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ScMinidriver - Get Public Keys from Smart Card Key Container

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Demonstrates how to query a key container on a smart card (or USB token) to get the public part of the private keys that are present. A key container can hold two separate private keys -- one in the "signature" position, and the other in the "key exchange" position.

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#include <C_CkScMinidriver.h>
#include <C_CkPublicKey.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkScMinidriver scmd;
    const char *readerName;
    HCkPublicKey pubkey_sig;
    HCkPublicKey pubkey_kex;

    success = FALSE;

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

    // Chilkat recommends the following free tool for interactively examining the contents of your smart card
    // through the ScMinidriver interface:  MGTEK Tool for Minidriver enabled Smart Cards

    // Let's first look at our smart card..
    // Here's the view of our Gemalto (Thales) IDPrime MD T=0 smart card in the MGTEK tool:

    // (image:https://example-code.com/images/gemalto_idprime_after_key_import.JPG/endImage)

    scmd = CkScMinidriver_Create();

    // First we need to acquire a context to the smart card in the reader where it is inserted.
    // Reader names (smart card readers or USB tokens) can be discovered
    // via List Readers or Find Smart Cards
    readerName = "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0";
    success = CkScMinidriver_AcquireContext(scmd,readerName);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        return;
    }

    // If successful, the name of the currently inserted smart card is available:
    printf("Card name: %s\n",CkScMinidriver_cardName(scmd));

    // We likely shouldn't need to authenticate with the smart card (use a PIN) to simply get a public key,
    // so we can skip the PIN authenticatin step..

    // Let's get the key(s) present in Container #7.
    // In our case (shown in the image above), there is a private key in the "key exchange" position, but no key in the "signature" position.
    pubkey_sig = CkPublicKey_Create();
    pubkey_kex = CkPublicKey_Create();

    success = CkScMinidriver_GetContainerKeys(scmd,7,pubkey_sig,pubkey_kex);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkScMinidriver_lastErrorText(scmd));
        CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
        CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubkey_sig);
        CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubkey_kex);
        return;
    }

    if (CkPublicKey_getEmpty(pubkey_sig) == TRUE) {
        printf("No signature key is present.\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("Signature key:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkPublicKey_getPem(pubkey_sig,TRUE));
    }

    if (CkPublicKey_getEmpty(pubkey_kex) == TRUE) {
        printf("No Key Exchange key is present.\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("Key Exchange key:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkPublicKey_getPem(pubkey_kex,TRUE));
    }

    CkScMinidriver_DeleteContext(scmd);

    printf("Success.\n");

    // Here's the output of the above sample code:

    // Card name: IDPrime MD T=0
    // No signature key is present.
    // Key Exchange key:
    // -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
    // MIIBCgKCAQEAsXeRhM55P13FbpNcXAMR3olbw2Wa6keZIHu5YTZYUBTlYWId+pNi
    // wUz3zFIEo+0IfYR0H27ybIycQO+1IIzJofUFNMAL3tZps2OKPlsjuCPls6kXpXhv
    // /gvhux8LrCtp4PcKWqJ6QVOZKChc7WAx40qFWzHi57ueqRTv3x0kESqGg/VjsqyT
    // Evb55psJO2RsfhLT7+YVh3hImRM3RDaJdkTkPuOxeFyT6N7VXD09329sLuS3QkUb
    // E9zEKDnz9X3d8dEQdJhSI9ba5fxl8R7fu8pB67ElfzFml96X1jLFtzy1pzOT5Fc4
    // ROcaqlYckVzdBq9sxezm6MYmDBjNAcibRwIDAQAB
    // -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----


    CkScMinidriver_Dispose(scmd);
    CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubkey_sig);
    CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubkey_kex);

    }