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Select the S/MIME Encryption Algorithm

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.Pkcs7CryptAlg property, which selects the underlying symmetric encryption algorithm used when an email is sent encrypted with PKCS#7 public-key (S/MIME) encryption. Possible values are aes, aes-gcm, des, 3des, and rc2; the default is aes. This example selects AES and pairs it with a 256-bit key length.

Background: S/MIME encryption is hybrid. The message body is encrypted with a fast symmetric algorithm (the one this property chooses, such as AES) using a randomly generated one-time key; then that one-time key is itself encrypted with each recipient's public key. This gives the speed of symmetric encryption with the key-distribution convenience of public-key cryptography. Modern choices like aes are strongly preferred — older options such as des and rc2 are considered weak.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Email

//  Demonstrates the Email.Pkcs7CryptAlg property, which selects the symmetric encryption
//  algorithm used when an email is sent encrypted with PKCS#7 (S/MIME) public-key
//  encryption.  Possible values: aes, aes-gcm, des, 3des, rc2.  The default is aes.

loo_Email = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Email.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Email")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Email
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_Email.Subject = "Encrypted email"
loo_Email.Body = "This message will be S/MIME encrypted when sent."

//  Select AES with a 256-bit key for the symmetric encryption.
loo_Email.Pkcs7CryptAlg = "aes"
loo_Email.Pkcs7KeyLength = 256

Write-Debug "Pkcs7CryptAlg = " + loo_Email.Pkcs7CryptAlg
Write-Debug "Pkcs7KeyLength = " + string(loo_Email.Pkcs7KeyLength)


destroy loo_Email