(Visual Basic 6.0) RSA Encrypt Randomly Generated AES Key

Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt a randomly generated AES key.

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

' First generate a 256-bit AES key (32 bytes).
Dim prng As New ChilkatPrng
Dim bdAesKey As New ChilkatBinData
Dim success As Long
success = prng.GenRandomBd(32,bdAesKey)

' Use a public key from a certificate for RSA encryption.
Dim cert As New ChilkatCert

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/pem/mf_public_rsa.pem")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim pubKey As PublicKey
Set pubKey = cert.ExportPublicKey()
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print cert.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim rsa As New ChilkatRsa
success = rsa.ImportPublicKeyObj(pubKey)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' RSA encrypt our 32-byte AES key.
' The contents of bdAesKey are replaced with result of the RSA encryption.
success = rsa.EncryptBd(bdAesKey,0)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Return the result as a base64 string
Dim encryptedAesKey As String
encryptedAesKey = bdAesKey.GetEncoded("base64")

Debug.Print "encrypted AES key = " & encryptedAesKey