C#

Working with PEM Encrypted Private Keys

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Demonstrates how to load and save PEM encrypted private keys. C#

bool success = false;

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

success = false;

Chilkat.Pem pem = new Chilkat.Pem();

string pemPassword = "secret";

// To load a PEM file containing encrypted private keys, simply
// provide the password.
success = pem.LoadPemFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/pemContainingEncryptedPrivateKeys.pem",pemPassword);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pem.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
string pemText = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("/Users/chilkat/testData/pem/pemContainingEncryptedPrivateKeys.pem",pemPassword);

// To load a PEM from a string, call LoadPem instead of LoadPemFile:
success = pem.LoadPem(pemText);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(pem.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A few notes:
// The PEM may contain both private keys and certificates (or anything else).
// The password is utilized for whatever content in the PEM is encrypted.  
// It is OK to have both encrypted and non-encrypted content within a given PEM.

// PEM private keys can be encrypted in different formats.  The LoadPem and LoadPemFile
// methods automatically handle the different formats.
// One format is PKCS8 and is indicated by this delimiter within the PEM:

// -----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
// MIICoTAbBgkqhkiG9w0BBQMwDgQIfdD0zv24lgkCAggABIICgE0PdHJmRbNs6cBX
// ...

// Another format, we'll call "passphrase" looks like this in the PEM:
// -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
// Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
// DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,A4215544D11C5D0C
// 
// paqy9XRexcSjurHfG0xhCaUD0HrvIdhuC0CbRxxxeMlkLaV6+uT80rBxt2AaibWG
// ...

// Show the bit length of each private key:
int i;
int numPrivateKeys = pem.NumPrivateKeys;
if (numPrivateKeys == 0) {
    Debug.WriteLine(("Error: Expected the PEM to contain private keys."));
    return;
}

Chilkat.PrivateKey privKey = new Chilkat.PrivateKey();
for (i = 1; i <= numPrivateKeys; i++) {
    pem.PrivateKeyAt(i - 1,privKey);
    Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(i) + ": " + Convert.ToString(privKey.BitLength) + " bits");
}