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Decrypt S/MIME using a Certificate with Private Key Access

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Loads a CMS/PKCS #7 encrypted S/MIME message and decrypts it back to the original MIME content.

DecryptUsingCert takes a single certificate that already has access to its associated private key, for example a certificate loaded from a PFX.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background. A public-only certificate is insufficient for decryption. The certificate passed to DecryptUsingCert must be linked to its private key, as happens when it is loaded from a PFX/P12 file.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set mime = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/encrypted.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mime.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  Decrypt using a certificate that already provides access to its private key (for example loaded
'  from a PFX).  The only argument is the certificate.
pfxPassword = "myPfxPassword"
set cert = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Cert")
success = cert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/recipient.pfx",pfxPassword)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( cert.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = mime.DecryptUsingCert(cert)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mime.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

body = mime.GetBodyDecoded()
If (mime.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( mime.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( body) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>