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Generate a CSR with keyUsage, extKeyUsage, and other Extensions

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Demonstrates how to generate a CSR containing a 1.2.840.113549.1.9.14 extensionRequest with the following extensions:
  • 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2 enrollCerttypeExtension
  • 2.5.29.15 keyUsage
  • 2.5.29.37 extKeyUsage
  • 2.5.29.14 subjectKeyIdentifier

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Delphi DLL
var
success: Boolean;
ecc: HCkEcc;
prng: HCkPrng;
privKey: HCkPrivateKey;
csr: HCkCsr;
s: PWideChar;
bdTemp: HCkBinData;
s_base64_utf16be: PWideChar;
xml: HCkXml;
pubKey: HCkPublicKey;
bdPubKeyDer: HCkBinData;
ski: PWideChar;
csrPem: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

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

//  This example will generate a secp256r1 ECDSA key for the CSR.
ecc := CkEcc_Create();
prng := CkPrng_Create();
privKey := CkPrivateKey_Create();
success := CkEcc_GenKey(ecc,'secp256r1',prng,privKey);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to generate a new ECDSA private key.');
    Exit;
  end;

csr := CkCsr_Create();

//  Add common CSR fields:
CkCsr_putCommonName(csr,'mysubdomain.mydomain.com');
CkCsr_putCountry(csr,'GB');
CkCsr_putState(csr,'Yorks');
CkCsr_putLocality(csr,'York');
CkCsr_putCompany(csr,'Internet Widgits Pty Ltd');
CkCsr_putEmailAddress(csr,'support@mydomain.com');

//  Add the following 1.2.840.113549.1.9.14 extensionRequest
//  Note: The easiest way to know the content and format of the XML to be added is to examine
//  a pre-existing CSR with the same desired extensionRequest.  You can use Chilkat to
//  get the extensionRequest from an existing CSR. 

//  Here is a sample extension request:

//  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
//  <set>
//      <sequence>
//          <sequence>
//              <oid>1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2</oid>
//              <asnOctets>
//                  <universal tag="30" constructed="0">AEUAbgBkAEUAbgB0AGkAdAB5AEMAbABpAGUAbgB0AEEAdQB0AGgAQwBlAHIAdABpAGYAaQBjAGEAdABl
//  AF8AQwBTAFIAUABhAHMAcwB0AGgAcgBvAHUAZwBoAC8AVgAx</universal>
//              </asnOctets>
//          </sequence>
//          <sequence>
//              <oid>2.5.29.15</oid>
//              <bool>1</bool>
//              <asnOctets>
//                  <bits n="3">A0</bits>
//              </asnOctets>
//          </sequence>
//          <sequence>
//              <oid>2.5.29.37</oid>
//              <asnOctets>
//                  <sequence>
//                      <oid>1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3</oid>
//                  </sequence>
//              </asnOctets>
//          </sequence>
//          <sequence>
//              <oid>2.5.29.14</oid>
//              <asnOctets>
//                  <octets>MCzBMQAViXBz8IDt8LsgmJxJ4Xg=</octets>
//              </asnOctets>
//          </sequence>
//      </sequence>
//  </set>

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: 
//  Generate Code to Create XML

//  A few notes:
//  The string "AEUAbgBkAEUAbgB0AGkAdAB5AEMAbABpAGUAbgB0AEEAdQB0AGgAQwBlAHIAdABpAGYAaQBjAGEAdABlAF8AQwBTAFIAUABhAHMAcwB0AGgAcgBvAHUAZwBoAC8AVgAx"
//  is the base64 encoding of the utf-16be byte representation of the string "EndEntityClientAuthCertificate_CSRPassthrough/V1"

s := 'EndEntityClientAuthCertificate_CSRPassthrough/V1';
bdTemp := CkBinData_Create();
CkBinData_AppendString(bdTemp,s,'utf-16be');
s_base64_utf16be := CkBinData__getEncoded(bdTemp,'base64');
//  The string should be "AEUA....."
Memo1.Lines.Add(s_base64_utf16be);

//  Here's the code to generate the above extension request.

xml := CkXml_Create();
CkXml_putTag(xml,'set');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence|oid','1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2');
CkXml_UpdateAttrAt(xml,'sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal',True,'tag','30');
CkXml_UpdateAttrAt(xml,'sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal',True,'constructed','0');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence|asnOctets|universal',s_base64_utf16be);
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[1]|oid','2.5.29.15');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[1]|bool','1');
CkXml_UpdateAttrAt(xml,'sequence|sequence[1]|asnOctets|bits',True,'n','3');
//  A0 is hex for decimal 160.
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[1]|asnOctets|bits','A0');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[2]|oid','2.5.29.37');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[2]|asnOctets|sequence|oid','1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3');

//  This is the subjectKeyIdentifier extension.
//  The string "MCzBMQAViXBz8IDt8LsgmJxJ4Xg=" is base64 that decodes to 20 bytes, which is a SHA1 hash.
//  This is simply a hash of the DER of the public key.

pubKey := CkPublicKey_Create();
CkPrivateKey_ToPublicKey(privKey,pubKey);
bdPubKeyDer := CkBinData_Create();
CkBinData_AppendEncoded(bdPubKeyDer,CkPublicKey__getEncoded(pubKey,True,'base64'),'base64');
ski := CkBinData__getHash(bdPubKeyDer,'sha1','base64');

CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[3]|oid','2.5.29.14');
CkXml_UpdateChildContent(xml,'sequence|sequence[3]|asnOctets|octets',ski);

//  Add the extension request to the CSR
CkCsr_SetExtensionRequest(csr,xml);

//  Generate the CSR with the extension request
csrPem := CkCsr__genCsrPem(csr,privKey);
if (CkCsr_getLastMethodSuccess(csr) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkCsr__lastErrorText(csr));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add(csrPem);

CkEcc_Dispose(ecc);
CkPrng_Dispose(prng);
CkPrivateKey_Dispose(privKey);
CkCsr_Dispose(csr);
CkBinData_Dispose(bdTemp);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);
CkPublicKey_Dispose(pubKey);
CkBinData_Dispose(bdPubKeyDer);