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About RSA Public/Private Keys

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This example provides some additional information for understanding public/private key pairs. In demonstrates how a private key is a superset of the public key. A public key contains the modulus and exponent. The matching private key also contains the modulus and exponent, but also contains the additional private key parts. Unicode C++

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkCertW cert;

    // Load a digital certificate.
    success = cert.LoadFromFile(L"digitalCert.cer");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A .cer file does not contain the private key.  It should contain
    // the public key...
    CkPublicKeyW pubKey;
    cert.GetPublicKey(pubKey);

    // Let's have a look at it (in XML format).
    wprintf(L"Public Key from Certificate:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",pubKey.getXml());

    // An RSA public key consists of a modulus and exponent.

    // An RSA private key includes both the modulus and exponent,
    // as well as other "big" numbers: P, Q, D, etc.

    // Let's load an RSA private key from a DER-encoded file:
    CkPrivateKeyW privKey;

    success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile(L"PrivateKey.key",L"");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // If this private key is the matching half to the public key from
    // the certificate, then the modulus and exponent should
    // be identical.  (Thus, a "private key" really contains both the public part as well as the private parts...).
    wprintf(L"Private Key from DER:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",privKey.getXml());
    }