");
        signingAlgName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingAlgName");
        authAttrContentTypeName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.3\".name");
        authAttrContentTypeOid = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.3\".oid");
        authAttrSigningTimeName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.5\".name");
        json.DtOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.5\".utctime",false,authAttrSigningTimeUtctime);
        authAttrSigningCertificateName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12\".name");
        authAttrSigningCertificateDer = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.2.12\".der");
        authAttrMessageDigestName = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.4\".name");
        authAttrMessageDigestDigest = json.StringOf("pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\"1.2.840.113549.1.9.4\".digest");
        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();