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PHP ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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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<?php

$success = 0;

//  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"

$crypt = new COM("Chilkat.Crypt2");
$crypt->HashAlgorithm = 'sha256';
$crypt->EncodingMode = 'base64';
$base64Hash = $crypt->hashStringENC('Hello World');

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$requestToken = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$optionalPolicyOid = '';
$addNonce = 0;
$requestTsaCert = 1;

//  Create a time-stamp request token
$success = $http->CreateTimestampRequest('sha256',$base64Hash,$optionalPolicyOid,$addNonce,$requestTsaCert,$requestToken);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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
$tsaUrl = 'https://freetsa.org/tsr';
//  Another timestamp server you could try is: http://timestamp.digicert.com
$tsaUrl = 'http://timestamp.digicert.com';
$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpBd('POST',$tsaUrl,$requestToken,'application/timestamp-query',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Get the timestamp reply from the HTTP response object.
$timestampReply = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$resp->GetBodyBd($timestampReply);

//  Show the base64 encoded timestamp reply.
print $timestampReply->getEncoded('base64') . "\n";

//  Let's verify the timestamp reply against the TSA's cert, which we've previously downloaded.
//  See https://freetsa.org/index_en.php
$tsaCert = new COM("Chilkat.Cert");
$success = $tsaCert->LoadFromFile('qa_data/certs/freetsa.org.cer');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $tsaCert->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  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
$pkiStatus = $http->VerifyTimestampReply($timestampReply,$tsaCert);
if ($pkiStatus < 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'pkiStatus = ' . $pkiStatus . "\n";

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$http->GetLastJsonData($json);

$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

//  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="
//              }
//            }
//          }
//        ]
//      }
//    }
//  }

$signingTime = new COM("Chilkat.DtObj");
$authAttrSigningTimeUtctime = new COM("Chilkat.DtObj");

$timestampReplyPkiStatusValue = $json->IntOf('timestampReply.pkiStatus.value');
$timestampReplyPkiStatusMeaning = $json->stringOf('timestampReply.pkiStatus.meaning');
$i = 0;
$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');
    $json->DtOf('pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].signingTime',0,$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');
    $json->DtOf('pkcs7.verify.signerInfo[i].authAttr.\'1.2.840.113549.1.9.5\'.utctime',0,$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;
}


?>