(VB.NET) Get a Certificate's Key Size

Demonstrates how to get the RSA key size of a certificate (for example, 1024-bit, 2048-bit, etc.)

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'  For this example, I have a certificate in raw base64 format (not PEM),
'  that looks like this:  "MIIGkDCCBHigAwIBAgIUMDA ... s/iqLsLA=="
Dim sbCertBase64 As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim success As Boolean = sbCertBase64.LoadFile("qa_data/certs/base64Cert.txt","utf-8")

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadFromBase64(sbCertBase64.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Get the public key.
Dim pubKey As Chilkat.PublicKey = cert.ExportPublicKey()
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  In Chilkat version v9.5.0.67, the KeySize property was added.
Dim numBits As Integer = pubKey.KeySize
Debug.WriteLine("Number of bits = " & numBits)

'  If using an older version of Chilkat, the key size can be obtained like this:
Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.LoadXml(pubKey.GetXml())

Dim binDat As New Chilkat.BinData
binDat.AppendEncoded(xml.GetChildContent("Modulus"),"base64")

numBits = 8 * binDat.NumBytes
Debug.WriteLine("Number of bits = " & numBits)