Unicode C++

Ed25519 Key Exchange (Shared Secret)

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Demonstrates how to create an Ed25519 shared secret for use in key exchange.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

Unicode C++

#include <CkPrivateKeyW.h>
#include <CkPublicKeyW.h>
#include <CkEdDSAW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // Alice's private key, a:
    //     77076d0a7318a57d3c16c17251b26645df4c2f87ebc0992ab177fba51db92c2a
    // Alice's public key, X25519(a, 9):
    //     8520f0098930a754748b7ddcb43ef75a0dbf3a0d26381af4eba4a98eaa9b4e6a
    // Bob's private key, b:
    //     5dab087e624a8a4b79e17f8b83800ee66f3bb1292618b6fd1c2f8b27ff88e0eb
    // Bob's public key, X25519(b, 9):
    //     de9edb7d7b7dc1b4d35b61c2ece435373f8343c85b78674dadfc7e146f882b4f
    // Their shared secret, K:
    //     4a5d9d5ba4ce2de1728e3bf480350f25e07e21c947d19e3376f09b3c1e161742

    const wchar_t *alicePrivKey = L"77076d0a7318a57d3c16c17251b26645df4c2f87ebc0992ab177fba51db92c2a";
    const wchar_t *bobPubKey = L"de9edb7d7b7dc1b4d35b61c2ece435373f8343c85b78674dadfc7e146f882b4f";

    CkPrivateKeyW privKey;
    // This example shows only one way of loading an Ed25519 private key.
    // Chilkat can load other formats (JWK, PEM, ASN.1 DER, etc.)  
    // You may do so by calling LoadAnyFormat or LoadAnyFormatFile.
    success = privKey.LoadEd25519(alicePrivKey,L"");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkPublicKeyW pubKey;
    success = pubKey.LoadEd25519(bobPubKey);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",pubKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Create the shared secret:
    CkEdDSAW eddsa;
    const wchar_t *sharedSecret = eddsa.sharedSecretENC(privKey,pubKey,L"hexlower");
    if (eddsa.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",eddsa.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Computed: %s\n",sharedSecret);
    wprintf(L"Expected: 4a5d9d5ba4ce2de1728e3bf480350f25e07e21c947d19e3376f09b3c1e161742\n");
    }