Objective-C

Set the Decryption Certificate for an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetDecryptCert method, which explicitly provides a certificate (with access to its private key) for decrypting a received encrypted email. Set the certificate before loading the encrypted message so Chilkat can decrypt it automatically. This example loads the certificate from a PFX, sets it, and then loads an encrypted email.

Background: Decrypting S/MIME email requires the recipient's private key. On Windows and macOS, Chilkat can find an installed certificate automatically, but when the key lives in a standalone PFX file you provide it explicitly with SetDecryptCert. A PFX (PKCS#12) bundles the certificate and its private key in one password-protected file. If the certificate and key are in separate files, use SetDecryptCert2 instead.

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#import <CkoEmail.h>
#import <CkoCert.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  Demonstrates the SetDecryptCert method, which explicitly provides a certificate (with
//  access to its private key) for decrypting a received encrypted email.  Set the cert
//  before loading the encrypted email so it can be decrypted automatically.

CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];

//  Load a certificate together with its private key from a PFX file.
CkoCert *cert = [[CkoCert alloc] init];
success = [cert LoadPfxFile: @"qa_data/certs/decryption.pfx" password: @"pfx_password"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",cert.LastErrorText);
    return true;
}

//  Provide the certificate to use for decryption.
success = [email SetDecryptCert: cert];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",email.LastErrorText);
    return true;
}

//  Load the encrypted email; Chilkat decrypts it using the certificate.
success = [email LoadEml: @"qa_data/eml/encrypted.eml"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",email.LastErrorText);
    return true;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"ReceivedEncrypted = ",email.ReceivedEncrypted);
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Decrypted = ",email.Decrypted);

//  Note: Paths such as "qa_data/..." are relative local filesystem paths,
//  relative to the current working directory of the running application.