(PowerShell) SSL Client Certificate

Demonstrates how to connect to an SSL server using a client-side certificate, send a simple message, receive a simple response, and disconnect.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.1.2 or greater.

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

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

$socket = New-Object Chilkat.Socket

# Create an instance of a certificate store object, load a PFX file,
# locate the certificate we need, and use it for signing.
# (a PFX file may contain more than one certificate.)
$certStore = New-Object Chilkat.CertStore
# The 1st argument is the filename, the 2nd arg is the 
# PFX file's password:
$success = $certStore.LoadPfxFile("chilkat_secret.pfx","secret")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($certStore.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Find the certificate by the subject common name:
$jsonCN = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonCN.UpdateString("CN","cert common name")

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert
$success = $certStore.FindCert($jsonCN,$cert)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($certStore.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $socket.SetSslClientCert($cert)

$ssl = $true
$maxWaitMillisec = 20000

# The SSL server hostname may be an IP address, a domain name,
# or "localhost".  You'll need to change this:

$sslServerHost = "123.123.88.88"
$sslServerPort = 8123

# Connect to the SSL server:
$success = $socket.Connect($sslServerHost,$sslServerPort,$ssl,$maxWaitMillisec)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Set maximum timeouts for reading an writing (in millisec)
$socket.MaxReadIdleMs = 20000
$socket.MaxSendIdleMs = 20000

# Send a "Hello Server! -EOM-" message:
$success = $socket.SendString("Hello Server! -EOM-")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The server (in this example) is going to send a "Hello Client! -EOM-" 
# message.  Read it:
$receivedMsg = $socket.ReceiveUntilMatch("-EOM-")
if ($socket.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($socket.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Close the connection with the server
# Wait a max of 20 seconds (20000 millsec)
$success = $socket.Close(20000)

$($receivedMsg)