Perl Requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88+

PKCS11 Certificate Chain

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Demonstrates how to make CA certs available for the certificate chain to be included when creating a signature (using a PKCS11 compatible smart card / USB token) such as for PDF, XMLDSig, etc. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

# Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

my $pkcs11 = Chilkat2::Pkcs11->new;

# You will use the DLL (or shared lib) provided by your smart card vendor, or a DLL compatible with your smart card.
# On Windows, if the DLL is located in C:\Windows\System32, specify only the filename.
# Otherwise provide the full path.
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath('bit4xpki.dll');

my $success = $pkcs11->Initialize();
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Pass -1 for the slotID to open a session on the first non-empty slot.
my $slotID = -1;

# Open a session.
my $readWrite = 1;
$success = $pkcs11->OpenSession($slotID, $readWrite);
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Make it an authenticated session by calling Login.
my $userType = 1;
# Make sure to use the correct PIN for your smart card..
my $pin = '0000';
$success = $pkcs11->Login($userType, $pin);
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

# Get the certificate (on the smart card) that has a private key.
my $cert = Chilkat2::Cert->new;
$success = $pkcs11->FindCert('privateKey', '', $cert);
if ($success) {
    print 'Cert with private key: ', $cert->SubjectCN, "\n";
} else {
    print "No certificates having a private key were found.\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

# If the certificates in the chain of authentication were contained on the smart card,
# then Chilkat would already have them (via the FindCert function) and the certs in the chain will be automatically used
# as needed when signing occurs.

# If you have CA certs located elsewhere, such as in .cer files, you can make them available to Chilkat in the following way:

my $certVault = Chilkat2::XmlCertVault->new;
# Please review the methods available in the XML certificate vault class.  Different methods exist for adding certificates
# from various sources, such as PEM, PFX, or in-memory sources..
$success = $certVault->AddCertFile('someDir/caIntermediateCert.cer');
# ...
$success = $certVault->AddCertFile('someDir/caCert.cer');
# (Your code should check the return value to make sure it succeeded.)

$success = $cert->UseCertVault($certVault);
if (!$success) {
    print $cert->LastErrorText, "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# At this point, we have the cert (and certs in the chain of authentication) to be used for signing.
# The code for using the certificate in creating the digital signature, such as for a PDF, XML, etc., go here...

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Revert to an unauthenticated session by calling Logout.
$success = $pkcs11->Logout();
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    $success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
    exit;
}

# When finished, close the session.
# It is important to close the session (memory leaks will occur if the session is not properly closed).
$success = $pkcs11->CloseSession();
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success.\n";