Authenticator Class

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The Authenticator class specializes in user authentication.

Syntax

Authenticator

Remarks

Authenticator provides capabilities for implementing the authenticating party (as opposed to the one being authenticated) of the authentication protocol.

Authenticator can be used in a variety of authentication scenarios, ranging from simple password checks to complicated multi-factor variants. It also supports authentication via a SBB-own DC protocol, which makes it a good pair for DCAuth control.

In default configuration the component uses the attached database of users to handle authentication requests. The authentication flow can be altered if needed to match specific authentication requirements.

In Authenticator's terms, the authentication process is divided into a sequence of atomic steps. Each step is characterized by a user providing an authentication token - such as a password or PIN - and the authenticator validating that token. Each validation step may result in one of the following outcomes:

  • Authentication succeeded: the authentication has been completed with the positive outcome;
  • Authentication failed: the authentication process has failed, the user didn't provide enough evidence to confirm they are who they claim they are;
  • Further authentication is required: the authentication was partly successful, but the settings of the component or user details require further step(s) to be taken.

Use the following logic when integrating the Authenticator into your project:

  • Whenever you receive an authentication request from a user, call the StartAuth method, passing the UserID as a parameter. This initiates the authentication procedure: the Authenticator control looks up the user in the Users database and picks the first authentication method. It then returns the Further authentication is required result and stores the details of the first authentication step in AuthInfo property. Apart from the information about the authentication method that is to be performed during this step, AuthInfo also contains a STATE> value, which accumulates parameters and progress of the user's authentication flow. You can save the state value on this stage, and restore it later when a response from the user is received. With that in mind, class is stateless; you can save the current authentication state in a database, and return to it from a different context.
  • Now that you have obtained Further authentication needed from StartAuth, it's time to check the AUTHMETHOD> and request the corresponding token from the user. For example, if the method is 'password', you may present the user with a password dialog.
  • Upon receiving a password (or other kind of authentication token) from the user, pass it to the ContinueAuth method, together with the state object that you saved on the preceding step. The component will process the token and come up with one of the three results given above, signifying the end of the first authentication step. If Further authentication is required result is returned, another authentication step needs to be performed (either because a multi-factor authentication is configured for this user, or because an alternative authentication method was chosen following failure of the previous attempt). If that is the case, follow the guidance for StartAuth-initiated step above.

    Depending on the settings, many authentication steps may need to be performed, so your code may ultimately end up calling ContinueAuth many times.

class can be customized to use external user information sources instead of a predefined user database. AuthStart, AuthVerify, and AuthAttemptResult events provide an opportunity for your code to intervene into the authentication process by defining your own authentication procedures and validating authentication tokens manually.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AuthInfoContains details of the current authentication step.
BlockedCertificatesThe certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.
CertificatesA collection of certificates included in the electronic signature.
ChainValidationDetailsThe details of a certificate chain validation outcome.
ChainValidationResultThe general outcome of a certificate chain validation routine. Use ChainValidationDetails to get information about the reasons that contributed to the validation result.
DefaultAuthMethodsContains the list of default authentication methods.
ExternalCryptoProvides access to external signing and DC parameters.
FIPSModeReserved.
IgnoreChainValidationErrorsMakes the class tolerant to chain validation errors.
KnownCertificatesAdditional certificates for chain validation.
KnownCRLsAdditional CRLs for chain validation.
KnownOCSPsAdditional OCSP responses for chain validation.
OfflineModeSwitches the class to offline mode.
ProxyThe proxy server settings.
RevocationCheckSpecifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates.
SigningCertificateThe certificate to be used for signing.
SocketSettingsManages network connection settings.
TLSSettingsManages TLS layer settings.
TrustedCertificatesA list of trusted certificates for chain validation.
UsersA collection of known users along with their authentication settings.
ValidationLogContains the complete log of the certificate validation routine.
ValidationMomentThe time point at which signature validity is to be established.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
ContinueAuthCall this method to process an authentication token and proceed to the next authentication step.
DoActionPerforms an additional action.
ResetResets the class settings.
StartAuthInitiates an authentication process.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AuthAttemptResultReports the outcome of an authentication attempt.
AuthAttemptStartSignifies the start of an authentication attempt.
AuthStartSignifies the start of an authentication process.
AuthVerifyRequests the application to validate an authentication token.
CustomAuthStartReports the beginning of a custom authentication method.
ErrorReports information about errors during authentication.
NotificationThis event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the class with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

