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PKCS11 Find Certificate with Key Usage on Smart Card or USB Token

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Demonstrates how to find and return the 1st certificate on a smart card or USB token with a desired intended key usage.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.91 or later.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @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.

    DECLARE @pkcs11 int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Pkcs11', @pkcs11 OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @pkcs11, 'SharedLibPath', 'aetpkss1.dll'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'Initialize', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pkcs11, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
        RETURN
      END

    -- Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
    DECLARE @slotID int
    SELECT @slotID = -1

    -- Open a session.
    DECLARE @readWrite int
    SELECT @readWrite = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'OpenSession', @success OUT, @slotID, @readWrite
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pkcs11, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
        RETURN
      END

    -- Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
    -- 
    -- If we don't authenticate, then we won't be able to see the private keys, and thus
    -- we won't know which certificates have an associated private key stored on the smart card.

    -- The smart card PIN is passed to the Login method.
    -- userType 1 indicates a "Normal User".
    DECLARE @userType int
    SELECT @userType = 1
    DECLARE @pin nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @pin = '0000'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'Login', @success OUT, @userType, @pin
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pkcs11, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'CloseSession', @success OUT
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
        RETURN
      END

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    DECLARE @cert int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Cert', @cert OUT

    -- Find a certificate with an intended key usage.
    -- Possible key usages to find are:
    -- 
    -- DigitalSignature
    -- NonRepudiation
    -- KeyEncipherment
    -- DataEncipherment
    -- CertificateSigning
    -- CrlSigning
    -- 
    -- To find a cert having any one of several usages, pass a comma-separated list of usages:
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'FindCert', @success OUT, 'keyUsage', 'NonRepudiation,DigitalSignature', @cert
    IF @success = 1
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @cert, 'SubjectCN', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'Cert with private key: ' + @sTmp0
      END
    ELSE
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'No certificates having the intended key usage were found.'
      END

    -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -- Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'Logout', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pkcs11, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'CloseSession', @success OUT
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END

    -- When finished, close the session.
    -- It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @pkcs11, 'CloseSession', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @pkcs11, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Success.'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @pkcs11
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @cert


END
GO