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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Yubikey RSA Encrypt/Decrypt

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Demonstrates how to do RSA decryption using a private key stored on a Yubikey (or other USB token or smartcard).

Note: RSA encryption uses the public key, which is freely exportable and does not need to occur on the token/smartcard.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.BinData,
  Chilkat.Rsa,
  Chilkat.Cert;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  bd: TBinData;
  cert: TCert;
  rsa: TRsa;
  usePrivateKey: Boolean;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example assumes you have a certificate with private key on the Yubikey token.
  //  When doing simple RSA encryption/decryption, we don't actually need the certificate,
  //  but we'll be using the private key associated with the certificate.
  //  
  //  The sensitive/secret material that needs to be kept private is the private key.
  //  The certificate itself and the public key can be freely shared.
  //  

  //  We're going to encrypt and decrypt 32-bytes of data.
  bd := TBinData.Create;
  success := bd.AppendEncoded('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');
  success := bd.AppendEncoded('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');

  //  Let's get the desired cert.
  //  For this example, a self-signed certificate with a 2048-bit RSA key was generated in slot 9A.
  cert := TCert.Create;

  //  Force Chilkat to use PKCS11 over ScMinidriver (if on Windows) and Apple Keychain (if on MacOS)
  cert.UncommonOptions := 'NoScMinidriver,NoAppleKeychain';

  cert.SmartCardPin := '123456';

  success := cert.LoadFromSmartcard('cn=chilkat_test_2048');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(cert.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  RSA encrypt using the public key.
  rsa := TRsa.Create;

  //  Provide the RSA object with the certificate on the Yubkey.
  success := rsa.SetX509Cert(cert,True);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  RSA encrypt using the public key.
  usePrivateKey := False;
  success := rsa.EncryptBd(bd,usePrivateKey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('RSA Encrypted Output in Hex:');
  WriteLn(bd.GetEncoded('hex'));

  //  Now let's decrypt, using the private key on the Yubikey.
  usePrivateKey := True;
  success := rsa.DecryptBd(bd,usePrivateKey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rsa.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('RSA Decrypted Output in Hex:');
  WriteLn(bd.GetEncoded('hex'));


  bd.Free;
  cert.Free;
  rsa.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.