publickeyexample.cpp

The code below shows how to do public key encryption, decryption, signing and verification.

The code below shows how to do public key encryption, decryption, signing and verification.

/*
 Copyright (C) 2003 Justin Karneges <justin@affinix.com>
 Copyright (C) 2005 Brad Hards <bradh@frogmouth.net>
 
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#include <QtCrypto>
 
#include <QCoreApplication>
 
#include <iostream>
 
#ifdef QT_STATICPLUGIN
#include "import_plugins.h"
#endif
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // the Initializer object sets things up, and
    // also does cleanup when it goes out of scope
    QCA::Initializer init;
 
    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
    // We need to ensure that we have certificate handling support
    if (!QCA::isSupported("cert")) {
        std::cout << "Sorry, no PKI certificate support" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
 
    // Read in a private key
    QCA::PrivateKey    privKey;
    QCA::ConvertResult convRes;
    QCA::SecureArray   passPhrase = "start";
    privKey                       = QCA::PrivateKey::fromPEMFile(QStringLiteral("Userkey.pem"), passPhrase, &convRes);
    if (convRes != QCA::ConvertGood) {
        std::cout << "Sorry, could not import Private Key" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
 
    // Read in a matching public key cert
    // you could also build this using the fromPEMFile() method
    QCA::Certificate pubCert(QStringLiteral("User.pem"));
    if (pubCert.isNull()) {
        std::cout << "Sorry, could not import public key certificate" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
    // We are building the certificate into a SecureMessageKey object, via a
    // CertificateChain
    QCA::SecureMessageKey secMsgKey;
    QCA::CertificateChain chain;
    chain += pubCert;
    secMsgKey.setX509CertificateChain(chain);
 
    // build up a SecureMessage object, based on our public key certificate
    QCA::CMS           cms;
    QCA::SecureMessage msg(&cms);
    msg.setRecipient(secMsgKey);
 
    // Some plain text - we use the first command line argument if provided
    QByteArray plainText = (argc >= 2) ? argv[1] : "What do ya want for nuthin'";
 
    // Now use the SecureMessage object to encrypt the plain text.
    msg.startEncrypt();
    msg.update(plainText);
    msg.end();
    // I think it is reasonable to wait for 1 second for this
    msg.waitForFinished(1000);
 
    // check to see if it worked
    if (!msg.success()) {
        std::cout << "Error encrypting: " << msg.errorCode() << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
 
    // get the result
    QCA::SecureArray cipherText = msg.read();
    QCA::Base64      enc;
    std::cout << plainText.data() << " encrypts to (in base 64): ";
    std::cout << qPrintable(enc.arrayToString(cipherText)) << std::endl;
 
    // Show we can decrypt it with the private key
    if (!privKey.canDecrypt()) {
        std::cout << "Private key cannot be used to decrypt" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
    QCA::SecureArray plainTextResult;
    if (0 == privKey.decrypt(cipherText, &plainTextResult, QCA::EME_PKCS1_OAEP)) {
        std::cout << "Decryption process failed" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
 
    std::cout << qPrintable(enc.arrayToString(cipherText));
    std::cout << " (in base 64) decrypts to: ";
    std::cout << plainTextResult.data() << std::endl;
 
    return 0;
}