CkoCert Objective-C Reference Documentation

CkoCert

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

Digital certificate component / class

Object Creation

CkoCert *obj = [[CkoCert alloc] init];

Properties

AuthorityKeyId
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *AuthorityKeyId;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.40

The authority key identifier of the certificate in base64 string format. This is only present if the certificate contains the extension OID 2.5.29.35.

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CertVersion
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSNumber *CertVersion;

The version of the certificate (1, 2, or 3). A value of 0 indicates an error -- the most likely cause being that the certificate object is empty (i.e. was never loaded with a certificate). Note: This is not the version of the software, it is the version of the X.509 certificate object. The version of the Chilkat certificate software is indicated by the Version property.

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DebugLogFilePath
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *DebugLogFilePath;

If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.

This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:

  1. a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
  2. the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
  3. there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.

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Expired
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL Expired;

Has a value of YES if the certificate or any certificate in the chain of authority has expired. (This information is not available when running on Windows 95/98 computers.)

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ExtendedKeyUsage
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *ExtendedKeyUsage;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.85

Returns a string containing a comma separated list of keywords with the extended key usages of the certificate. The list of possible extended key usages are:

  • serverAuth - TLS WWW server authentication
  • clientAuth - TLS WWW client authentication
  • codeSigning - Signing of downloadable executable code
  • emailProtection - Email protection
  • timeStamping - Binding the hash of an object to a time
  • OCSPSigning - Signing OCSP responses

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ForClientAuthentication
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL ForClientAuthentication;

YES if this certificate can be used for client authentication, otherwise NO.

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ForCodeSigning
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL ForCodeSigning;

YES if this certificate can be used for code signing, otherwise NO.

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ForSecureEmail
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL ForSecureEmail;

YES if this certificate can be used for sending secure email, otherwise NO.

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ForServerAuthentication
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL ForServerAuthentication;

YES if this certificate can be used for server authentication, otherwise NO.

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ForTimeStamping
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL ForTimeStamping;

YES if this certificate can be used for time stamping, otherwise NO.

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IntendedKeyUsage
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSNumber *IntendedKeyUsage;

Bitflags indicating the intended usages of the certificate. The flags are:
Digital Signature: 0x80
Non-Repudiation: 0x40
Key Encipherment: 0x20
Data Encipherment: 0x10
Key Agreement: 0x08
Certificate Signing: 0x04
CRL Signing: 0x02
Encipher-Only: 0x01

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IsRoot
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL IsRoot;

YES if this is the root certificate, otherwise NO.

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IssuerC
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerC;

The certificate issuer's country.

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IssuerCN
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerCN;

The certificate issuer's common name.

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IssuerDN
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerDN;

The issuer's full distinguished name.

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IssuerE
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerE;

The certificate issuer's email address.

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IssuerL
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerL;

The certificate issuer's locality, which could be a city, count, township, or other geographic region.

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IssuerO
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerO;

The certificate issuer's organization, which is typically the company name.

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IssuerOU
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerOU;

The certificate issuer's organizational unit, which is the unit within the organization.

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IssuerS
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *IssuerS;

The certificate issuer's state or province.

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LastErrorHtml
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *LastErrorHtml;

Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorText
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *LastErrorText;

Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastErrorXml
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *LastErrorXml;

Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.

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LastMethodSuccess
@property (nonatomic) BOOL LastMethodSuccess;

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of YES indicates success, a value of NO indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:

  • Any method that returns a string.
  • Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
  • Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = YES and failure = NO.
  • Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.

Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to YES. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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OcspUrl
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *OcspUrl;

If present in the certificate's extensions, returns the OCSP URL of the certificate. (The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is an Internet protocol used for obtaining the revocation status of an X.509 digital certificate.)

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Revoked
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL Revoked;

YES if the certificate or any certificate in the chain of authority has been revoked. This information is not available when running on Windows 95/98 computers. Note: If this property is NO, it could mean that it was not able to check the revocation status. Because of this uncertainty, a CheckRevoked method has been added. It returns an integer indicating one of three possible states: 1 (revoked) , 0 (not revoked), -1 (unable to check revocation status).

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Rfc822Name
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *Rfc822Name;

The RFC822 name of the certificate. (The RFC822 name is one part of the Subject Alternative Name extension of a certificate, if it exists. It is often the only part of the SAN.)

If the certificate contains a list of RFC822 names then this property will return the comma separated list of names.

Starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.85, to get the complete Subject Alternative Name extension as XML, use the SubjectAlternativeName property.

