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Set an FTPS Client Certificate (Cert object)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SetSslClientCert method, which configures a client certificate for FTPS servers that request mutual TLS authentication. The only argument is a Cert that must have access to its private key.

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Background: Some high-security FTPS deployments require the client to present its own certificate during the TLS handshake — mutual TLS — as a second factor alongside the username and password. Because that happens while connecting, the certificate must be set before Connect. The Cert must carry its private key, since the client proves possession of it during the handshake.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcPfxPassword
LOCAL loCert

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SetSslClientCert method, which configures a client certificate for FTPS
*  servers that request mutual TLS authentication.  The only argument is a Cert object that must
*  have access to its private key.

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

*  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
*  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"

*  Use explicit FTPS (AUTH TLS) on the standard FTP port.
loFtp.AuthTls = 1

*  Load the client certificate (with its private key) from a PFX file.
*  The PFX password should come from a secure source rather than being hard-coded.
lcPfxPassword = "myPfxPassword"
loCert = CreateObject('Chilkat.Cert')
lnSuccess = loCert.LoadPfxFile("qa_data/client.pfx",lcPfxPassword)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCert.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    RELEASE loCert
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Provide the client certificate before connecting.
lnSuccess = loFtp.SetSslClientCert(loCert)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    RELEASE loCert
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    RELEASE loCert
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Connected with a client certificate."

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    RELEASE loCert
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loFtp
RELEASE loCert