Go Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

RSA Encrypt and Decrypt Strings

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_LANGUAGE_ sample code to RSA public-key encrypt and decrypt strings using public and private keys. Go

    success := false

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

    rsa := chilkat.NewRsa()

    //  This example also generates the public and private
    //  keys to be used in the RSA encryption.
    //  Normally, you would generate a key pair once,
    //  and distribute the public key to your partner.
    //  Anything encrypted with the public key can be
    //  decrypted with the private key.  The reverse is 
    //  also true: anything encrypted using the private
    //  key can be decrypted using the public key.

    //  Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
    //  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 4096 bits.
    privKey := chilkat.NewPrivateKey()
    success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rsa.LastErrorText())
        rsa.DisposeRsa()
        privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
        return
    }

    pubKey := chilkat.NewPublicKey()
    privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)

    plainText := "Encrypting and decrypting should be easy!"

    //  Start with a new RSA object to demonstrate that all we
    //  need are the keys previously exported:
    rsaEncryptor := chilkat.NewRsa()

    //  Encrypted output is always binary.  In this case, we want
    //  to encode the encrypted bytes in a printable string.
    //  Our choices are "hex", "base64", "url", "quoted-printable".
    rsaEncryptor.SetEncodingMode("hex")

    //  We'll encrypt with the public key and decrypt with the private
    //  key.
    success = rsaEncryptor.UsePublicKey(pubKey)

    usePrivateKey := false
    encryptedStr := rsaEncryptor.EncryptStringENC(plainText,usePrivateKey)
    fmt.Println(*encryptedStr)

    //  Now decrypt:
    rsaDecryptor := chilkat.NewRsa()

    rsaDecryptor.SetEncodingMode("hex")
    success = rsaDecryptor.UsePrivateKey(privKey)

    usePrivateKey = true
    decryptedStr := rsaDecryptor.DecryptStringENC(*encryptedStr,usePrivateKey)

    fmt.Println(*decryptedStr)

    rsa.DisposeRsa()
    privKey.DisposePrivateKey()
    pubKey.DisposePublicKey()
    rsaEncryptor.DisposeRsa()
    rsaDecryptor.DisposeRsa()