(VB.NET) ScMinidriver - Get Public Keys from Smart Card Key Container
Demonstrates how to query a key container on a smart card (or USB token) to get the public part of the private keys that are present. A key container can hold two separate private keys -- one in the "signature" position, and the other in the "key exchange" position.
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' Chilkat recommends the following free tool for interactively examining the contents of your smart card
' through the ScMinidriver interface: MGTEK Tool for Minidriver enabled Smart Cards
' Let's first look at our smart card..
' Here's the view of our Gemalto (Thales) IDPrime MD T=0 smart card in the MGTEK tool:
Dim scmd As New Chilkat.ScMinidriver
' First we need to acquire a context to the smart card in the reader where it is inserted.
' Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
' via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
Dim readerName As String = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0"
Dim success As Boolean = scmd.AcquireContext(readerName)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
Debug.WriteLine("Card name: " & scmd.CardName)
' We likely shouldn't need to authenticate with the smart card (use a PIN) to simply get a public key,
' so we can skip the PIN authenticatin step..
' Let's get the key(s) present in Container #7.
' In our case (shown in the image above), there is a private key in the "key exchange" position, but no key in the "signature" position.
Dim pubkey_sig As New Chilkat.PublicKey
Dim pubkey_kex As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = scmd.GetContainerKeys(7,pubkey_sig,pubkey_kex)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(scmd.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
If (pubkey_sig.Empty = True) Then
Debug.WriteLine("No signature key is present.")
Else
Debug.WriteLine("Signature key:")
Debug.WriteLine(pubkey_sig.GetPem(True))
End If
If (pubkey_kex.Empty = True) Then
Debug.WriteLine("No Key Exchange key is present.")
Else
Debug.WriteLine("Key Exchange key:")
Debug.WriteLine(pubkey_kex.GetPem(True))
End If
scmd.DeleteContext()
Debug.WriteLine("Success.")
' Here's the output of the above sample code:
' Card name: IDPrime MD T=0
' No signature key is present.
' Key Exchange key:
' -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
' MIIBCgKCAQEAsXeRhM55P13FbpNcXAMR3olbw2Wa6keZIHu5YTZYUBTlYWId+pNi
' wUz3zFIEo+0IfYR0H27ybIycQO+1IIzJofUFNMAL3tZps2OKPlsjuCPls6kXpXhv
' /gvhux8LrCtp4PcKWqJ6QVOZKChc7WAx40qFWzHi57ueqRTv3x0kESqGg/VjsqyT
' Evb55psJO2RsfhLT7+YVh3hImRM3RDaJdkTkPuOxeFyT6N7VXD09329sLuS3QkUb
' E9zEKDnz9X3d8dEQdJhSI9ba5fxl8R7fu8pB67ElfzFml96X1jLFtzy1pzOT5Fc4
' ROcaqlYckVzdBq9sxezm6MYmDBjNAcibRwIDAQAB
' -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
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