Visual Basic 6.0

Read JCEKS Containing Secret Keys

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Demonstrates how to read a JCEKS keystore file containing symmetric secret keys (for AES, Blowfish, HMAC SHA25, ChaCha, etc.)

This example uses the jceks sample file that you may download from Sample JCEKS with Secret Keys

The file password is "filePassword". The password for each secret key contained in the JCEKS is "secret".

This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

' IMPORTANT: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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

Dim jceks As New ChilkatJavaKeyStore

success = jceks.LoadFile("filePassword","qa_data/jks/secretKeys_filePassword.jceks")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print jceks.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim keyPassword As String
keyPassword = "secret"

' Iterate over each secret key and get the key bytes and aliases..
Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim numSecretKeys As Long
numSecretKeys = jceks.NumSecretKeys
Do While i < numSecretKeys

    Debug.Print "---- Secret Key " & i
    Debug.Print "Alias: " & jceks.GetSecretKeyAlias(i)
    ' Get the secret key bytes in a desired encoding (base64, hex, base64url, etc.)
    Debug.Print "Key Bytes (hex): " & jceks.GetSecretKey(keyPassword,i,"hex")
    Debug.Print "Key Bytes (base64): " & jceks.GetSecretKey(keyPassword,i,"base64")

    i = i + 1
Loop

' The output:

' ---- Secret Key 0
' Alias: aes_key
' Key Bytes (hex): CB3632FD12FF3256E0048C100DDE8DEF
' Key Bytes (base64): yzYy/RL/MlbgBIwQDd6N7w==
' ---- Secret Key 1
' Alias: chacha_key
' Key Bytes (hex): B37C73871C7B8F8D488DDE2F1A78CF51B6D74FFAF0E9B338B9609510A4688136
' Key Bytes (base64): s3xzhxx7j41Ijd4vGnjPUbbXT/rw6bM4uWCVEKRogTY=
' ---- Secret Key 2
' Alias: hmac_sha256_key
' Key Bytes (hex): 3C644B53F904A3BF161D3EAD1364E52EAE6C6EC8C61133B974A2484B894539C0
' Key Bytes (base64): PGRLU/kEo78WHT6tE2TlLq5sbsjGETO5dKJIS4lFOcA=
' ---- Secret Key 3
' Alias: blowfish_key
' Key Bytes (hex): FFE0574DE04B50F1E2FE79B4160B3B2183ACFF41721C46BFF9764CF24CA40E3C
' Key Bytes (base64): /+BXTeBLUPHi/nm0Fgs7IYOs/0FyHEa/+XZM8kykDjw=