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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get a .pfx/.p12 Safe Bag Attribute

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Demonstrates how to get the value of a private key or certificate safe bag attribute. Safe bag attributes are associated with a key or certificate. They are attributes stored in the .p12/.pfx alongside a key or certificate.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$pfx = chilkat::CkPfx->new();

$success = $pfx->LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/test_ecdsa_secret.pfx","secret");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pfx->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$pfx->GetLastJsonData($json);

$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

#  The last JSON data provides information about the what is contained in the PFX.  It was collected in the call to LoadPfxFile.
#  For example:

#  {
#    "authenticatedSafe": {
#      "contentInfo": [
#        {
#          "type": "Data",
#          "safeBag": [
#            {
#              "type": "pkcs8ShroudedKeyBag",
#              "attrs": {
#                "localKeyId": "16777216",
#                "keyContainerName": "{B99EB9E7-6AF7-42AF-A43A-D4B2225B7605}",
#                "msStorageProvider": "Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider"
#              }
#            }
#          ]
#        },
#        {
#          "type": "EncryptedData",
#          "safeBag": [
#            {
#              "type": "certBag",
#              "attrs": {
#                "localKeyId": "16777216"
#              },
#              "subject": "EE",
#              "serialNumber": "1a9da86df17ad411bb413b2aa724fe56fc71242d"
#            },
#            {
#              "type": "certBag",
#              "subject": "CA",
#              "serialNumber": "02742228acbf3dd2e71f403abd8281ab6d70d490"
#            }
#          ]
#        }
#      ]
#    }
#  }

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

#  In the above JSON, we can see the .pfx contains one private key (a pkcs8ShroudedKeyBag) and two certificates (each in a certBag).
#  The certificates in a .pfx/.p12 are typicaly a single certificate with associated private key, along with the other certificates
#  in the chain of authentication.

#  We can see that the private key has 3 safebag attributes: localKeyId, keyContainerName, and msStorageProvider.
#  The certificate associated with the private key contains one safebag attribute: localKeyId.
#  Notice the localKeyId is the same.  The localKeyId helps associate the private key that corresponds to the given certificate.

#  Let's demonstrate the GetSafeBagAttr method:

#  Get each of the private key safebag attributes:
$getPrivateKeyAttr = 1;
$privateKeyIdx = 0;
print "---- private key safebag attributes ----" . "\r\n";
print $pfx->getSafeBagAttr($getPrivateKeyAttr,$privateKeyIdx,"localKeyId") . "\r\n";
print $pfx->getSafeBagAttr($getPrivateKeyAttr,$privateKeyIdx,"keyContainerName") . "\r\n";
print $pfx->getSafeBagAttr($getPrivateKeyAttr,$privateKeyIdx,"storageProvider") . "\r\n";

#  Get the localKeyId attribute for the 1st certificate.
$getPrivateKeyAttr = 0;
print "---- cert safebag attributes ----" . "\r\n";
print $pfx->getSafeBagAttr($getPrivateKeyAttr,0,"localKeyId") . "\r\n";