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SelfSigned
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL SelfSigned;

YES if this is a self-signed certificate, otherwise NO.

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SerialDecimal
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SerialDecimal;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.75

The certificate's serial number as a decimal string.

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SerialNumber
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SerialNumber;

The certificate's serial number as a hexidecimal string.

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Sha1Thumbprint
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *Sha1Thumbprint;

Hexidecimal string of the SHA-1 thumbprint for the certificate. (This is the SHA1 hash of the binary DER representation of the entire X.509 certificate.)

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SignatureVerified
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL SignatureVerified;

Returns YES if the certificate and all certificates in the chain of authority have valid signatures, otherwise returns NO.

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SubjectAlternativeName
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectAlternativeName;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.85

The subject alternative name (SAN) name of the certificate returned as XML. See the examples linked below.

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SubjectC
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectC;

The certificate subject's country.

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SubjectCN
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectCN;

The certificate subject's common name.

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SubjectDN
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectDN;

The certificate subject's full distinguished name.

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SubjectE
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectE;

The certificate subject's email address.

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SubjectKeyId
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectKeyId;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.40

The subject key identifier of the certificate in base64 string format. This is only present if the certificate contains the extension OID 2.5.29.14.

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SubjectL
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectL;

The certificate subject's locality, which could be a city, count, township, or other geographic region.

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SubjectO
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectO;

The certificate subject's organization, which is typically the company name.

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SubjectOU
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectOU;

The certificate subject's organizational unit, which is the unit within the organization.

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SubjectS
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *SubjectS;

The certificate subject's state or province.

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TrustedRoot
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL TrustedRoot;

Returns YES if the certificate has a trusted root authority, otherwise returns NO.

Note: As of version 9.5.0.41, the notion of what your application deems as trusted becomes more specific. The TrustedRoots class/object was added in v9.5.0.0. Prior to this, a certificate was considered to be anchored by a trusted root if the certificate chain could be established to a root (self-signed) certificate, AND if the root certificate was located somewhere in the Windows registry-based certificate stores. There are two problems with this: (1) it's a Windows-only solution. This property would always return NO on non-Windows systems, and (2) it might be considered not a strong enough set of conditions for trusting a root certificate.

As of version 9.5.0.41, this property pays attention to the new TrustedRoots class/object, which allows for an application to specificallly indicate which root certificates are to be trusted. Certificates may be added to the TrustedRoots object via the LoadCaCertsPem or AddCert methods, and then activated by calling the TrustedRoots.Activate method. The activated trusted roots are deemed to be trusted in any Chilkat API method/property that needs to make this determination. In addition, the TrustedRoots object has a property named TrustSystemCaRoots, which defaults to YES, which allows for backward compatibility. It will trust CA certificates stored in the Windows registry-based certificate stores, or if on Linux, will trust certificates found in /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.

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UncommonOptions
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *UncommonOptions;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.87

This is a catch-all property to be used for uncommon needs. This property defaults to the empty string, and should typically remain empty.

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ValidFromStr
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *ValidFromStr;

The date (in RFC822 string format) that this certificate becomes (or became) valid. It is a GMT/UTC date that is returned.

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ValidToStr
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *ValidToStr;

The date (in RFC822 string format) that this certificate becomes (or became) invalid. It is a GMT/UTC date that is returned.

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VerboseLogging
@property (nonatomic) BOOL VerboseLogging;

If set to YES, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is NO. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
@property (nonatomic, readonly, copy) NSString *Version;

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"

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Methods

ExportCertDer
- (NSData *)ExportCertDer;

Exports the digital certificate to ASN.1 DER format.

Returns nil on failure

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ExportCertDerBd
- (BOOL)ExportCertDerBd:(CkoBinData *)cerData;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.70

Exports the digital certificate in ASN.1 DER format to a BinData object.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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ExportCertDerFile
- (BOOL)ExportCertDerFile:(NSString *)path;

Exports the digital certificate to ASN.1 DER format binary file.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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ExportCertPem
- (NSString *)ExportCertPem;

Exports the digital certificate to an unencrypted PEM formatted string.

Returns nil on failure

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ExportCertPemFile
- (BOOL)ExportCertPemFile:(NSString *)path;

Exports the digital certificate to an unencrypted PEM formatted file.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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ExportCertXml
- (NSString *)ExportCertXml;

Exports a certificate to an XML format where the XML tags are the names of the ASN.1 objects that compose the X.509 certificate. Binary data is either hex or base64 encoded. (The binary data for a "bits" ASN.1 tag is hex encoded, whereas for all other ASN.1 tags, such as "octets", it is base64.)

