Classic ASP

Use HTTPS Client Certificate from .cer and .key Files

Demonstrates how to load a cert + private key from .cer and .key (base64) files and use it for mutual TLS authentication (client-side certificate).

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success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
set privKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")

' Load any type of certificate (.cer, .p7b, .pem, etc.) by calling LoadFromFile.
success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/sample_cert_a.cer")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( cert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Load the private key.
set bd = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/certs/sample_key_a.key")
success = privKey.LoadAnyFormat(bd,"privateKeyPasswordIfNecessary")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( privKey.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Associate the private key with the cert.
success = cert.SetPrivateKey(privKey)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( cert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Set the certificate to be used for mutual TLS authentication
' (i.e. sets the client-side certificate for two-way TLS authentication)
success = http.SetSslClientCert(cert)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' At this point, the HTTP object instance is setup with the client-side cert, and any SSL/TLS
' connection will automatically use it if the server demands a client-side cert.

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