Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Demonstrate RSA Encrypt/Decrypt using BinData

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Demonstrates how to RSA encrypt and decrypt data contained in a Chilkat BinData object. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

//  The RSA public key is used for encryption, and the private key for decryption.

//  The public key's role is to make encryption accessible to anyone while ensuring that
//  only the private key holder can decrypt the messages.
//  The public key is designed to be widely distributed so anyone can use it to encrypt messages
//  intended for the owner of the private key.

//  Load our 2048-bit RSA public key.
Dim pubKey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
//  In all Chilkat methods expecting a path, you pass either absolute or relative paths.
success = pubKey.LoadFromFile("rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pubKey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim rsa As New Chilkat.Rsa

//  Tell RSA to use the public key.
success = rsa.UsePublicKey(pubKey)

//  RSA encryption is for small amounts of data, on the order of 200 bytes or less.
//  The maximum number of bytes that can be RSA encrypted depends
//  on the RSA key size and padding scheme (OAEP padding vs PKCS#1 v1.5 padding).
//  For specific limits, see: RSA Encryption Maximum Number of Bytes

//  Create some binary data to encrypt.
Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
For i = 0 To 49
    success = bd.AppendByte(i)
Next

//  Show the bytes to be encrypted in hex format:
System.DebugLog("To be encrypted: " + bd.GetEncoded("hex"))

//  To be encrypted: 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F3031

//  RSA encrypt the contents of the bd, replacing the contents with the RSA encrypted data.
success = rsa.EncryptBd(bd,False)

//  Now it is encrypted.
System.DebugLog("Encrypted size = " + Str(bd.NumBytes))
System.DebugLog(bd.GetEncoded("hex"))

//  Encrypted size = 256
//  749ED9D0A8767C06C09AD9697F654F86B145F966722F9714902C4175BDBD02E68984ECF111D4D461
//  EDB4A8E677D399D19CCA60F35C6DE9972F4262880FE9D77DB75915393E8E7DB80AAB5E383013FAEB
//  60C77D1E6FECC9A7C8426976416C6218FE7DA998EE063CE709E79C240F8625F4A56A0A33AFD63F7A
//  BA26F2A692B42E878C53B78602C725FE63FF961A46A2B9D436E5E3D9D64AE3F1D1F5AD5F5B47FCD69
//  447306B77F2FD6D766CCAA1A110A3371586B43DF0D7FFE2220D1B305CF9371AC342F849FB0C90CD99E
//  C176928D877FE1C0DE1A7CB6EB824FEC7E1DCF90EF2C6BA9F1DFD3EBFBE89C51AF074DC6AE02E544A78
//  5018C36D3D48B2EF5202AF61AC

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's decrypt, which requires the matching private key...

//  Load the matching 2048-bit RSA private key.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
Dim password As String
password = "secret"
success = privKey.LoadAnyFormatFile("rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem",password)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Tell the RSA object to use the private key.
success = rsa.UsePrivateKey(privKey)

//  Decrypt
success = rsa.DecryptBd(bd,True)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Examine the contents of bd to see if it now contains the unencrypted original data.
System.DebugLog("Decrypted: " + bd.GetEncoded("hex"))

//  Decrypted: 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F3031