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PKCS11 Import an Existing RSA Public Key onto the HSM

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Demonstrates how to import an existing RSA Public Key onto a smart card or token.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or later.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

#  Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$pkcs11 = chilkat::CkPkcs11->new();

#  Use the PKCS11 driver (.dll, .so, .dylib) for your particular HSM.
#  (The format of the path will change with the operating system.  Obviously, "C:/" is not used on non-Windows systems.
$pkcs11->put_SharedLibPath("C:/Program Files (x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll");

#  Establish a logged-on session.
$pin = "0000";
$userType = 1;
$success = $pkcs11->QuickSession($userType,$pin);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Generate a new 2048-bit RSA key.
$rsa = chilkat::CkRsa->new();
$privKey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();
$success = $rsa->GenKey(2048,$privKey);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rsa->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Get the public key information as XML, so we can access the modulus and exponent.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$pubKey = chilkat::CkPublicKey->new();
$privKey->ToPublicKey($pubKey);
$xml->LoadXml($pubKey->getXml());

$attrs = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
#  Specify the type of object, and the type of key.
$attrs->UpdateString("class","CKO_PUBLIC_KEY");
$attrs->UpdateString("key_type","CKK_RSA");
#  Add an optional label if desired.
$attrs->UpdateString("label","RSA Public Key 1");
#  Allow the key to be use for verify, wrapping, and encryption operations.
$attrs->UpdateBool("verify",1);
$attrs->UpdateBool("wrap",1);
$attrs->UpdateBool("encrypt",1);

#  Make this a session-only public key.
#  To store the public key on the token so that it persists after the PKCS11 session, set token = 1.
$attrs->UpdateBool("token",0);

#  Provide the RSA public key material
$attrs->UpdateString("modulus",$xml->getChildContent("Modulus"));
$attrs->UpdateString("public_exponent",$xml->getChildContent("Exponent"));

#  Create the RSA public key.
#  Returns the PKCS11 object handle of the created key.
$objHandle = $pkcs11->CreatePkcs11Object($attrs);
if ($objHandle == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "PKCS11 object handle = " . $objHandle . "\r\n";
    print "Successfully imported an RSA key.." . "\r\n";
}

$pkcs11->Logout();
$pkcs11->CloseSession();