(VB.NET) Sign and Encrypt using Cert to produce -----BEGIN PKCS7----- ... -----END PKCS7-----

Demonstrates how to first sign content using your own cert + private key to produce PKCS7 binary output. Then encrypt the signed binary output using the recipient's public key to produce output such as:

-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
MIIHPwYJKoZIhvcNAQcEoIIHMDCCBywC ...
...
...
-----END PKCS7-----

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


Dim crypt As New Chilkat.Crypt2

Dim toBeSignedAndEncrypted As String = "This string is to be signed and then encrypted."

Dim myCert As New Chilkat.Cert
Dim success As Boolean = myCert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/pfx/cert_test123.pfx","test123")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(myCert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = crypt.SetSigningCert(myCert)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Get the PKCS7 output in base64 format.
crypt.EncodingMode = "base64"
'  Perhaps we don't want the entire cert chain to be included in the signature?
crypt.IncludeCertChain = False
Dim signedPkcs7 As String = crypt.OpaqueSignStringENC(toBeSignedAndEncrypted)

'  We're going to encrypt the binary PKCS7 signature (which contains the content)
Dim bdPkcs7 As New Chilkat.BinData
bdPkcs7.AppendEncoded(signedPkcs7,"base64")

'  ---------------------------------------------------
'  Now for the encryption...

'  Specify the encryption to be used.
'  "pki" indicates "Public Key Infrastructure" and will create a PKCS7 encrypted (enveloped) message.
crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "pki"
crypt.Pkcs7CryptAlg = "aes"
crypt.KeyLength = 128
crypt.OaepHash = "sha256"
crypt.OaepPadding = True

'  A certificate is needed as the encryption key..
Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/testCert.pem")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(cert.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Tell the crypt object to use the certificate.
crypt.SetEncryptCert(cert)

success = crypt.EncryptBd(bdPkcs7)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(crypt.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Make a "-----BEGIN PKCS7-----" ... "-----END PKCS7-----" sandwich...
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sb.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PKCS7-----",True)
sb.Append(bdPkcs7.GetEncoded("base64_mime"))
sb.AppendLine("-----END PKCS7-----",True)

Dim outStr As String = sb.GetAsString()

Debug.WriteLine(outStr)

'  Sample output:

'  -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
'  MIIMFQYJKoZIhvcNAQcDoIIMBjCCDAICAQAxggH5MIIB9QIBADCBsTCBmzELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0Ix
'  GzAZBgNVBAgTEkdyZWF0ZXIgTWFuY2hlc3RlcjEQMA4GA1UEBxMHU2FsZm9yZDEaMBgGA1UEChMR
'  Q09NT0RPIENBIExpbWl0ZWQxQTA/BgNVBAMTOENPTU9ETyBTSEEtMjU2IENsaWVudCBBdXRoZW50
'  aWNhdGlvbiBhbmQgU2VjdXJlIEVtYWlsIENBAhEAuBl4qE2MODB05C5h53M5UDA4BgkqhkiG9w0B
'  AQcwK6APMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAoRgwFgYJKoZIhvcNAQEIMAkGBSsOAwIaBQAEggEAA34hkvxY
'  TXMUAsWBmnRIvfFK920WeUVenM4ob7qibDiaXI2qWBgzkIfQH2T1vIYHHzNQuaaiTrK3THn8Nzfy
'  RFqTnhfWwsIL/yinHVn5rA9CbHFmxqHr2UctZxLB7x/DxV7pjqpTTveCwgC9FykxGBcNO92Thlho
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'  KrqG2vK4AeBuro1IfoUG1EJ17Q==
'  -----END PKCS7-----