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Binary Certificate Extension Data

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Demonstrates how to binary certificate extension data by OID.

The GetExtensionBd method is added in Chilkat v9.5.0.96.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim cert As New Chilkat.Cert

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/testCert.cer")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(cert.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData

// The particular certificate in this test contains the following extensions

Dim oid As String
oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.5"
success = cert.GetExtensionBd(oid,bd)
If (success = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + bd.GetEncoded("hex_lower"))
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.2"
success = cert.GetExtensionBd(oid,bd)
If (success = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + bd.GetEncoded("hex_lower"))
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.3"
success = cert.GetExtensionBd(oid,bd)
If (success = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + bd.GetEncoded("hex_lower"))
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.7"
success = cert.GetExtensionBd(oid,bd)
If (success = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + bd.GetEncoded("hex_lower"))
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.4.2.5"
success = cert.GetExtensionBd(oid,bd)
If (success = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + bd.GetEncoded("hex_lower"))
End If

// Sample output:
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.5: 040180
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.2: 020100
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.3: 1315383032353030303030312f32393030303539313432
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.7: 02010a
// 1.2.250.1.71.4.2.5: 30060c04534d3236

// The above binary values are actually ASN.1
// You can get the ASN.1 decoed by calling GetExtensionAsXml to get it in XML format,
// and then you extract the values from the XML.

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.5"
Dim strXml As String
strXml = cert.GetExtensionAsXml(oid)
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + strXml)
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.2"
strXml = cert.GetExtensionAsXml(oid)
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + strXml)
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.3"
strXml = cert.GetExtensionAsXml(oid)
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + strXml)
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.1.2.7"
strXml = cert.GetExtensionAsXml(oid)
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + strXml)
End If

oid = "1.2.250.1.71.4.2.5"
strXml = cert.GetExtensionAsXml(oid)
If (cert.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    System.DebugLog(oid + ": " + strXml)
End If

// Sample output:
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.5: <octets>gA==</octets>
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.2: <int>00</int>
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.3: <printable>8025000001/2900059142</printable>
// 1.2.250.1.71.1.2.7: <int>0A</int>
// 1.2.250.1.71.4.2.5: <sequence><utf8>SM26</utf8></sequence>

// "gA==" is the base64 encoded byte values
// "0A" is hex for decimal 1