Objective-C

RSA Encrypt Bytes to Base64 and Reverse

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt bytes to base64 and the reverse. Objective-C

#import <CkoPublicKey.h>
#import <CkoRsa.h>
#import <CkoPrng.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoPrivateKey.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  The RSA public key is used for encryption, and the private key for decryption.

//  The public key's role is to make encryption accessible to anyone while ensuring that
//  only the private key holder can decrypt the messages.
//  The public key is designed to be widely distributed so anyone can use it to encrypt messages
//  intended for the owner of the private key.

//  Load our 2048-bit RSA public key.
CkoPublicKey *pubKey = [[CkoPublicKey alloc] init];
//  In all Chilkat methods expecting a path, you pass either absolute or relative paths.
success = [pubKey LoadFromFile: @"qa_data/rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",pubKey.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoRsa *rsa = [[CkoRsa alloc] init];

//  Tell RSA to use the public key.
[rsa UsePublicKey: pubKey];

//  RSA encryption is for small amounts of data, on the order of 200 bytes or less.
//  The maximum number of bytes that can be RSA encrypted depends
//  on the RSA key size and padding scheme (OAEP padding vs PKCS#1 v1.5 padding).
//  For specific limits, see: RSA Encryption Maximum Number of Bytes

//  A typical use for RSA is to encrypt symmetric encryption keys, such as an AES key.
CkoPrng *prng = [[CkoPrng alloc] init];
NSData keyBytes;
keyBytes = [prng GenRandomBytes: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 32]];

rsa.EncodingMode = @"base64";
NSString *encryptedB64 = [rsa EncryptBytesENC: keyBytes bUsePrivateKey: NO];

NSLog(@"%@",@"Result:");
NSLog(@"%@",encryptedB64);

//  Sample output:
//  hTTV4Lbmm2V7NCw/HaoJL8Aq/MM/HXblQnjitrF9HY1zBlISwui2jGVVZDtZcZ/rICOpPw44w8Qb8AswFVE1sryydmNEvcIfYAp/xgdBPXBERAS0y4AoEzUfuC5TJmJFvnFkl2lX8GAclANfcTik38V+k3EXu5wPzHKNFb07c6jnwh3Jm4f3PRUhmmB2NO5kSWqHsx0dNglOTq5BUZx34nxlXL5G8d7mXqITsUtrOHXAO/Gb7IrvB81Xk2vc5p4yHhiY/rFTHTTmZyzte2qHGm7V6xPRNURjiivnMY2jQU0Um1JKQcAiSe8Suwvd2LXP5PIhl71VLgO+fokjnynfRg==

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's decrypt, which requires the matching private key...

//  Load the matching 2048-bit RSA private key.
CkoPrivateKey *privKey = [[CkoPrivateKey alloc] init];
NSString *password = @"secret";
success = [privKey LoadAnyFormatFile: @"qa_data/rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem" password: password];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",privKey.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Tell the RSA object to use the private key.
[rsa UsePrivateKey: privKey];

NSData decBytes;
decBytes = [rsa DecryptBytesENC: encryptedB64 bUsePrivateKey: YES];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rsa.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");