(PowerShell) PKCS7 Decrypt Using .pfx or .p12 Data

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Demonstrates how to decrypt MIME using a specifc PFX file (.pfx or .p12) for the source of certificate(s) and private key(s).

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$mime = New-Object Chilkat.Mime

# Load the MIME
$success = $mime.LoadMimeFile("encrypted.mim")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mime.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$fac = New-Object Chilkat.FileAccess
$pfxData = $fac.ReadEntireFile("pfxStore/myPkcs12.p12")
if ($fac.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$pfxPassword = "myPassword"
$success = $mime.DecryptUsingPfxData($pfxData,$pfxPassword)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mime.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Display the decrypted MIME:
$($mime.GetMime())

# Note: The MIME to be decrypted should look something like this
# when viewed in a text editor:
# (Note that the Content-Type is application/x-pkcs7-mime)

# Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7m"
# Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
# Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-mime;
#  name="smime.p7m"
# 
# MIICRAYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIICNTCCAjECAQAxggHIMIIBxAIBADCBqzCBlTELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx
# CzAJBgNVBAgTAlVUMRcwFQYDVQQHEw5TYWx0IExha2UgQ2l0eTEeMBwGA1UEChMVVGhlIFVTRVJU
# UlVTVCBOZXR3b3JrMSEwHwYDVQQLExhodHRwOi8vd3d3LnVzZXJ0cnVzdC5jb20xHTAbBgNVBAMT
# FFVUTi1VU0VSRmlyc3QtT2JqZWN0AhEA5vxolKNrYgp1Z7ABICdK+zANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASC
# AQAJ68jTh3u3ovsOuz1aHXTV90GBB6DMfCdx0bZ85trSvDXBevMOtQdctz653de8EB2xU4RlaPQa
# oBpF8G01PMaKezd+FGLbhm7gmKl7boej3BboUzM4wrwjc8qHTGc/haT1ZA3jUU3DR4emVXNmRgWc
# FDU5Dnkf+Z2YXQop9wPCf1Ng+8LLjBX9yxgXP1ZyFDe9vUnSkk2fmZatEY2Y6eWHNbrj6q4F40qN
# PAyZW1rJSFmKTSPSzv7S0VWBMh+FgUKtqk4I6/+zhneLYeJBZFskmMIGFpgKdgrN7vbbr1a2gv/M
# PbHUxwKMD4KZ2auyuGKMVLBOm+n8v5f8EegloL/UMGAGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAZBggqhkiG9w0DAjAN
# AgE6BAgcohHNLdl9FoA4q22x8vXs05wuScRgLhwMOzvdGQkBJx+6iQDBuoCVxF8sQ35g+0PPxN3M
# 6Zw6nI1gSIIKBS3ZjtI=