C++

Generate an ECC Key (Public and Private)

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Demonstrates how to generate an ECC key and save both public and private parts. C++

#include <CkPrng.h>
#include <CkEcc.h>
#include <CkPrivateKey.h>
#include <CkPublicKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    //  Create a Fortuna PRNG and seed it with system entropy.
    //  This will be our source of random data for generating the ECC private key.
    CkPrng fortuna;
    const char *entropy = fortuna.getEntropy(32,"base64");
    success = fortuna.AddEntropy(entropy,"base64");

    CkEcc ecc;

    //  Generate a random ECC private key on the secp256r1 curve.
    //  Chilkat also supports other curves, such as secp384r1, secp521r1, and secp256k1.

    CkPrivateKey privKey;
    success = ecc.GenKey("secp256r1",fortuna,privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << ecc.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Save the private key to PKCS8 encrypted PEM
    //  (The private key can be saved in a variety of different formats. See the online reference documentation.)
    success = privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile("pemPassword","qa_output/eccPrivKey.pem");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << privKey.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
    }

    //  The private key PEM looks like this:

    //  	-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
    //  	MIHFMEAGCSqGSIb3DQEFDTAzMBsGCSqGSIb3DQEFDDAOBAhUmn+1/lwCIwICCAAw
    //  	FAYIKoZIhvcNAwcECPlyNXAXZO+oBIGAIvxvTENXJWbrCwSjh0QNxLecBotUpfI5
    //  	auOonLmwVMyt1ahMmNyVo/D+pnKQSE41Fg8fApM0DCDKZUOVCCcK1qirIsMPQkGp
    //  	klPJbvrQRVYgzBtU31uNB5y2wqhrIeepal1HXBvbkUK0nfJMbcdz/XAEIQu2HhTD
    //  	t6LMScPQld4=
    //  	-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----

    //  Now get the public key part from the private key.
    //  (A public key is actually a subset of the private key.)
    CkPublicKey pubKey;
    privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey);

    //  Save the public key to a PEM file.
    //  (The public key can be saved in a variety of different formats. See the online reference documentation.)
    //  For ECC keys, the 1st argument (bPreferPkcs1) is ignored and unused.
    bool bPreferPkcs1 = false;
    success = pubKey.SavePemFile(bPreferPkcs1,"qa_output/eccPubKey.pem");

    //  The public key PEM looks like this:

    //  	-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
    //  	MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAA
    //  	AAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////
    //  	///////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSd
    //  	NgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5
    //  	RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA
    //  	//////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABGdOH8uM6SfX3mdV+TR0mWp2
    //  	gfVRPlxWxwhOiowuNByBxmQz7ZR4CJY1XcN2zkUo5pzW73ZhGwgd2XTOvqPqG40=
    //  	-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
    //  

    std::cout << "finished." << "\r\n";
    }