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PKCS11 Import an Existing RSA Public Key onto the HSM

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Demonstrates how to import an existing RSA Public Key onto a smart card or token.

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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;

# Use the PKCS11 driver (.dll, .so, .dylib) for your particular HSM.
# (The format of the path will change with the operating system.  Obviously, "C:/" is not used on non-Windows systems.
$pkcs11->SharedLibPath('C:/Program Files (x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll');

# Establish a logged-on session.
my $pin = '0000';
my $userType = 1;
my $success = $pkcs11->QuickSession($userType, $pin);
if (!$success) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Generate a new 2048-bit RSA key.
my $rsa = Chilkat2::Rsa->new;
my $privKey = Chilkat2::PrivateKey->new;
$success = $rsa->GenKey(2048, $privKey);
if (!$success) {
    print $rsa->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the public key information as XML, so we can access the modulus and exponent.
my $xml = Chilkat2::Xml->new;
my $pubKey = Chilkat2::PublicKey->new;
$privKey->ToPublicKey($pubKey);
$xml->LoadXml($pubKey->GetXml());

my $attrs = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;
# Specify the type of object, and the type of key.
$attrs->UpdateString('class', 'CKO_PUBLIC_KEY');
$attrs->UpdateString('key_type', 'CKK_RSA');
# Add an optional label if desired.
$attrs->UpdateString('label', 'RSA Public Key 1');
# Allow the key to be use for verify, wrapping, and encryption operations.
$attrs->UpdateBool('verify', 1);
$attrs->UpdateBool('wrap', 1);
$attrs->UpdateBool('encrypt', 1);

# Make this a session-only public key.
# To store the public key on the token so that it persists after the PKCS11 session, set token = 1.
$attrs->UpdateBool('token', 0);

# Provide the RSA public key material
$attrs->UpdateString('modulus', $xml->GetChildContent('Modulus'));
$attrs->UpdateString('public_exponent', $xml->GetChildContent('Exponent'));

# Create the RSA public key.
# Returns the PKCS11 object handle of the created key.
my $objHandle = $pkcs11->CreatePkcs11Object($attrs);
if ($objHandle == 0) {
    print $pkcs11->LastErrorText, "\n";
    print "Failed.\n";
} else {
    print 'PKCS11 object handle = ', $objHandle, "\n";
    print "Successfully imported an RSA key..\n";
}

$pkcs11->Logout();
$pkcs11->CloseSession();