Qt Cryptographic Architecture
publickeyexample.cpp

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
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::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
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();
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;
}
QCA::SecureMessage::success
bool success() const
Indicates whether or not the operation was successful or failed.
QCA::SecureMessage::read
QByteArray read()
Read the available data.
QCA::SecureMessage::errorCode
Error errorCode() const
Returns the failure code.
QCA::SecureMessage::end
void end()
Complete an operation.
QCA::PrivateKey::fromPEMFile
static PrivateKey fromPEMFile(const QString &fileName, const SecureArray &passphrase=SecureArray(), ConvertResult *result=nullptr, const QString &provider=QString())
Import the key in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format from a file.
QCA::SecureMessageKey
Definition: qca_securemessage.h:54
QCA::init
QCA_EXPORT void init()
Initialise QCA.
QCA::SecureMessage::startEncrypt
void startEncrypt()
QCA::CMS
Definition: qca_securemessage.h:885
QCA::PrivateKey
Definition: qca_publickey.h:832
QCA::SecureMessageKey::setX509CertificateChain
void setX509CertificateChain(const CertificateChain &c)
Set the public key part of this X.509 key.
QCA::SecureMessage::update
void update(const QByteArray &in)
Process a message (or the next part of a message) in the current operation.
QCA::PrivateKey::decrypt
bool decrypt(const SecureArray &in, SecureArray *out, EncryptionAlgorithm alg)
Decrypt the message.
QCA::CertificateChain
Definition: qca_cert.h:1225
QCA::SecureMessage::waitForFinished
bool waitForFinished(int msecs=30000)
Block until the operation (encryption, decryption, signing or verifying) completes.
QCA::PrivateKey::canDecrypt
bool canDecrypt() const
Test if this key can be used for decryption.
QCA::SecureArray
Definition: qca_tools.h:316
QCA::Certificate::isNull
bool isNull() const
Test if the certificate is empty (null)
QCA::Certificate
Definition: qca_cert.h:856
QCA::Base64
Definition: qca_textfilter.h:232
QCA::SecureMessage
Definition: qca_securemessage.h:319
QCA::ConvertResult
ConvertResult
Return value from a format conversion.
Definition: qca_publickey.h:118
QCA::Initializer
Definition: qca_core.h:659
QCA::isSupported
QCA_EXPORT bool isSupported(const char *features, const QString &provider=QString())
Test if a capability (algorithm) is available.
QCA::ConvertGood
@ ConvertGood
Conversion succeeded, results should be valid.
Definition: qca_publickey.h:120
QCA::TextFilter::arrayToString
QString arrayToString(const MemoryRegion &a)
Process an array in the "forward" direction, returning a QString.
QCA::SecureMessage::setRecipient
void setRecipient(const SecureMessageKey &key)
Set the recipient for an encrypted message.
QCA::SecureArray::data
char * data()
Pointer to the data in the secure array.
QCA::EME_PKCS1_OAEP
@ EME_PKCS1_OAEP
Optimal asymmetric encryption padding (PKCS#1, Version 2.0)
Definition: qca_publickey.h:57