BaseTimeTBD.
ChainCurrentCACertReturns the current CA certificate.
ChainCurrentCertReturns the certificate that is currently being validated.
ChainCurrentCRLReturns the current CRL.
ChainCurrentCRLSizeReturns the size of the current CRL.
ChainCurrentOCSPReturns the current OCSP response.
ChainCurrentOCSPSignerReturns the signer of the current OCSP object.
ChainInterimDetailsReturns the current interim validation details.
ChainInterimResultReturns the current interim validation result.
CheckValidityPeriodForTrustedWhether to check validity period for trusted certificates.
DeltaTBD.
DislikeOpenEndedOCSPsTells the class to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter.
ForceCompleteChainValidationWhether to check the CA certificates when the signing certificate is invalid.
ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrustedWhether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors.
GracePeriodSpecifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks.
IgnoreChainLoopsWhether chain loops should be ignored.
IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtensionWhether the OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored.
IgnoreSystemTrustWhether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.
ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificatesWhether to trust self-signed certificates.
PromoteLongOCSPResponsesWhether long OCSP responses are requested.
TolerateMinorChainIssuesWhether to tolerate minor chain issues.
UseMicrosoftCTLEnables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.
UseSystemCertificatesEnables or disables the use of the system certificates.
UseValidationCacheEnables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache.
ASN1UseGlobalTagCacheControls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.
AssignSystemSmartCardPinsSpecifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.
CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUseEnables or disable private key integrity check before use.
CookieCachingSpecifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.
CookiesGets or sets local cookies for the class.
DefDeriveKeyIterationsSpecifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.
DNSLocalSuffixThe suffix to assign for TLD names.
EnableClientSideSSLFFDHEEnables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.
GlobalCookiesGets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.
HardwareCryptoUsePolicyThe hardware crypto usage policy.
HttpUserAgentSpecifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.
HttpVersionThe HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client classes created.
IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCertWhether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.
ListDelimiterThe delimiter character for multi-element lists.
LogDestinationSpecifies the debug log destination.
LogDetailsSpecifies the debug log details to dump.
LogFileSpecifies the debug log filename.
LogFiltersSpecifies the debug log filters.
LogFlushModeSpecifies the log flush mode.
LogLevelSpecifies the debug log level.
LogMaxEventCountSpecifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.
LogRotationModeSpecifies the log rotation mode.
MaxASN1BufferLengthSpecifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.
MaxASN1TreeDepthSpecifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.
OCSPHashAlgorithmSpecifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.
OldClientSideRSAFallbackSpecifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.
ProductVersionReturns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.
ServerSSLDHKeyLengthSets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.
StaticDNSSpecifies whether static DNS rules should be used.
StaticIPAddress[domain]Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.
StaticIPAddressesGets or sets all the static DNS rules.
TagAllows to store any custom data.
TLSSessionGroupSpecifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.
TLSSessionLifetimeSpecifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.
TLSSessionPurgeIntervalSpecifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.
UseInternalRandomSwitches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.
UseLegacyAdESValidationEnables legacy AdES validation mode.
UseOwnDNSResolverSpecifies whether the client classes should use own DNS resolver.
UseSharedSystemStoragesSpecifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.
UseSystemNativeSizeCalculationAn internal CryptoAPI access tweak.
UseSystemOAEPAndPSSEnforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.
UseSystemRandomEnables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.

AuthInfo Property (Authenticator Class)

Contains details of the current authentication step.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxAuthInfo* GetAuthInfo();

char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfoauthlog(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfoauthmethod(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfoauthmethodpars(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfocompletedmethods(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfolastauthmessage(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfolastauthresult(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinforemainingmethods(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfostate(void* lpObj);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getauthinfouserid(void* lpObj);
QString GetAuthInfoAuthLog();

QString GetAuthInfoAuthMethod();

QString GetAuthInfoAuthMethodPars();

QString GetAuthInfoCompletedMethods();

QString GetAuthInfoLastAuthMessage();

int GetAuthInfoLastAuthResult();

QString GetAuthInfoRemainingMethods();

QString GetAuthInfoState();

QString GetAuthInfoUserID();

Remarks

Check this object to get details about the current authentication step, such as authentication method, its parameters, the overall authentication state, and information about completed and pending authentication methods.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxAuthInfo

BlockedCertificates Property (Authenticator Class)

The certificates that must be rejected as trust anchors.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetBlockedCertificates();
int SetBlockedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getblockedcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setblockedcertcount(void* lpObj, int iBlockedCertCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getblockedcertbytes(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex, char** lpBlockedCertBytes, int* lenBlockedCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getblockedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setblockedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int blockedcertindex, int64 lBlockedCertHandle);
int GetBlockedCertCount();
int SetBlockedCertCount(int iBlockedCertCount); QByteArray GetBlockedCertBytes(int iBlockedCertIndex); qint64 GetBlockedCertHandle(int iBlockedCertIndex);
int SetBlockedCertHandle(int iBlockedCertIndex, qint64 lBlockedCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to provide a list of compromised or blocked certificates. Any chain containing a blocked certificate will fail validation.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

Certificates Property (Authenticator Class)

A collection of certificates included in the electronic signature.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertbytes(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertBytes, int* lenCertBytes);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertca(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertcakeyid(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertCAKeyID, int* lenCertCAKeyID);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertcerttype(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertcrldistributionpoints(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertcurve(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertfingerprint(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertfriendlyname(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getcerthandle(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcerthashalgorithm(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertissuer(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertissuerrdn(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertkeyalgorithm(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertkeybits(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertkeyfingerprint(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertkeyusage(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertkeyvalid(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertocsplocations(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertocspnocheck(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertorigin(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertpolicyids(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertprivatekeybytes(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertPrivateKeyBytes, int* lenCertPrivateKeyBytes);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertprivatekeyexists(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertprivatekeyextractable(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertpublickeybytes(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertPublicKeyBytes, int* lenCertPublicKeyBytes);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertqualified(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertqualifiedstatements(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertqualifiers(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertselfsigned(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertserialnumber(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertSerialNumber, int* lenCertSerialNumber);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsigalgorithm(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsource(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsubject(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsubjectalternativename(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsubjectkeyid(void* lpObj, int certindex, char** lpCertSubjectKeyID, int* lenCertSubjectKeyID);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertsubjectrdn(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertvalid(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertvalidfrom(void* lpObj, int certindex);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getcertvalidto(void* lpObj, int certindex);
int GetCertCount();

QByteArray GetCertBytes(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertCA(int iCertIndex);

QByteArray GetCertCAKeyID(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertCertType(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertCRLDistributionPoints(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertCurve(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertFingerprint(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertFriendlyName(int iCertIndex);

qint64 GetCertHandle(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertHashAlgorithm(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertIssuer(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertIssuerRDN(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertKeyAlgorithm(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertKeyBits(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertKeyFingerprint(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertKeyUsage(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertKeyValid(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertOCSPLocations(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertOCSPNoCheck(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertOrigin(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertPolicyIDs(int iCertIndex);

QByteArray GetCertPrivateKeyBytes(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertPrivateKeyExists(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertPrivateKeyExtractable(int iCertIndex);

QByteArray GetCertPublicKeyBytes(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertQualified(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertQualifiedStatements(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertQualifiers(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertSelfSigned(int iCertIndex);

QByteArray GetCertSerialNumber(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertSigAlgorithm(int iCertIndex);

int GetCertSource(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertSubject(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertSubjectAlternativeName(int iCertIndex);

QByteArray GetCertSubjectKeyID(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertSubjectRDN(int iCertIndex);

bool GetCertValid(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertValidFrom(int iCertIndex);

QString GetCertValidTo(int iCertIndex);

Remarks

This property includes a collection of certificates of the currently selected info.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

ChainValidationDetails Property (Authenticator Class)

The details of a certificate chain validation outcome.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetChainValidationDetails();

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetChainValidationDetails();
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getchainvalidationdetails(void* lpObj);
int GetChainValidationDetails();

Default Value

0

Remarks

Use the value(s) returned by this property to identify the reasons that contributed to the overall validation result.

