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JWE using RSAES-PKCS1-v1_5 and AES_128_CBC_HMAC_SHA_256

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This example duplicates the example A.2 in RFC 7516 for JSON Web Encryption (JWE).

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#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <CkPrivateKeyW.h>
#include <CkPublicKeyW.h>
#include <CkJweW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

    const wchar_t *plaintext = L"Live long and prosper.";

    // First build the JWE Protected Header.
    // We want to build this: {"alg":"RSA1_5","enc":"A128CBC-HS256"}
    CkJsonObjectW jweProtHdr;
    jweProtHdr.AppendString(L"alg",L"RSA1_5");
    jweProtHdr.AppendString(L"enc",L"A128CBC-HS256");
    wprintf(L"JWE Protected Header: %s\n",jweProtHdr.emit());
    wprintf(L"--\n");

    // The specific RSA key used in the A.2 example is the following JWK:
    CkStringBuilderW sbJwk;
    sbJwk.Append(L"{\"kty\":\"RSA\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"n\":\"sXchDaQebHnPiGvyDOAT4saGEUetSyo9MKLOoWFsueri23bOdgWp4Dy1Wl");
    sbJwk.Append(L"UzewbgBHod5pcM9H95GQRV3JDXboIRROSBigeC5yjU1hGzHHyXss8UDpre");
    sbJwk.Append(L"cbAYxknTcQkhslANGRUZmdTOQ5qTRsLAt6BTYuyvVRdhS8exSZEy_c4gs_");
    sbJwk.Append(L"7svlJJQ4H9_NxsiIoLwAEk7-Q3UXERGYw_75IDrGA84-lA_-Ct4eTlXHBI");
    sbJwk.Append(L"Y2EaV7t7LjJaynVJCpkv4LKjTTAumiGUIuQhrNhZLuF_RJLqHpM2kgWFLU");
    sbJwk.Append(L"7-VTdL1VbC2tejvcI2BlMkEpk1BzBZI0KQB0GaDWFLN-aEAw3vRw\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"e\":\"AQAB\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"d\":\"VFCWOqXr8nvZNyaaJLXdnNPXZKRaWCjkU5Q2egQQpTBMwhprMzWzpR8Sxq");
    sbJwk.Append(L"1OPThh_J6MUD8Z35wky9b8eEO0pwNS8xlh1lOFRRBoNqDIKVOku0aZb-ry");
    sbJwk.Append(L"nq8cxjDTLZQ6Fz7jSjR1Klop-YKaUHc9GsEofQqYruPhzSA-QgajZGPbE_");
    sbJwk.Append(L"0ZaVDJHfyd7UUBUKunFMScbflYAAOYJqVIVwaYR5zWEEceUjNnTNo_CVSj");
    sbJwk.Append(L"-VvXLO5VZfCUAVLgW4dpf1SrtZjSt34YLsRarSb127reG_DUwg9Ch-Kyvj");
    sbJwk.Append(L"T1SkHgUWRVGcyly7uvVGRSDwsXypdrNinPA4jlhoNdizK2zF2CWQ\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"p\":\"9gY2w6I6S6L0juEKsbeDAwpd9WMfgqFoeA9vEyEUuk4kLwBKcoe1x4HG68");
    sbJwk.Append(L"ik918hdDSE9vDQSccA3xXHOAFOPJ8R9EeIAbTi1VwBYnbTp87X-xcPWlEP");
    sbJwk.Append(L"krdoUKW60tgs1aNd_Nnc9LEVVPMS390zbFxt8TN_biaBgelNgbC95sM\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"q\":\"uKlCKvKv_ZJMVcdIs5vVSU_6cPtYI1ljWytExV_skstvRSNi9r66jdd9-y");
    sbJwk.Append(L"BhVfuG4shsp2j7rGnIio901RBeHo6TPKWVVykPu1iYhQXw1jIABfw-MVsN");
    sbJwk.Append(L"-3bQ76WLdt2SDxsHs7q7zPyUyHXmps7ycZ5c72wGkUwNOjYelmkiNS0\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"dp\":\"w0kZbV63cVRvVX6yk3C8cMxo2qCM4Y8nsq1lmMSYhG4EcL6FWbX5h9yuv");
    sbJwk.Append(L"ngs4iLEFk6eALoUS4vIWEwcL4txw9LsWH_zKI-hwoReoP77cOdSL4AVcra");
    sbJwk.Append(L"Hawlkpyd2TWjE5evgbhWtOxnZee3cXJBkAi64Ik6jZxbvk-RR3pEhnCs\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"dq\":\"o_8V14SezckO6CNLKs_btPdFiO9_kC1DsuUTd2LAfIIVeMZ7jn1Gus_Ff");
    sbJwk.Append(L"7B7IVx3p5KuBGOVF8L-qifLb6nQnLysgHDh132NDioZkhH7mI7hPG-PYE_");
    sbJwk.Append(L"odApKdnqECHWw0J-F0JWnUd6D2B_1TvF9mXA2Qx-iGYn8OVV1Bsmp6qU\",");
    sbJwk.Append(L"\"qi\":\"eNho5yRBEBxhGBtQRww9QirZsB66TrfFReG_CcteI1aCneT0ELGhYlRlC");
    sbJwk.Append(L"tUkTRclIfuEPmNsNDPbLoLqqCVznFbvdB7x-Tl-m0l_eFTj2KiqwGqE9PZ");
    sbJwk.Append(L"B9nNTwMVvH3VRRSLWACvPnSiwP8N5Usy-WRXS-V7TbpxIhvepTfE0NNo\"");
    sbJwk.Append(L"}");

