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Generate an ECC Key (Public and Private)

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Demonstrates how to generate an ECC key and save both public and private parts. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

#  Create a Fortuna PRNG and seed it with system entropy.
#  This will be our source of random data for generating the ECC private key.
$fortuna = New-Object Chilkat.Prng
$entropy = $fortuna.GetEntropy(32,"base64")
$success = $fortuna.AddEntropy($entropy,"base64")

$ecc = New-Object Chilkat.Ecc

#  Generate a random ECC private key on the secp256r1 curve.
#  Chilkat also supports other curves, such as secp384r1, secp521r1, and secp256k1.

$privKey = New-Object Chilkat.PrivateKey
$success = $ecc.GenKey("secp256r1",$fortuna,$privKey)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ecc.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Save the private key to PKCS8 encrypted PEM
#  (The private key can be saved in a variety of different formats. See the online reference documentation.)
$success = $privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile("pemPassword","qa_output/eccPrivKey.pem")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
}

#  The private key PEM looks like this:

#  	-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
#  	MIHFMEAGCSqGSIb3DQEFDTAzMBsGCSqGSIb3DQEFDDAOBAhUmn+1/lwCIwICCAAw
#  	FAYIKoZIhvcNAwcECPlyNXAXZO+oBIGAIvxvTENXJWbrCwSjh0QNxLecBotUpfI5
#  	auOonLmwVMyt1ahMmNyVo/D+pnKQSE41Fg8fApM0DCDKZUOVCCcK1qirIsMPQkGp
#  	klPJbvrQRVYgzBtU31uNB5y2wqhrIeepal1HXBvbkUK0nfJMbcdz/XAEIQu2HhTD
#  	t6LMScPQld4=
#  	-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----

#  Now get the public key part from the private key.
#  (A public key is actually a subset of the private key.)
$pubKey = New-Object Chilkat.PublicKey
$privKey.ToPublicKey($pubKey)

#  Save the public key to a PEM file.
#  (The public key can be saved in a variety of different formats. See the online reference documentation.)
#  For ECC keys, the 1st argument (bPreferPkcs1) is ignored and unused.
$bPreferPkcs1 = $false
$success = $pubKey.SavePemFile($bPreferPkcs1,"qa_output/eccPubKey.pem")

#  The public key PEM looks like this:

#  	-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
#  	MIIBSzCCAQMGByqGSM49AgEwgfcCAQEwLAYHKoZIzj0BAQIhAP////8AAAABAAAA
#  	AAAAAAAAAAAA////////////////MFsEIP////8AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////
#  	///////////8BCBaxjXYqjqT57PrvVV2mIa8ZR0GsMxTsPY7zjw+J9JgSwMVAMSd
#  	NgiG5wSTamZ44ROdJreBn36QBEEEaxfR8uEsQkf4vOblY6RA8ncDfYEt6zOg9KE5
#  	RdiYwpZP40Li/hp/m47n60p8D54WK84zV2sxXs7LtkBoN79R9QIhAP////8AAAAA
#  	//////////+85vqtpxeehPO5ysL8YyVRAgEBA0IABGdOH8uM6SfX3mdV+TR0mWp2
#  	gfVRPlxWxwhOiowuNByBxmQz7ZR4CJY1XcN2zkUo5pzW73ZhGwgd2XTOvqPqG40=
#  	-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
#  

$("finished.")