(Perl) Working with PEM Encrypted Private Keys

Demonstrates how to load and save PEM encrypted private keys.

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use chilkat();

# Starting in v9.5.0.49, all Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
# by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
$chilkatGlob = chilkat::CkGlobal->new();
$success = $chilkatGlob->UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $chilkatGlob->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$pem = chilkat::CkPem->new();

$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 != 1) {
    print $pem->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$fac = chilkat::CkFileAccess->new();
$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 != 1) {
    print $pem->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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 = $pem->get_NumPrivateKeys();
if ($numPrivateKeys == 0) {
    print (("Error: Expected the PEM to contain private keys.")) . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

for ($i = 1; $i <= $numPrivateKeys; $i++) {
    # privKey is a PrivateKey
    $privKey = $pem->GetPrivateKey($i - 1);
    print $i . ": " . $privKey->get_BitLength() . " bits" . "\r\n";

}