(VB.NET UWP/WinRT) Ed25519 Key Exchange (Shared Secret)

Demonstrates how to create an Ed25519 shared secret for use in key exchange.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.83 or greater.

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

' Alice's private key, a:
'     77076d0a7318a57d3c16c17251b26645df4c2f87ebc0992ab177fba51db92c2a
' Alice's public key, X25519(a, 9):
'     8520f0098930a754748b7ddcb43ef75a0dbf3a0d26381af4eba4a98eaa9b4e6a
' Bob's private key, b:
'     5dab087e624a8a4b79e17f8b83800ee66f3bb1292618b6fd1c2f8b27ff88e0eb
' Bob's public key, X25519(b, 9):
'     de9edb7d7b7dc1b4d35b61c2ece435373f8343c85b78674dadfc7e146f882b4f
' Their shared secret, K:
'     4a5d9d5ba4ce2de1728e3bf480350f25e07e21c947d19e3376f09b3c1e161742


Dim alicePrivKey As String = "77076d0a7318a57d3c16c17251b26645df4c2f87ebc0992ab177fba51db92c2a"
Dim bobPubKey As String = "de9edb7d7b7dc1b4d35b61c2ece435373f8343c85b78674dadfc7e146f882b4f"

Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
' This example shows only one way of loading an Ed25519 private key.
' Chilkat can load other formats (JWK, PEM, ASN.1 DER, etc.)  
' You may do so by calling LoadAnyFormat or LoadAnyFormatFile.
Dim success As Boolean = privKey.LoadEd25519(alicePrivKey,"")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim pubKey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = pubKey.LoadEd25519(bobPubKey)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(pubKey.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Create the shared secret:
Dim eddsa As New Chilkat.EdDSA
Dim sharedSecret As String = eddsa.SharedSecretENC(privKey,pubKey,"hexlower")
If (eddsa.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(eddsa.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Computed: " & sharedSecret)
Debug.WriteLine("Expected: 4a5d9d5ba4ce2de1728e3bf480350f25e07e21c947d19e3376f09b3c1e161742")