Returns a bit mask of the following options:

cvrBadData0x0001One or more certificates in the validation path are malformed

cvrRevoked0x0002One or more certificates are revoked

cvrNotYetValid0x0004One or more certificates are not yet valid

cvrExpired0x0008One or more certificates are expired

cvrInvalidSignature0x0010A certificate contains a non-valid digital signature

cvrUnknownCA0x0020A CA certificate for one or more certificates has not been found (chain incomplete)

cvrCAUnauthorized0x0040One of the CA certificates are not authorized to act as CA

cvrCRLNotVerified0x0080One or more CRLs could not be verified

cvrOCSPNotVerified0x0100One or more OCSP responses could not be verified

cvrIdentityMismatch0x0200The identity protected by the certificate (a TLS endpoint or an e-mail addressee) does not match what is recorded in the certificate

cvrNoKeyUsage0x0400A mandatory key usage is not enabled in one of the chain certificates

cvrBlocked0x0800One or more certificates are blocked

cvrFailure0x1000General validation failure

cvrChainLoop0x2000Chain loop: one of the CA certificates recursively signs itself

cvrWeakAlgorithm0x4000A weak algorithm is used in one of certificates or revocation elements

cvrUserEnforced0x8000The chain was considered invalid following intervention from a user code

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

ChainValidationResult Property (Authenticator Class)

The general outcome of a certificate chain validation routine. Use ChainValidationDetails to get information about the reasons that contributed to the validation result.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetChainValidationResult();

Unicode (Windows)
INT GetChainValidationResult();

Possible Values

CVT_VALID(0), 
CVT_VALID_BUT_UNTRUSTED(1),
CVT_INVALID(2),
CVT_CANT_BE_ESTABLISHED(3)
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getchainvalidationresult(void* lpObj);
int GetChainValidationResult();

Default Value

0

Remarks

Available options:

cvtValid0The chain is valid

cvtValidButUntrusted1The chain is valid, but the root certificate is not trusted

cvtInvalid2The chain is not valid (some of certificates are revoked, expired, or contain an invalid signature)

cvtCantBeEstablished3The validity of the chain cannot be established because of missing or unavailable validation information (certificates, CRLs, or OCSP responses)

Use the ValidationLog property to access the detailed validation log.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

DefaultAuthMethods Property (Authenticator Class)

Contains the list of default authentication methods.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetDefaultAuthMethods();
int SetDefaultAuthMethods(const char* lpszDefaultAuthMethods); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetDefaultAuthMethods();
INT SetDefaultAuthMethods(LPCWSTR lpszDefaultAuthMethods);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getdefaultauthmethods(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setdefaultauthmethods(void* lpObj, const char* lpszDefaultAuthMethods);
QString GetDefaultAuthMethods();
int SetDefaultAuthMethods(QString qsDefaultAuthMethods);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to specify a list of default authentication methods to apply to users that are not included in the Users database. Assign this property with a comma-separated list of standard and custom authentication methods.

The following standard authentication methods are supported by the component:

  • password
  • otp-h
  • otp-t
  • dcauth

You can use any names not clashing with the standard methods to indicate your own custom authentication methods. Use CustomAuthStart and AuthVerify events to handle custom authentication methods.

Data Type

String

ExternalCrypto Property (Authenticator Class)

Provides access to external signing and DC parameters.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto* GetExternalCrypto();

char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptoasyncdocumentid(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptoasyncdocumentid(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptocustomparams(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptocustomparams(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoCustomParams);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptodata(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptodata(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoData);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptoexternalhashcalculation(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptoexternalhashcalculation(void* lpObj, int bExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptohashalgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptohashalgorithm(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptokeyid(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptokeyid(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoKeyID);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptokeysecret(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptokeysecret(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoKeySecret);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptomethod(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptomethod(void* lpObj, int iExternalCryptoMethod);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptomode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptomode(void* lpObj, int iExternalCryptoMode);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getexternalcryptopublickeyalgorithm(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setexternalcryptopublickeyalgorithm(void* lpObj, const char* lpszExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm);
QString GetExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID();
int SetExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID(QString qsExternalCryptoAsyncDocumentID); QString GetExternalCryptoCustomParams();
int SetExternalCryptoCustomParams(QString qsExternalCryptoCustomParams); QString GetExternalCryptoData();
int SetExternalCryptoData(QString qsExternalCryptoData); bool GetExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation();
int SetExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation(bool bExternalCryptoExternalHashCalculation); QString GetExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm();
int SetExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm(QString qsExternalCryptoHashAlgorithm); QString GetExternalCryptoKeyID();
int SetExternalCryptoKeyID(QString qsExternalCryptoKeyID); QString GetExternalCryptoKeySecret();
int SetExternalCryptoKeySecret(QString qsExternalCryptoKeySecret); int GetExternalCryptoMethod();
int SetExternalCryptoMethod(int iExternalCryptoMethod); int GetExternalCryptoMode();
int SetExternalCryptoMode(int iExternalCryptoMode); QString GetExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm();
int SetExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm(QString qsExternalCryptoPublicKeyAlgorithm);

Remarks

Use this property to tune-up remote cryptography settings. SecureBlackbox supports two independent types of external cryptography: synchronous (based on the ExternalSign event) and asynchronous (based on the DC protocol and the DCAuth signing component).

