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Visual Basic 6.0

Encrypt a JWE with a Password (PBES2)

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Demonstrates Jwe.SetPassword, which sets the PBES2 password for a recipient. The example uses PBES2-HS256+A128KW key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.

Background. PBES2 derives a key-wrapping key from a password using a salt and iteration count, allowing password-based JWE encryption. The password should come from a secure source.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim jwe As New ChilkatJwe

'  Protected header: PBES2 password-based key management with AES-128-GCM content encryption.
Dim header As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = header.UpdateString("alg","PBES2-HS256+A128KW")
success = header.UpdateString("enc","A128GCM")
success = jwe.SetProtectedHeader(header)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print jwe.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Set the PBES2 password for recipient 0.  The password should come from a secure source rather than
'  being hard-coded.
Dim password As String
password = "myPassword"
success = jwe.SetPassword(0,password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print jwe.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jweCompact As String
jweCompact = jwe.Encrypt("This is the secret content.","utf-8")
If (jwe.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print jwe.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print jweCompact