(VB.NET) Load RSA Public Key from Hex Modulus and Exponent

Load an RSA public key from a hex modulus and exponent.

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Dim success As Boolean

' Load a 128-byte (1024-bit) modulus + exponent into a Chilkat public key object..
Dim modulus As String = "BF5F4AF9A018B5F324A0C10448C0D3248D9BE78967FDC551A27876AC5789ADCBA8245D3D942AE3799563D895DA801E765D225A54FA15DAB2C4731DD817DCF94A9AD62197074C2349442093A206234BF3747F0E88AA6F538355684CC1FB26FCE029C9050A1DAF9F507C2BABF6EFC9FB16320C8036721BE0279FBB76122C41E429"

Dim exponent As String = "00000003"

' We'll need to re-encode from hex to base64..
Dim bdModulus As New Chilkat.BinData
bdModulus.AppendEncoded(modulus,"hex")
Dim bdExponent As New Chilkat.BinData
bdExponent.AppendEncoded(exponent,"hex")

Dim xml As New Chilkat.Xml
xml.Tag = "RsaKeyValue"
xml.NewChild2("Modulus",bdModulus.GetEncoded("base64"))
xml.NewChild2("Exponent",bdExponent.GetEncoded("base64"))

' Now load into the pubkey object..
Dim pubkey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = pubkey.LoadFromString(xml.GetXml())
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pubkey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")