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto

FIPSMode Property (Authenticator Class)

Reserved.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetFIPSMode();
int SetFIPSMode(int bFIPSMode); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetFIPSMode();
INT SetFIPSMode(BOOL bFIPSMode);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getfipsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setfipsmode(void* lpObj, int bFIPSMode);
bool GetFIPSMode();
int SetFIPSMode(bool bFIPSMode);

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

This property is reserved for future use.

Data Type

Boolean

IgnoreChainValidationErrors Property (Authenticator Class)

Makes the class tolerant to chain validation errors.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetIgnoreChainValidationErrors();
int SetIgnoreChainValidationErrors(int bIgnoreChainValidationErrors); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetIgnoreChainValidationErrors();
INT SetIgnoreChainValidationErrors(BOOL bIgnoreChainValidationErrors);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getignorechainvalidationerrors(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setignorechainvalidationerrors(void* lpObj, int bIgnoreChainValidationErrors);
bool GetIgnoreChainValidationErrors();
int SetIgnoreChainValidationErrors(bool bIgnoreChainValidationErrors);

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

If this property is set to True, any errors emerging during certificate chain validation will be ignored. This setting may be handy if the purpose of validation is the creation of an LTV signature, and the validation is performed in an environment that doesn't trust the signer's certificate chain.

Data Type

Boolean

KnownCertificates Property (Authenticator Class)

Additional certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetKnownCertificates();
int SetKnownCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknowncertcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownCertCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncertbytes(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex, char** lpKnownCertBytes, int* lenKnownCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncerthandle(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknowncerthandle(void* lpObj, int knowncertindex, int64 lKnownCertHandle);
int GetKnownCertCount();
int SetKnownCertCount(int iKnownCertCount); QByteArray GetKnownCertBytes(int iKnownCertIndex); qint64 GetKnownCertHandle(int iKnownCertIndex);
int SetKnownCertHandle(int iKnownCertIndex, qint64 lKnownCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of additional certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when intermediary CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the class manually.

The purpose of the certificates to be added to this collection is roughly equivalent to that of the Intermediate Certification Authorities system store in Windows.

Do not add trust anchors or root certificates to this collection: add them to TrustedCertificates instead.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

KnownCRLs Property (Authenticator Class)

Additional CRLs for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* GetKnownCRLs();
int SetKnownCRLs(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCRL>* val);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncrlcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknowncrlcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownCRLCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncrlbytes(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex, char** lpKnownCRLBytes, int* lenKnownCRLBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getknowncrlhandle(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknowncrlhandle(void* lpObj, int knowncrlindex, int64 lKnownCRLHandle);
int GetKnownCRLCount();
int SetKnownCRLCount(int iKnownCRLCount); QByteArray GetKnownCRLBytes(int iKnownCRLIndex); qint64 GetKnownCRLHandle(int iKnownCRLIndex);
int SetKnownCRLHandle(int iKnownCRLIndex, qint64 lKnownCRLHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional CRLs that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated CRLs are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCRL

KnownOCSPs Property (Authenticator Class)

Additional OCSP responses for chain validation.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknownocspcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknownocspcount(void* lpObj, int iKnownOCSPCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getknownocspbytes(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex, char** lpKnownOCSPBytes, int* lenKnownOCSPBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getknownocsphandle(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setknownocsphandle(void* lpObj, int knownocspindex, int64 lKnownOCSPHandle);
int GetKnownOCSPCount();
int SetKnownOCSPCount(int iKnownOCSPCount); QByteArray GetKnownOCSPBytes(int iKnownOCSPIndex); qint64 GetKnownOCSPHandle(int iKnownOCSPIndex);
int SetKnownOCSPHandle(int iKnownOCSPIndex, qint64 lKnownOCSPHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply additional OCSP responses that might be needed for chain validation. This property may be helpful when a chain is validated in offline mode, and the associated OCSP responses are stored separately from the signed message or document.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse

OfflineMode Property (Authenticator Class)

Switches the class to offline mode.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetOfflineMode();
int SetOfflineMode(int bOfflineMode); Unicode (Windows) BOOL GetOfflineMode();
INT SetOfflineMode(BOOL bOfflineMode);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getofflinemode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setofflinemode(void* lpObj, int bOfflineMode);
bool GetOfflineMode();
int SetOfflineMode(bool bOfflineMode);

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

When working in offline mode, the class restricts itself from using any online revocation information sources, such as CRL or OCSP responders.

Offline mode may be useful if there is a need to verify the completeness of the validation information included within the signature or provided via KnownCertificates, KnownCRLs, and other related properties.

Data Type

Boolean

Proxy Property (Authenticator Class)

The proxy server settings.

Syntax

char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyaddress(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyaddress(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyAddress);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyauthentication(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyauthentication(void* lpObj, int iProxyAuthentication);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxypassword(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxypassword(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyPassword);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyport(void* lpObj, int iProxyPort);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyproxytype(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyproxytype(void* lpObj, int iProxyProxyType);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyrequestheaders(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyrequestheaders(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyRequestHeaders);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyresponsebody(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyresponsebody(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyResponseBody);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyresponseheaders(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyresponseheaders(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyResponseHeaders);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyuseipv6(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyuseipv6(void* lpObj, int bProxyUseIPv6);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getproxyusername(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setproxyusername(void* lpObj, const char* lpszProxyUsername);
QString GetProxyAddress();
int SetProxyAddress(QString qsProxyAddress); int GetProxyAuthentication();
int SetProxyAuthentication(int iProxyAuthentication); QString GetProxyPassword();
int SetProxyPassword(QString qsProxyPassword); int GetProxyPort();
int SetProxyPort(int iProxyPort); int GetProxyProxyType();
int SetProxyProxyType(int iProxyProxyType); QString GetProxyRequestHeaders();
int SetProxyRequestHeaders(QString qsProxyRequestHeaders); QString GetProxyResponseBody();
int SetProxyResponseBody(QString qsProxyResponseBody); QString GetProxyResponseHeaders();
int SetProxyResponseHeaders(QString qsProxyResponseHeaders); bool GetProxyUseIPv6();
int SetProxyUseIPv6(bool bProxyUseIPv6); QString GetProxyUsername();
int SetProxyUsername(QString qsProxyUsername);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the proxy server settings.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxProxySettings

RevocationCheck Property (Authenticator Class)

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform for all chain certificates.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int GetRevocationCheck();
int SetRevocationCheck(int iRevocationCheck); Unicode (Windows) INT GetRevocationCheck();
INT SetRevocationCheck(INT iRevocationCheck);

Possible Values

CRC_NONE(0), 
CRC_AUTO(1),
CRC_ALL_CRL(2),
CRC_ALL_OCSP(3),
CRC_ALL_CRLAND_OCSP(4),
CRC_ANY_CRL(5),
CRC_ANY_OCSP(6),
CRC_ANY_CRLOR_OCSP(7),
CRC_ANY_OCSPOR_CRL(8)
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getrevocationcheck(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setrevocationcheck(void* lpObj, int iRevocationCheck);
int GetRevocationCheck();
int SetRevocationCheck(int iRevocationCheck);

Default Value

1

Remarks

Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.

Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses serve the same purpose of ensuring that the certificate had not been revoked by the Certificate Authority (CA) at the time of use. Depending on your circumstances and security policy requirements, you may want to use either one or both of the revocation information source types.

crcNone0No revocation checking.
crcAuto1Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future.
crcAllCRL2All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllOCSP3All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllCRLAndOCSP4All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAnyCRL5All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyOCSP6All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyCRLOrOCSP7All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first.
crcAnyOCSPOrCRL8All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first.

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.

There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).

This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

Note: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

Note: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

Data Type

Integer

SigningCertificate Property (Authenticator Class)

The certificate to be used for signing.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxCertificate* GetSigningCertificate();
int SetSigningCertificate(SecureBlackboxCertificate* val);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsigningcertbytes(void* lpObj, char** lpSigningCertBytes, int* lenSigningCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getsigningcerthandle(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsigningcerthandle(void* lpObj, int64 lSigningCertHandle);
QByteArray GetSigningCertBytes();

qint64 GetSigningCertHandle();
int SetSigningCertHandle(qint64 lSigningCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to specify the certificate that shall be used for signing the data. Note that this certificate should have a private key associated with it. Use SigningChain to supply the rest of the certificate chain for inclusion into the signature.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

SocketSettings Property (Authenticator Class)

Manages network connection settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings* GetSocketSettings();

int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketdnsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketdnsmode(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSMode);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketdnsport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketdnsport(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSPort);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketdnsquerytimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketdnsquerytimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSQueryTimeout);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketdnsservers(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketdnsservers(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSocketDNSServers);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketdnstotaltimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketdnstotaltimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketDNSTotalTimeout);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int iSocketIncomingSpeedLimit);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketlocaladdress(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketlocaladdress(void* lpObj, const char* lpszSocketLocalAddress);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketlocalport(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketlocalport(void* lpObj, int iSocketLocalPort);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketoutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketoutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int iSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsockettimeout(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsockettimeout(void* lpObj, int iSocketTimeout);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getsocketuseipv6(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setsocketuseipv6(void* lpObj, int bSocketUseIPv6);
int GetSocketDNSMode();
int SetSocketDNSMode(int iSocketDNSMode); int GetSocketDNSPort();
int SetSocketDNSPort(int iSocketDNSPort); int GetSocketDNSQueryTimeout();
int SetSocketDNSQueryTimeout(int iSocketDNSQueryTimeout); QString GetSocketDNSServers();
int SetSocketDNSServers(QString qsSocketDNSServers); int GetSocketDNSTotalTimeout();
int SetSocketDNSTotalTimeout(int iSocketDNSTotalTimeout); int GetSocketIncomingSpeedLimit();
int SetSocketIncomingSpeedLimit(int iSocketIncomingSpeedLimit); QString GetSocketLocalAddress();
int SetSocketLocalAddress(QString qsSocketLocalAddress); int GetSocketLocalPort();
int SetSocketLocalPort(int iSocketLocalPort); int GetSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit();
int SetSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit(int iSocketOutgoingSpeedLimit); int GetSocketTimeout();
int SetSocketTimeout(int iSocketTimeout); bool GetSocketUseIPv6();
int SetSocketUseIPv6(bool bSocketUseIPv6);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up network connection parameters.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings

TLSSettings Property (Authenticator Class)

Manages TLS layer settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings* GetTLSSettings();

