Java

Use a Custom Set of Trusted Root Certificates

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Demonstrates how to build a set of trusted root certificates to be used globally by all Chilkat classes. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkTrustedRoots trustedRoots = new CkTrustedRoots();

    //  Indicate that we will NOT trust any pre-installed certificates on the system.
    trustedRoots.put_TrustSystemCaRoots(false);

    // Thawte is a certificate authority that provides a .zip download of their
    // root CA certificates:  https://www.thawte.com/roots/index.html
    // The direct download link is: https://www.verisign.com/support/thawte-roots.zip
    // Note: The above URLs are valid at the time of writing this example (29-May-2015).

    // Assuming the .zip has already been downloaded, open it and load each .pem file into
    // our trusted roots object.
    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    // Open a .zip containing PEM files, among other things..
    success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/certs/thawte-roots.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkZipEntry entry = new CkZipEntry();
    String pemStr;
    CkCert cert = new CkCert();

    String pattern = "*.pem";
    boolean bHasMoreEntries = zip.EntryMatching(pattern,entry);
    while (bHasMoreEntries == true) {

        System.out.println("Entry: " + entry.fileName());

        // Get the PEM of the CA cert:
        pemStr = entry.unzipToString(0,"utf-8");

        // Load it into a certificate object:
        success = cert.LoadPem(pemStr);
        if (success != true) {
            System.out.println(cert.lastErrorText());
            }

        // Add it to the trusted roots.
        trustedRoots.AddCert(cert);

        bHasMoreEntries = entry.GetNextMatch(pattern);
        }

    //  Activate the trusted roots globally for all Chilkat objects.
    //  This call really shouldn't fail, so we're not checking the return value.
    success = trustedRoots.Activate();
  }
}