Unicode C

Encrypt with Chilkat, Decrypt with OpenSSL

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt a string using Chilkat, and then shows the corresponding OpenSSL command to RSA decrypt. The OpenSSL command to decrypt is as follows:

openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey VP_Private.pem -in rsa_encrypted.bin -out original.txt

Unicode C

#include <C_CkRsaW.h>
#include <C_CkPublicKeyW.h>
#include <C_CkByteData.h>
#include <C_CkFileAccessW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRsaW rsa;
    HCkPublicKeyW key;
    const wchar_t *strToEncrypt;
    BOOL usePrivateKey;
    HCkByteData encryptedBytes;
    HCkFileAccessW fac;

    success = FALSE;

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

    rsa = CkRsaW_Create();

    //  Note: RSA encryption uses the public key.  
    //  RSA decryption uses the private key.
    //  The reason is that the public key can be freely provided to anybody.  This allows anybody
    //  to send an encrypted message to the private key owner, and only the private key owner 
    //  can decrypt.
    key = CkPublicKeyW_Create();

    //  Load an RSA public key from a PEM file:
    success = CkPublicKeyW_LoadFromFile(key,L"qa_data/pem/VP_Public.pem");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPublicKeyW_lastErrorText(key));
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(key);
        return;
    }

    //  Load the public key into the RSA object.
    success = CkRsaW_UsePublicKey(rsa,key);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRsaW_lastErrorText(rsa));
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(key);
        return;
    }

    strToEncrypt = L"00000000;XYZ2-3BHQ-ABCD-MMVV;6MY1-GHJK-9LRR;0";

    //  The LittleEndian property is FALSE by default, but it is set here
    //  anyway to show that LittleEndian byte ordering is required for OpenSSL compatibility.
    CkRsaW_putLittleEndian(rsa,FALSE);

    usePrivateKey = FALSE;
    encryptedBytes = CkByteData_Create();
    success = CkRsaW_EncryptString(rsa,strToEncrypt,usePrivateKey,encryptedBytes);
    if (CkRsaW_getLastMethodSuccess(rsa) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRsaW_lastErrorText(rsa));
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(key);
        CkByteData_Dispose(encryptedBytes);
        return;
    }

    //  The OpenSSL command to decrypt would be this:
    //  openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey VP_Private.pem -in rsa_encrypted.bin -out original.txt

    fac = CkFileAccessW_Create();
    success = CkFileAccessW_WriteEntireFile(fac,L"qa_output/rsa_encrypted.bin",encryptedBytes);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFileAccessW_lastErrorText(fac));
        CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
        CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(key);
        CkByteData_Dispose(encryptedBytes);
        CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"RSA Encryption Succeeded.\n");


    CkRsaW_Dispose(rsa);
    CkPublicKeyW_Dispose(key);
    CkByteData_Dispose(encryptedBytes);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);

    }