int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsautovalidatecertificates(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsautovalidatecertificates(void* lpObj, int bTLSAutoValidateCertificates);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsbaseconfiguration(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsbaseconfiguration(void* lpObj, int iTLSBaseConfiguration);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsciphersuites(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsciphersuites(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSCiphersuites);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsclientauth(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsclientauth(void* lpObj, int iTLSClientAuth);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlseccurves(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlseccurves(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSECCurves);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsextensions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsextensions(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSExtensions);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsforceresumeifdestinationchanges(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsforceresumeifdestinationchanges(void* lpObj, int bTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlspresharedidentity(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlspresharedidentity(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedIdentity);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlspresharedkey(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlspresharedkey(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedKey);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlspresharedkeyciphersuite(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlspresharedkeyciphersuite(void* lpObj, const char* lpszTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsrenegotiationattackpreventionmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsrenegotiationattackpreventionmode(void* lpObj, int iTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsrevocationcheck(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsrevocationcheck(void* lpObj, int iTLSRevocationCheck);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsssloptions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsssloptions(void* lpObj, int iTLSSSLOptions);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlstlsmode(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlstlsmode(void* lpObj, int iTLSTLSMode);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsuseextendedmastersecret(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsuseextendedmastersecret(void* lpObj, int bTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsusesessionresumption(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsusesessionresumption(void* lpObj, int bTLSUseSessionResumption);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettlsversions(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settlsversions(void* lpObj, int iTLSVersions);
bool GetTLSAutoValidateCertificates();
int SetTLSAutoValidateCertificates(bool bTLSAutoValidateCertificates); int GetTLSBaseConfiguration();
int SetTLSBaseConfiguration(int iTLSBaseConfiguration); QString GetTLSCiphersuites();
int SetTLSCiphersuites(QString qsTLSCiphersuites); int GetTLSClientAuth();
int SetTLSClientAuth(int iTLSClientAuth); QString GetTLSECCurves();
int SetTLSECCurves(QString qsTLSECCurves); QString GetTLSExtensions();
int SetTLSExtensions(QString qsTLSExtensions); bool GetTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges();
int SetTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges(bool bTLSForceResumeIfDestinationChanges); QString GetTLSPreSharedIdentity();
int SetTLSPreSharedIdentity(QString qsTLSPreSharedIdentity); QString GetTLSPreSharedKey();
int SetTLSPreSharedKey(QString qsTLSPreSharedKey); QString GetTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite();
int SetTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite(QString qsTLSPreSharedKeyCiphersuite); int GetTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode();
int SetTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode(int iTLSRenegotiationAttackPreventionMode); int GetTLSRevocationCheck();
int SetTLSRevocationCheck(int iTLSRevocationCheck); int GetTLSSSLOptions();
int SetTLSSSLOptions(int iTLSSSLOptions); int GetTLSTLSMode();
int SetTLSTLSMode(int iTLSTLSMode); bool GetTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret();
int SetTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret(bool bTLSUseExtendedMasterSecret); bool GetTLSUseSessionResumption();
int SetTLSUseSessionResumption(bool bTLSUseSessionResumption); int GetTLSVersions();
int SetTLSVersions(int iTLSVersions);

Remarks

Use this property to tune up the TLS layer parameters.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings

TrustedCertificates Property (Authenticator Class)

A list of trusted certificates for chain validation.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* GetTrustedCertificates();
int SetTrustedCertificates(SecureBlackboxList<SecureBlackboxCertificate>* val);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettrustedcertcount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settrustedcertcount(void* lpObj, int iTrustedCertCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_gettrustedcertbytes(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex, char** lpTrustedCertBytes, int* lenTrustedCertBytes);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_gettrustedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_settrustedcerthandle(void* lpObj, int trustedcertindex, int64 lTrustedCertHandle);
int GetTrustedCertCount();
int SetTrustedCertCount(int iTrustedCertCount); QByteArray GetTrustedCertBytes(int iTrustedCertIndex); qint64 GetTrustedCertHandle(int iTrustedCertIndex);
int SetTrustedCertHandle(int iTrustedCertIndex, qint64 lTrustedCertHandle);

Remarks

Use this property to supply a list of trusted certificates that might be needed for chain validation. An example of a scenario where you might want to do that is when root CA certificates are absent from the standard system locations (or when there are no standard system locations), and therefore should be supplied to the component manually.

The purpose of this certificate collection is largely the same as that of the Windows Trusted Root Certification Authorities system store.

Use this property with extreme care as it directly affects chain verifiability; a wrong certificate added to the trusted list may result in bad chains being accepted, and forfeited signatures being recognized as genuine. Only add certificates that originate from the parties that you know and trust.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxCertificate

Users Property (Authenticator Class)

A collection of known users along with their authentication settings.

Syntax

int secureblackbox_authenticator_getusercount(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setusercount(void* lpObj, int iUserCount);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserassociateddata(void* lpObj, int userindex, char** lpUserAssociatedData, int* lenUserAssociatedData);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserassociateddata(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpUserAssociatedData, int lenUserAssociatedData);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserbasepath(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserbasepath(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserBasePath);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getusercertificate(void* lpObj, int userindex, char** lpUserCertificate, int* lenUserCertificate);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setusercertificate(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpUserCertificate, int lenUserCertificate);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserdata(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserdata(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserData);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuseremail(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuseremail(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserEmail);
int64 secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserhandle(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserhandle(void* lpObj, int userindex, int64 lUserHandle);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserhashalgorithm(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserhashalgorithm(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserHashAlgorithm);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserincomingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int userindex, int iUserIncomingSpeedLimit);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserotpalgorithm(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserotpalgorithm(void* lpObj, int userindex, int iUserOtpAlgorithm);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserotplen(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserotplen(void* lpObj, int userindex, int iUserOTPLen);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserotpvalue(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserotpvalue(void* lpObj, int userindex, int iUserOtpValue);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getuseroutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuseroutgoingspeedlimit(void* lpObj, int userindex, int iUserOutgoingSpeedLimit);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserpassword(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserpassword(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserPassword);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getusersharedsecret(void* lpObj, int userindex, char** lpUserSharedSecret, int* lenUserSharedSecret);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setusersharedsecret(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpUserSharedSecret, int lenUserSharedSecret);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_getusersshkey(void* lpObj, int userindex, char** lpUserSSHKey, int* lenUserSSHKey);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setusersshkey(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpUserSSHKey, int lenUserSSHKey);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getuserusername(void* lpObj, int userindex);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setuserusername(void* lpObj, int userindex, const char* lpszUserUsername);
int GetUserCount();
int SetUserCount(int iUserCount); QByteArray GetUserAssociatedData(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserAssociatedData(int iUserIndex, QByteArray qbaUserAssociatedData); QString GetUserBasePath(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserBasePath(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserBasePath); QByteArray GetUserCertificate(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserCertificate(int iUserIndex, QByteArray qbaUserCertificate); QString GetUserData(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserData(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserData); QString GetUserEmail(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserEmail(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserEmail); qint64 GetUserHandle(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserHandle(int iUserIndex, qint64 lUserHandle); QString GetUserHashAlgorithm(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserHashAlgorithm(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserHashAlgorithm); int GetUserIncomingSpeedLimit(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserIncomingSpeedLimit(int iUserIndex, int iUserIncomingSpeedLimit); int GetUserOtpAlgorithm(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserOtpAlgorithm(int iUserIndex, int iUserOtpAlgorithm); int GetUserOTPLen(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserOTPLen(int iUserIndex, int iUserOTPLen); int GetUserOtpValue(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserOtpValue(int iUserIndex, int iUserOtpValue); int GetUserOutgoingSpeedLimit(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserOutgoingSpeedLimit(int iUserIndex, int iUserOutgoingSpeedLimit); QString GetUserPassword(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserPassword(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserPassword); QByteArray GetUserSharedSecret(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserSharedSecret(int iUserIndex, QByteArray qbaUserSharedSecret); QByteArray GetUserSSHKey(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserSSHKey(int iUserIndex, QByteArray qbaUserSSHKey); QString GetUserUsername(int iUserIndex);
int SetUserUsername(int iUserIndex, QString qsUserUsername);

Remarks

Use this property to access the database of known users and their authentication details.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

SecureBlackboxUserAccount

ValidationLog Property (Authenticator Class)

Contains the complete log of the certificate validation routine.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetValidationLog();

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR GetValidationLog();
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getvalidationlog(void* lpObj);
QString GetValidationLog();

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to access the chain validation log produced by the class. The log can be very useful when investigating issues with chain validation, as it contains a step-by-step trace of the entire validation procedure.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

ValidationMoment Property (Authenticator Class)

The time point at which signature validity is to be established.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* GetValidationMoment();
int SetValidationMoment(const char* lpszValidationMoment); Unicode (Windows) LPWSTR GetValidationMoment();
INT SetValidationMoment(LPCWSTR lpszValidationMoment);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_getvalidationmoment(void* lpObj);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_setvalidationmoment(void* lpObj, const char* lpszValidationMoment);
QString GetValidationMoment();
int SetValidationMoment(QString qsValidationMoment);

Default Value

""

Remarks

Use this property to specify the moment in time at which signature validity should be established. The time is in UTC. Leave the setting empty to stick to the default moment (either the signature creation time or the current time).

The validity of the same signature may differ depending on the time point chosen due to temporal changes in chain validities, revocation statuses, and timestamp times.

Data Type

String

Config Method (Authenticator Class)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* Config(const char* lpszConfigurationString);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR Config(LPCWSTR lpszConfigurationString);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_config(void* lpObj, const char* lpszConfigurationString);
QString Config(const QString& qsConfigurationString);

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every class. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the class.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

ContinueAuth Method (Authenticator Class)

Call this method to process an authentication token and proceed to the next authentication step.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int ContinueAuth(const char* lpszState, const char* lpszAuthToken);

Unicode (Windows)
INT ContinueAuth(LPCWSTR lpszState, LPCWSTR lpszAuthToken);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_continueauth(void* lpObj, const char* lpszState, const char* lpszAuthToken);
int ContinueAuth(const QString& qsState, const QString& qsAuthToken);

Remarks

Call this method upon receiving an authentication token from the user to validate it and proceed to the next authentication step (or complete the authentication).

Pass the authentication state blob that you obtained at the beginning of the authentication step to the State parameter, and the authentication credential received from the user to the AuthToken parameter. The method will validate the token and return one of the following results:

arAuthFurtherAuthNeeded0
arAuthSucceeded1
arAuthFailed2

The further authentication needed result indicates that the user is expected to go through at least one more authentication step. Check AuthInfo property to find out which authentication method should be used on that step, and request the relevant authentication token from the user. Upon receiving that new token, call ContinueAuth again - and continue running this loop until authentication succeeded or authentication failed result is returned.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns an Integer value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

DoAction Method (Authenticator Class)

Performs an additional action.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
char* DoAction(const char* lpszActionID, const char* lpszActionParams);

Unicode (Windows)
LPWSTR DoAction(LPCWSTR lpszActionID, LPCWSTR lpszActionParams);
char* secureblackbox_authenticator_doaction(void* lpObj, const char* lpszActionID, const char* lpszActionParams);
QString DoAction(const QString& qsActionID, const QString& qsActionParams);

Remarks

DoAction is a generic method available in every class. It is used to perform an additional action introduced after the product major release. The list of actions is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier (case insensitive) of the action is provided in the ActionID parameter.

ActionParams contains the value of a single parameter, or a list of multiple parameters for the action in the form of PARAM1=VALUE1;PARAM2=VALUE2;....

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a String value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

Reset Method (Authenticator Class)

Resets the class settings.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Reset();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Reset();
int secureblackbox_authenticator_reset(void* lpObj);
int Reset();

Remarks

Reset is a generic method available in every class.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)

StartAuth Method (Authenticator Class)

Initiates an authentication process.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int StartAuth(const char* lpszUserID);

Unicode (Windows)
INT StartAuth(LPCWSTR lpszUserID);
int secureblackbox_authenticator_startauth(void* lpObj, const char* lpszUserID);
int StartAuth(const QString& qsUserID);

Remarks

Call this method to start an authentication process for UserID.

The authentication process may consist of multiple atomic steps. Each step represents a single authentication transaction, such as provision of a password, a PIN, or a one-time token. The exact authentication step sequence for the user is chosen according to the following rules:

  • If the user is found in the Users database, all authentication methods specified for that user are activated;
  • otherwise, the methods assigned to DefaultAuthMethods are activated;
  • AuthStart event is thrown, allowing the application to tune up the selection of authentication methods if needed.
  • the first method from the list is initiated.