    // Load this JWK into a Chilkat private key object.
    CkPrivateKeyW rsaPrivKey;
    success = rsaPrivKey.LoadJwk(sbJwk.getAsString());
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rsaPrivKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // The public key is used to encrypt (i.e. create the JWE), 
    // and the private key is used to decrypt.
    // The RSA public key is simply a subset of the private key.  The RSA public key
    // is composed of the "n" and "e" members shown above.  These are also known as the
    // modulus and exponent.
    // We can simply get the public key object from the private key object
    CkPublicKeyW rsaPubKey;
    rsaPrivKey.ToPublicKey(rsaPubKey);

    // Create the JWE...
    CkJweW jwe;
    jwe.SetProtectedHeader(jweProtHdr);
    jwe.SetPublicKey(0,rsaPubKey);

    const wchar_t *strJwe = jwe.encrypt(plaintext,L"utf-8");
    if (jwe.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jwe.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Show the JWE we just created:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",strJwe);

    // Note: The RSA PKCS1_V1_5 padding uses random value, and the results
    // will be different each time.  However, each result should be successfully
    // decrypting if using the correct RSA private key.

    // Let's decrypt the JWE that was just produced.
    // Do the following to decrypt a JWE:
    // 1) Load the JWE.
    // 2) Set the private key for decryption.
    // 3) Decrypt.
    CkJweW jwe2;
    success = jwe2.LoadJwe(strJwe);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jwe2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
    // (The JWE was encrypted for a single recipient at index 0.)
    jwe2.SetPrivateKey(0,rsaPrivKey);

    // Decrypt.
    const wchar_t *originalPlaintext = jwe2.decrypt(0,L"utf-8");
    if (jwe2.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jwe2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"original text: \n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",originalPlaintext);

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // It should also be possible to decrypt the JWE as shown in RFC 7516, Appendix A.2.7
    // because it was produced using the same RSA key.

    CkStringBuilderW sbJwe;
    sbJwe.Append(L"eyJhbGciOiJSU0ExXzUiLCJlbmMiOiJBMTI4Q0JDLUhTMjU2In0.");
    sbJwe.Append(L"UGhIOguC7IuEvf_NPVaXsGMoLOmwvc1GyqlIKOK1nN94nHPoltGRhWhw7Zx0-kFm");
    sbJwe.Append(L"1NJn8LE9XShH59_i8J0PH5ZZyNfGy2xGdULU7sHNF6Gp2vPLgNZ__deLKxGHZ7Pc");
    sbJwe.Append(L"HALUzoOegEI-8E66jX2E4zyJKx-YxzZIItRzC5hlRirb6Y5Cl_p-ko3YvkkysZIF");
    sbJwe.Append(L"NPccxRU7qve1WYPxqbb2Yw8kZqa2rMWI5ng8OtvzlV7elprCbuPhcCdZ6XDP0_F8");
    sbJwe.Append(L"rkXds2vE4X-ncOIM8hAYHHi29NX0mcKiRaD0-D-ljQTP-cFPgwCp6X-nZZd9OHBv");
    sbJwe.Append(L"-B3oWh2TbqmScqXMR4gp_A.");
    sbJwe.Append(L"AxY8DCtDaGlsbGljb3RoZQ.");
    sbJwe.Append(L"KDlTtXchhZTGufMYmOYGS4HffxPSUrfmqCHXaI9wOGY.");
    sbJwe.Append(L"9hH0vgRfYgPnAHOd8stkvw");

    success = jwe2.LoadJweSb(sbJwe);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jwe2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Provide the RSA private key for decryption.
    jwe2.SetPrivateKey(0,rsaPrivKey);

    // Decrypt.
    originalPlaintext = jwe2.decrypt(0,L"utf-8");
    if (jwe2.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",jwe2.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",originalPlaintext);
    }