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Compute JWK Thumbprint for RSA and EC Private Keys

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Demonstrates how to compute a JSON Web Key thumbprint for a private key (RSA or ECC).

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.66 or greater.

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

$success = $false

$privKey = New-Object Chilkat.PrivateKey

# A private key can be loaded from any format (binary DER, PEM, etc.)
# This example will load the private keys from PEM format, 
# and will then compute the JWK thumbprint.

# First do it for this RSA private key...

$sbPem = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$bCrlf = $true
$sbPem.AppendLine("-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,2E65118E6C7B5207",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("7cYUTW4ZBdmVZ4ILB08hcTdm5ib0E0zcy+I7pHpNQfJHtI7BJ4omys5S19ufJPBJ",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("IzYjeO7oTVqI37F6EUmjZqG4WVE2UQbQDkosZbZN82O4Ipu1lFAPEbwjqePMKufz",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("snSQHKfnbyyDPEVNlJbs19NXC8v6g+pQay5rH/I6N2iBxgsTmuemZ54EhNQMZyEN",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("R/CiheArWEH9H8/4hd2gc9Tb2s0MwGHILL4kbbNm5tp3xw4ik7OYWNrj3m+nG6Xb",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("vKXh2xEanAZAyMXTqDJTHdn7/CEqusQPJjZGV+Mf1kjKu7p4qcXFnIXP5ILnTW7b",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("lHoWC4eweDzKOMRzXmbABEVSUvx2SmPl4TcoC5L1SCAHEmZaKbaY7S5l53u6gl0f",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("ULuQbt7Hr3THznlNFKkGT1/yVNt2QOm1emZd55LaNe8E7XsNSlhl0grYQ+Ue8Jba",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("x85OapltVjxM9wVCwbgFyi04ihdKHo9e+uYKeTGKv0hU5O7HEH1ev6t/s2u/UG6h",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("TqEsYrVp0CMHpt5uAF6nZyK6GZ/CHTxh/rz1hADMofem59+e6tVtjnPGA3EjnJT8",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("BMOw/D2QIDxjxj2GUzz+YJp50ENhWrL9oSDkG2nzv4NVL77QIy+T/2/f4PgokUDO",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("QJjIfxPWE40cHGHpnQtZvEPoxP0H3T0YhmEVwuJxX3uaWOY/8Fa1c7Ln0SwWdfV5",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("gYvJV8o6c3sumcq1O3agPDlHC5O4IxG7AZQ8CHRDyASogzfkY6P579ZOGYaO4al7",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("WA1YIpsHs3/1f4SByMuWe0NVkFfvXckjpqGrBQpTmqQzk6baa0VQ0cwU3XlkwHac",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("WB/fQ4jylwFzZDcp5JAo53n6aU72zgNvDlGTNKwdXXZI5U3JPocH0AiZgFFWYJLd",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("63PJLDnjyE3i6XMVlxifXKkXVv0RYSz+ByS7Oz9aCgnQhNU8ycv+UxtfkPQih5zE",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("/0Y2EEFknajmFJpNXczzF8OEzaswmR0AOjcCiklZKRf61rf5faJxJhhqKEEBJuL6",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("oodDVRk3OGU1yQSBazT8nK3V+e6FMo3tWkra2BXFCD+pKxTy014Cp59S1w6F1Fjt",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("WX7eMWSLWfQ56j2kLMBHq5gb2arqlqH3fsYOTD3TNjCYF3Sgx309kVPuOK5vw61P",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("pnL/LN3iGY42WR+9lfAyNN2qj9zvwKwscyYs5+DPQoPmcPcVGc3v/u66bLcOGbEU",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("OlGa/6gdD4GCp5E4fP/7GbnEY/PW2abquFhGB+pVdl3/4+1U/8kItlfWNZoG4FhE",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("gjMd7glmrdFiNJFFpf5ks1lVXGqJ4mZxqtEZrxUEwciZjm4V27a+E2KyV9NnksZ6",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("xF4tGPKIPsvNTV5o8ZqjiacxgbYmr2ywqDXKCgpU/RWSh1sLapqSQqbH/w0MquUj",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("VhVX0RMYH/foKtjagZf/KO1/mnCITl86treIdachGgR4wr/qqMjrpPUaPLCRY3JQ",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("00XUP1Mu6YPE0SnMYAVxZheqKHly3a1pg4Xp7YWlM671oUORs3+VENfnbIxgr+2D",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("TiJT9PxwpfK53Oh7RBSWHJZRuAdLUXE8DG+bl0N/QkJM6pFUxTI1AQ==",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----",$bCrlf)

# The actual password for the above PEM is "passwd".
$success = $privKey.LoadEncryptedPem($sbPem.GetAsString(),"passwd")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Generate the JWK thumbprint:
$("JWK thumbprint: " + $privKey.GetJwkThumbprint("SHA256"))

# Output:
# JWK thumbprint: QzUpUAW1Y5iksGxq3r1o3JMROR6D7FLwvRlHmDQVg0I

# --------------------------------------------------------------
# Now let's do an EC private key.  The following is an unencrypted PEM containing a 384-bit EC key..
$sbPem.Clear()
$sbPem.AppendLine("-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("MIG2AgEAMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAiBIGeMIGbAgEBBDAamStb0Xep3y3sWw2u",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("SSAdUPkgQ9Rvhlnx8XEVOYy2teh69T0on77ja02m03n8t8WhZANiAARUNSar38Rz",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("lKPyZFsNSGUanzpNRth0C+MikVEH8FAlDHMMpAs34dyF4IK0uxgbiEe9bQ+ieLrl",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("6xwFR0yaTivuwoyXC+ScGUnwnpaXmid6UUgw4ypbneHsaKuZ9JLdMAo=",$bCrlf)
$sbPem.AppendLine("-----END PRIVATE KEY-----",$bCrlf)

$success = $privKey.LoadPem($sbPem.GetAsString())
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Generate the JWK thumbprint:
$("JWK thumbprint: " + $privKey.GetJwkThumbprint("SHA256"))

# Output:
# JWK thumbprint: ABAUUfNSONFsZYvZ_o_0bsPT3qeG3jttXB09VC_ETWQ