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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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

'  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.

set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Encrypted email"
email.Body = "This message will be S/MIME encrypted when sent."

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

outFile.WriteLine("Pkcs7CryptAlg = " & email.Pkcs7CryptAlg)
outFile.WriteLine("Pkcs7KeyLength = " & email.Pkcs7KeyLength)

outFile.Close