Returns nil on failure

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ExportPrivateKey
- (CkoPrivateKey *)ExportPrivateKey;

Exports the certificate's private key.

Returns nil on failure

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ExportPublicKey
- (CkoPublicKey *)ExportPublicKey;

Exports the certificate's public key.

Returns nil on failure

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ExportToPfxBd
- (BOOL)ExportToPfxBd:(NSString *)password
    includeCertChain:(BOOL)includeCertChain
    pfxData:(CkoBinData *)pfxData;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.70

Exports the certificate and private key (if available) to pfxData. The password is what will be required to access the PFX contents at a later time. If includeCertChain is YES, then the certificates in the chain of authority are also included in the PFX.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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ExportToPfxData
- (NSData *)ExportToPfxData:(NSString *)password
    includeCertChain:(BOOL)includeCertChain;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.31

Exports the certificate and private key (if available) to an in-memory PFX image. The password is what will be required to access the PFX contents at a later time. If includeCertChain is YES, then the certificates in the chain of authority are also included in the PFX.

Returns nil on failure

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ExportToPfxFile
- (BOOL)ExportToPfxFile:(NSString *)pfxFilename
    pfxPassword:(NSString *)pfxPassword
    bIncludeCertChain:(BOOL)bIncludeCertChain;

Exports the certificate and private key (if available) to a PFX (.pfx or .p12) file. The output PFX is secured using the pfxPassword. If bIncludeCertChain is YES, then the certificates in the chain of authority are also included in the PFX output file.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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FindIssuer
- (CkoCert *)FindIssuer;

Finds and returns the issuer certificate. If the certificate is a root or self-issued, then the certificate returned is a copy of the caller certificate. (The IsRoot property can be check to see if the certificate is a root (or self-issued) certificate.)

Returns nil on failure

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GetCertChain
- (CkoCertChain *)GetCertChain;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.40

Returns a certficate chain object containing all the certificates (including this one), in the chain of authentication to the trusted root (if possible). If this certificate object was loaded from a PFX, then the certiicates contained in the PFX are automatically available for building the certificate chain. The UseCertVault method can be called to provide additional certificates that might be required to build the cert chain. Finally, the TrustedRoots object can be used to provide a way of making trusted root certificates available.

Note: Prior to v9.5.0.50, this method would fail if the certificate chain could not be completed to the root. Starting in v9.5.0.50, the incomplete certificate chain will be returned. The certificate chain's ReachesRoot property can be examined to see if the chain was completed to the root.

On Windows systems, the registry-based certificate stores are automatically consulted if needed to locate intermediate or root certificates in the chain. Chilkat searches certificate stores in the following order. See System Store Locations for more information.

  1. Current-User "CA" Certificate Store
  2. Local-Machine "CA" Certificate Store
  3. Current-User "Root" Certificate Store
  4. Local-Machine "Root" Certificate Store
  5. Current-User "MY" Certificate Store
  6. Local-Machine "MY" Certificate Store
  7. Current-User "ADDRESSBOOK" Certificate Store (if it exists)
  8. Local-Machine "ADDRESSBOOK" Certificate Store (if it exists)

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GetEncoded
- (NSString *)GetEncoded;

Returns a base64 encoded string representation of the certificate's binary DER format, which can be passed to SetFromEncoded to recreate the certificate object.

Returns nil on failure

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GetExtensionAsText
- (NSString *)GetExtensionAsText:(NSString *)oid;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.89

Returns the certificate extension data as a string. This method should only be called for those extensions with text values NOT stored as binary ASN.1. In most cases, applications should call GetExtensionAsXml because most extensions contain ASN.1 values that need to be decoded..

Returns nil on failure

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GetExtensionAsXml
- (NSString *)GetExtensionAsXml:(NSString *)oid;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.49

Returns the certificate extension data in XML format (converted from ASN.1). The oid is an OID, such as the ones listed here: http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/2.5.29.html

Note: In many cases, the data within the XML is returned base64 encoded. An application may need to take one further step to base64 decode the information contained within the XML.

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GetExtensionBd
- (BOOL)GetExtensionBd:(NSString *)oid
    bd:(CkoBinData *)bd;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.96

Returns the certificate extension data specified by oid in bd.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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GetPrivateKeyPem
- (NSString *)GetPrivateKeyPem;

Exports the certificate's private key to a PEM string (if the private key is available).

