(PureBasic) SFTP Authenticate Secure

Demonstrates how to do SFTP password authentication with secure strings.

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.71 or greater.

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IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkSecureString.pb"
IncludeFile "CkSFtp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkCrypt2.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

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

    success.i

    ;  Imagine we've previously saved our encrypted login and password within a JSON config file
    ;  that contains this:

    ;  {
    ;    "ssh_login": "2+qylFfC56Ck7OQQt/U2/w==",
    ;    "ssh_password": "5neIq9Jmn0E3p71N6Yc8TA=="
    ;  }

    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoadFile(json,"qa_data/passwords/ssh.json")

    crypt.i = CkCrypt2::ckCreate()
    If crypt.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  These are the encryption settings we previously used to encrypt the credentials within the JSON config file.
    CkCrypt2::setCkCryptAlgorithm(crypt, "aes")
    CkCrypt2::setCkCipherMode(crypt, "cbc")
    CkCrypt2::setCkKeyLength(crypt, 128)
    CkCrypt2::ckSetEncodedKey(crypt,"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
    CkCrypt2::ckSetEncodedIV(crypt,"000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
    CkCrypt2::setCkEncodingMode(crypt, "base64")

    ssLogin.i = CkSecureString::ckCreate()
    If ssLogin.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ssPassword.i = CkSecureString::ckCreate()
    If ssPassword.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Decrypt to the secure string.  (the strings will still held in memory encrypted, but are now encrypted using
    ;  a randomly generated session key.)
    CkCrypt2::ckDecryptSecureENC(crypt,CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"ssh_login"),ssLogin)
    CkCrypt2::ckDecryptSecureENC(crypt,CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"ssh_password"),ssPassword)

    sftp.i = CkSFtp::ckCreate()
    If sftp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkSFtp::ckConnect(sftp,"MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP",22)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
        CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssLogin)
        CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssPassword)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Authenticate using secure strings
    success = CkSFtp::ckAuthenticateSecPw(sftp,ssLogin,ssPassword)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkSFtp::ckLastErrorText(sftp)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
        CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssLogin)
        CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssPassword)
        CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "SFTP Authentication successful."

    CkSFtp::ckDisconnect(sftp)


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkCrypt2::ckDispose(crypt)
    CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssLogin)
    CkSecureString::ckDispose(ssPassword)
    CkSFtp::ckDispose(sftp)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure