Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v10.1.2+

RSA Sign using Private Key of Certificate Type A3 (smart card / token)

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Demonstrates RSA signing data using the private key of a certificate type A3 (smart card, token).

Note: This is a Windows-only example.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  First get the A3 certificate that was installed on the Windows system.
Dim certStore As New ChilkatCertStore

Dim thumbprint As String
thumbprint = "12c1dd8015f3f03f7b1fa619dc24e2493ca8b4b2"

'  This is specific to Windows because it is opening the Windows Current-User certificate store.
Dim bReadOnly As Long
bReadOnly = 1
success = certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(bReadOnly)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print certStore.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Find the certificate with the desired thumbprint
'  (There are many ways to locate a certificate.  This example chooses to find by thumbprint.)
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("thumbprint",thumbprint)

Dim cert As New ChilkatCert
success = certStore.FindCert(json,cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to find the certificate."
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Found: " & cert.SubjectCN

Dim rsa As New ChilkatRsa

'  Provide the cert's private key
Dim bUsePrivateKey As Long
bUsePrivateKey = 1
success = rsa.SetX509Cert(cert,bUsePrivateKey)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Now we're ready to sign..
Dim fac As New CkFileAccess

'  Get bytes to be signed..
Dim inData() As Byte
inData = fac.ReadEntireFile("in.dat")
Dim signature() As Byte
signature = rsa.SignBytes(inData,"SHA-256")
If (rsa.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Signature created."