Swift

Use Installed Cert on Windows for TLS Client Authentication

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Demonstrates how to use a certificate that has already been installed on a Windows PC for TLS client authentication. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    // On Windows, a pre-installed certificate can be loaded in a number of different ways.
    // This example loads by the common name:
    let cert = CkoCert()!
    success = cert.load(byCommonName: "My ECA Medium Assurance Identity Certificate")
    if success != true {
        print("\(cert.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Make sure this certificate has a private key available.  
    // It should be a private key such that when the certificate was installed, it was marked as "exportable"
    // so that authorized programs are able to access the private key.
    if cert.hasPrivateKey() != true {
        print("A private key is needed for TLS client authentication.")
        print("This certificate has no private key.")
        return
    }

    // Set the certificate to be used for mutual TLS authentication
    // (i.e. sets the client-side certificate for two-way TLS authentication)
    success = http.setSslClientCert(cert: cert)
    if success != true {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // At this point, the HTTP object instance is setup with the client-side cert, and any SSL/TLS
    // connection will automatically use it if the server demands a client-side cert.

}