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RSA Sign String using Private Key of Certificate Type A3 (smart card / token)

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Demonstrates RSA signing a string using the private key of a certificate type A3 (smart card, token).

Note: This is a Windows-only example.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// First get the A3 certificate that was installed on the Windows system.
Dim certStore As New Chilkat.CertStore

Dim thumbprint As String
thumbprint = "12c1dd8015f3f03f7b1fa619dc24e2493ca8b4b2"

// This is specific to Windows because it is opening the Windows Current-User certificate store.
Dim bReadOnly As Boolean
bReadOnly = True
success = certStore.OpenCurrentUserStore(bReadOnly)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(certStore.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Find the certificate with the desired thumbprint
// (There are many ways to locate a certificate.  This example chooses to find by thumbprint.)
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("thumbprint",thumbprint)

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert
success = certStore.FindCert(json,cert)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog("Failed to find the certificate.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Found: " + cert.SubjectCN)

Dim rsa As New Chilkat.Rsa

// Provide the cert's private key
Dim bUsePrivateKey As Boolean
bUsePrivateKey = True
success = rsa.SetX509Cert(cert,bUsePrivateKey)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Return the RSA signature in base64 encoded form.
rsa.EncodingMode = "base64"

// Sign the utf-8 byte representation of the string.
rsa.Charset = "utf-8"

// You can also choose other hash algorithms, such as SHA-1.
Dim sigBase64 As String
sigBase64 = rsa.SignStringENC("text to sign","SHA-256")
If (rsa.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Base64 signature: " + sigBase64)