Find Digital Certificate Matching Email Address

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Python script to find a digital certificate matching a specified email address. The Windows current-user certificate store (located in the Windows registry) is searched.

# file: findCert.rb

import chilkat

# How to find a digital certificate matching an email address in
# the Windows registry Current User Certificate Store.

# The CkCert, CkCertStore, and CkCreateCS are free utility classes that can be 
# used in any Python application/script without the need to purchase a license.

ccs = chilkat.CkCreateCS()

# Open the current-user certificate store in read-only mode.
ccs.put_ReadOnly(True)
certStore = ccs.OpenCurrentUserStore()

if certStore == None:
	ccs.SaveLastError("lastError.txt")
	print "Failed to open current user certificate store"
else:
	cert = certStore.FindCertBySubjectE("john@example.com")
	if (cert == None):
		print "Failed to find certificate matching john@example.com"
	else:
		# Print the distinguished name of the certificate.
		print "Subject Distinguished Name: " + cert.subjectDN()