Returns nil on failure

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GetPubKeyDer
- (BOOL)GetPubKeyDer:(BOOL)preferPkcs1
    bd:(CkoBinData *)bd;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.92

Loads the bd with the certificate's public key in ASN.1 DER format. If the key type (such as RSA) supports both PKCS1 and PKCS8 formats, then preferPkcs1 selects which format to return.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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GetSignature
- (BOOL)GetSignature:(CkoBinData *)bd;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.92

Loads the bd with the certificate's signature.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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GetSpkiFingerprint
- (NSString *)GetSpkiFingerprint:(NSString *)hashAlg
    encoding:(NSString *)encoding;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.55

Returns the SPKI Fingerprint suitable for use in pinning. (See RFC 7469.) An SPKI Fingerprint is defined as the output of a known cryptographic hash algorithm whose input is the DER-encoded ASN.1 representation of the Subject Public Key Info (SPKI) of an X.509 certificate. The hashAlg specifies the hash algorithm and may be "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "sha1", "md2", "md5", "haval", "ripemd128", "ripemd160","ripemd256", or "ripemd320". The encoding specifies the encoding, and may be "base64", "hex", or any of the encoding modes specified in the article at the link below.

Returns nil on failure

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GetSubjectPart
- (NSString *)GetSubjectPart:(NSString *)partNameOrOid;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.85

Returns a part of the certificate's subject by name or OID. The partNameOrOid can be a part name, such as "CN", "O", "OU", "E", "S", "L", "C", or "SERIALNUMBER", or it can be an OID such as "2.5.4.3".

Returns nil on failure

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GetValidFromDt
- (CkoDateTime *)GetValidFromDt;

Returns the date/time this certificate becomes (or became) valid.

Returns nil on failure

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GetValidToDt
- (CkoDateTime *)GetValidToDt;

Returns the date/time this certificate becomes (or became) invalid.

Returns nil on failure

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HashOf
- (NSString *)HashOf:(NSString *)part
    hashAlg:(NSString *)hashAlg
    encoding:(NSString *)encoding;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.75

Returns an encoded hash of a particular part of the certificate. The part may be one of the following:

  • IssuerDN
  • IssuerPublicKey
  • SubjectDN
  • SubjectPublicKey

The hashAlg is the name of the hash algorithm, such as "sha1", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "md5", etc. The encoding is the format to return, such as "hex", "base64", etc.

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HasPrivateKey
- (BOOL)HasPrivateKey;

Returns YES if a private key associated with the certificate is available.

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LinkPkcs11
- (BOOL)LinkPkcs11:(CkoPkcs11 *)session;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.96

Links to the certificate's private key located on an HSM (smart card, token, or cloud HSM). Once linked, the certificate can be used for signing where the signing occurs on the HSM. See the example below for more detailed information.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadFromBase64
- (BOOL)LoadFromBase64:(NSString *)encodedCert;

Loads an ASN.1 or DER encoded certificate represented in a Base64 string.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadFromBd
- (BOOL)LoadFromBd:(CkoBinData *)certBytes;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.70

Loads an X.509 certificate from data contained in certBytes.

Note: The certBytes may contain the certificate in any format. It can be binary DER (ASN.1), PEM, Base64, etc. Chilkat will automatically detect the format.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadFromBinary
- (BOOL)LoadFromBinary:(NSData *)data;

Loads an X.509 certificate from ASN.1 DER encoded bytes.

Note: The data may contain the certificate in any format. It can be binary DER (ASN.1), PEM, Base64, etc. Chilkat will automatically detect the format.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadFromBinary2
- (BOOL)LoadFromBinary2:(NSData *)pByteData
    szByteData:(NSNumber *)szByteData;

The same as LoadFromBinary, but instead of using a CkByteData object, the pointer to the byte data and length (in number of bytes) are specified directly in the method arguments.

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LoadFromFile
- (BOOL)LoadFromFile:(NSString *)path;

Loads a certificate from a .cer, .crt, .p7b, or .pem file. This method accepts certificates from files in any of the following formats:
1. DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER)
2. Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER)
3. Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard - PKCS #7 Certificates (.P7B)
4. PEM format
This method decodes the certificate based on the contents if finds within the file, and not based on the file extension. If your certificate is in a file having a different extension, try loading it using this method before assuming it won't work. This method does not load .p12 or .pfx (PKCS #12) files.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadFromSmartcard
- (BOOL)LoadFromSmartcard:(NSString *)csp;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Important: It's important to set the SmartCardPin property before calling this method.

Starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.87, the csp can be a string that specifies the certificate to be loaded by either Subject Common Name (CN) or hex serial number. For example, instead of passing a CSP name, your application would pass a string such as "CN=The cert subject common name" or "serial=01020304". See the linked examples below. If a certificate is specified by CN or Serial, then each connected smartcard and USB token is searched for the matching certificate. If the certificate is found, it is loaded and this method returns YES.

Otherwise, this method loads the X.509 certificate from the smartcard currently in the reader, or from a USB token.

If the smartcard contains multiple certificates, this method arbitrarily picks one.

If the csp does not begin with "CN=" or "serial=", then the csp can be set to the name of the CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) that should be used. If csp is an empty string, then the 1st CSP found matching one of the following names will be used:

  • Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider
  • Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider
  • Bit4id Universal Middleware Provider
  • YubiHSM Key Storage Provider (starting in v9.5.0.83)
  • eToken Base Cryptographic Provider
  • FTSafe ePass1000 RSA Cryptographic Service Provider
  • SecureStoreCSP
  • EnterSafe ePass2003 CSP v2.0
  • Gemalto Classic Card CSP
  • PROXKey CSP India V1.0
  • PROXKey CSP India V2.0
  • TRUST KEY CSP V1.0
  • Watchdata Brazil CSP V1.0
  • Luna Cryptographic Services for Microsoft Windows
  • Luna SChannel Cryptographic Services for Microsoft Windows
  • Safenet RSA Full Cryptographic Provider
  • nCipher Enhanced Cryptographic Provider
  • SafeSign Standard Cryptographic Service Provider
  • SafeSign Standard RSA and AES Cryptographic Service Provider
  • MySmartLogon NFC CSP
  • NFC Connector Enterprise
  • ActivClient Cryptographic Service Provider
  • EnterSafe ePass2003 CSP v1.0
  • Oberthur Card Systems Cryptographic Provider
  • Athena ASECard Crypto CSP"

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadPem
- (BOOL)LoadPem:(NSString *)strPem;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.49

Loads the certificate from a PEM string.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadPfxBd
- (BOOL)LoadPfxBd:(CkoBinData *)pfxData
    password:(NSString *)password;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.70

Loads the certificate from the PFX contained in pfxData. Note: If the PFX contains multiple certificates, the 1st certificate in the PFX is loaded.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadPfxData
- (BOOL)LoadPfxData:(NSData *)pfxData
    password:(NSString *)password;

Loads a PFX from an in-memory image of a PFX file. Note: If the PFX contains multiple certificates, the 1st certificate in the PFX is loaded.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadPfxData2
- (BOOL)LoadPfxData2:(NSData *)pByteData
    szByteData:(NSNumber *)szByteData
    password:(NSString *)password;

Loads a PFX from an in-memory image of a PFX file. Note: If the PFX contains multiple certificates, the 1st certificate in the PFX is loaded.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadPfxFile
- (BOOL)LoadPfxFile:(NSString *)path
    password:(NSString *)password;

Loads a PFX file. Note: If the PFX contains multiple certificates, the 1st certificate in the PFX is loaded.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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LoadTaskResult
- (BOOL)LoadTaskResult:(CkoTask *)task;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

Loads the certificate from a completed asynchronous task.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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PemFileToDerFile
- (BOOL)PemFileToDerFile:(NSString *)fromPath
    toPath:(NSString *)toPath;

Converts a PEM file to a DER file.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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SaveToFile
- (BOOL)SaveToFile:(NSString *)path;

Saves a certificate object to a .cer file.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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SetCloudSigner
- (BOOL)SetCloudSigner:(CkoJsonObject *)json;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.96

Provides information for a cloud signing service to do the signing via a remote signing server. Current supported services are AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, and ARSS (Aruba Remote Signing Service). See the examples below.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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SetFromEncoded
- (BOOL)SetFromEncoded:(NSString *)encodedCert;

Initializes the certificate object from a base64 encoded string representation of the certificate's binary DER format.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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SetPrivateKey
- (BOOL)SetPrivateKey:(CkoPrivateKey *)privKey;

Used to associate a private key with the certificate for subsequent (PKCS7) signature creation or decryption.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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SetPrivateKeyPem
- (BOOL)SetPrivateKeyPem:(NSString *)privKeyPem;

Same as SetPrivateKey, but the key is provided in unencrypted PEM format. (Note: The privKeyPem is not a file path, it is the actual PEM text.)

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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UploadToCloud
- (BOOL)UploadToCloud:(CkoJsonObject *)jsonIn
    jsonOut:(CkoJsonObject *)jsonOut;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.96

This is an open-ended method to accomodate uploading the private key to a cloud service, such as AWS KMS, or Azure Key Vault. For details, see the examples below.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

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UploadToCloudAsync (1)
- (CkoTask *)UploadToCloudAsync:(CkoJsonObject *)jsonIn
    jsonOut:(CkoJsonObject *)jsonOut;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.96

Creates an asynchronous task to call the UploadToCloud method with the arguments provided. (Async methods are available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.52.)

Note: Async method event callbacks happen in the background thread. Accessing and updating UI elements existing in the main thread may require special considerations.

Returns nil on failure

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UseCertVault
- (BOOL)UseCertVault:(CkoXmlCertVault *)vault;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.40

Adds an XML certificate vault to the object's internal list of sources to be searched for certificates for help in building certificate chains and verifying the certificate signature to the trusted root.

Returns YES for success, NO for failure.

More Information and Examples
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VerifySignature
- (BOOL)VerifySignature;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.40

Verifies the certificate signature, as well as the signatures of all certificates in the chain of authentication to the trusted root. Returns YES if all signatures are verified to the trusted root. Otherwise returns NO.

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X509PKIPathv1
- (NSString *)X509PKIPathv1;
Introduced in version 9.5.0.77

Returns the base64 representation of an X509PKIPathv1 containing just the calling certificate. This is typically used in an X.509 Binary Security Token. It is a PKIPath that contains an ordered list of X.509 public certificates packaged in a PKIPath. The X509PKIPathv1 token type may be used to represent a certificate path. (This is sometimes used in XAdES signatures.)

Returns nil on failure

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Events

To implement an event callback, your application would define and implement a class that inherits from CkoBaseProgress. Your application can implement methods to override some or all of the default/empty method implementations of the CkoBaseProgress base class.

For example:

  CkoCert *cert = [[CkoCert alloc] init];

  MyCertProgress *callbackObj = [[MyCertProgress alloc] init];

  [cert setEventCallbackObject:callbackObj];

MyCertProgress interface example:

#import "CkoCertProgress.h"

@interface MyCertProgress : CkoBaseProgress {

}

    - (id)init;
    - (void)dealloc;
    - (void)dispose;

    - (void)AbortCheck:(BOOL *)abort;

    - (void)PercentDone:(NSNumber *)pctDone 
        abort:(BOOL *)abort;

    - (void)ProgressInfo:(NSString *)name 
        value:(NSString *)value;

    - (void)TaskCompleted:(CkoTask *)task;

@end
AbortCheck
- (void)AbortCheck:(BOOL *)abort;

Provides the opportunity for a method call to be aborted. The AbortCheck event is fired periodically based on the value of the HeartbeatMs property. If HeartbeatMs is 0, then no AbortCheck events will fire. As an example, to fire 5 AbortCheck events per second, set the HeartbeatMs property equal to 200.

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PercentDone
- (void)PercentDone:(NSNumber *)pctDone
    abort:(BOOL *)abort;

Provides the percentage completed for any method that involves network communications or time-consuming processing (assuming it is a method where a percentage completion can be measured). This event is only fired when it is possible to know a percentage completion, and when it makes sense to express the operation as a percentage completed. The pctDone argument will have a value from 1 to 100. For operations (Chilkat method calls) that complete very quickly, the number of PercentDone callbacks will vary, but the final callback should have a value of 100. For long running operations, no more than one callback per percentage point will occur (for example: 1, 2, 3, ... 98, 99, 100).

The PercentDone callback counts as an AbortCheck event. For method calls that complete quickly such that PercentDone events fire, it may be that AbortCheck events don't fire because the opportunity to abort is already provided in the PercentDone callback. For time consuming operations, where the amount of time between PercentDone callbacks are long, AbortCheck callbacks may be used to allow for the operation to be aborted in a more responsive manner.

The abort output argument provides a means for aborting the operation. Setting it to YES will cause the method to abort and return a failed status (or whatever return value indicates failure).

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ProgressInfo
- (void)ProgressInfo:(NSString *)name
    value:(NSString *)value;

A general name/value event that provides information about what is happening during a method call. To find out what information is available, write code to handle this event and log the name/value pairs. Most are self-explanatory.

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TaskCompleted
- (void)TaskCompleted:(CkoTask *)task;

Called in the background thread when an asynchronous task completes.

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