This method may return one of the three results:

arAuthFurtherAuthNeeded0
arAuthSucceeded1
arAuthFailed2

The authentication succeeded result is returned if the authentication method selection procedure completed with an empty method list. A typical result of this method though is further authentication required, which indicates that the next authentication method has kicked off. Use rpAuthInfo; property to find out which authentication method should be used on this step, and solicit the relevant authentication token from the user. Pass the received token to the ContinueAuth method for validation.

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns an Integer value; after it returns, call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain its result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.

AuthAttemptResult Event (Authenticator Class)

Reports the outcome of an authentication attempt.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireAuthAttemptResult(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *UserID;
const char *AuthMethod;
int AuthRes;
char *RemainingAuthMethods; int reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireAuthAttemptResult(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR UserID;
LPCWSTR AuthMethod;
INT AuthRes;
LPWSTR RemainingAuthMethods; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_AUTHATTEMPTRESULT 1

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireAuthAttemptResult(LPSTR &lpszUserID, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethod, INT &iAuthRes, LPSTR &lpszRemainingAuthMethods);
class AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams {
public:
  const QString &UserID();

  const QString &AuthMethod();

  int AuthRes();
  void SetAuthRes(int iAuthRes);

  const QString &RemainingAuthMethods();
  void SetRemainingAuthMethods(const QString &qsRemainingAuthMethods);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void AuthAttemptResult(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireAuthAttemptResult(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptResultEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event follows a call to ContinueAuth method and reports the user's updated authentication status following the token verification.

The updated status is reported via the AuthRes parameter, and can take one of the following values:

arAuthFurtherAuthNeeded0
arAuthSucceeded1
arAuthFailed2

The RemainingAuthMethods parameter lists the authentication methods that the user is yet to go through. The application can change either of AuthRes and RemainingAuthMethods in the event handler to alter the authentication flow.

AuthAttemptStart Event (Authenticator Class)

Signifies the start of an authentication attempt.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireAuthAttemptStart(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *UserID;
const char *AuthMethod;
const char *RemainingAuthMethods; int reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireAuthAttemptStart(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR UserID;
LPCWSTR AuthMethod;
LPCWSTR RemainingAuthMethods; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_AUTHATTEMPTSTART 2

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireAuthAttemptStart(LPSTR &lpszUserID, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethod, LPSTR &lpszRemainingAuthMethods);
class AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams {
public:
  const QString &UserID();

  const QString &AuthMethod();

  const QString &RemainingAuthMethods();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void AuthAttemptStart(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireAuthAttemptStart(AuthenticatorAuthAttemptStartEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event reports the start of an atomic authentication step. The AuthMethod parameter contains the authentication method that has started. The following authentication methods are currently supported, but the application may define its own methods in AuthStart, and tune them up in CustomAuthStart:

  • password
  • otp-h
  • otp-t
  • dcauth
RemainingAuthMethods contains a list of authentication methods that will follow.

This event is thrown from StartAuth and ContinueAuth methods.

AuthStart Event (Authenticator Class)

Signifies the start of an authentication process.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireAuthStart(AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *UserID;
char *AuthMethods; int reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireAuthStart(AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR UserID;
LPWSTR AuthMethods; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_AUTHSTART 3

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireAuthStart(LPSTR &lpszUserID, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethods);
class AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams {
public:
  const QString &UserID();

  const QString &AuthMethods();
  void SetAuthMethods(const QString &qsAuthMethods);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void AuthStart(AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireAuthStart(AuthenticatorAuthStartEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event is fired in response to a StartAuth call, and signifies the start of a (potentially, multi-step) authentication process for UserID. The AuthMethods parameter list the methods to be performed for the user. The application may customize them as needed.

The following default authentication methods are supported:

  • password
  • otp-h
  • otp-t
  • dcauth

The application can define its own authentication methods if needed.

This event is only fired once per user authentication process, at the very start of it. See AuthAttemptStart for per-step notification.

AuthVerify Event (Authenticator Class)

Requests the application to validate an authentication token.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireAuthVerify(AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *UserID;
const char *AuthMethod;
const char *AuthToken;
const char *AuthMethodData;
int Valid; int reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireAuthVerify(AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR UserID;
LPCWSTR AuthMethod;
LPCWSTR AuthToken;
LPCWSTR AuthMethodData;
BOOL Valid; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_AUTHVERIFY 4

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireAuthVerify(LPSTR &lpszUserID, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethod, LPSTR &lpszAuthToken, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethodData, BOOL &bValid);
class AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams {
public:
  const QString &UserID();

  const QString &AuthMethod();

  const QString &AuthToken();

  const QString &AuthMethodData();

  bool Valid();
  void SetValid(bool bValid);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void AuthVerify(AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireAuthVerify(AuthenticatorAuthVerifyEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

Class fires this event to ask the application to validate an authentication token that it can't validate automatically. This can happen if UserID was not found in the user database or a custom authentication method is used.

AuthMethod and AuthToken specify the authentication method being used and the authentication token provided by the user. AuthMethodData contains an application-specific data provided by the application at the beginning of the authentication step.

An event handler subscribed to this event should validate the authentication token provided by the user and set the Valid parameter accordingly.

CustomAuthStart Event (Authenticator Class)

Reports the beginning of a custom authentication method.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireCustomAuthStart(AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *UserID;
const char *AuthMethod;
char *AuthMethodPars;
char *AuthMethodData; int reserved; } AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireCustomAuthStart(AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR UserID;
LPCWSTR AuthMethod;
LPWSTR AuthMethodPars;
LPWSTR AuthMethodData; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_CUSTOMAUTHSTART 5

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireCustomAuthStart(LPSTR &lpszUserID, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethod, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethodPars, LPSTR &lpszAuthMethodData);
class AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams {
public:
  const QString &UserID();

  const QString &AuthMethod();

  const QString &AuthMethodPars();
  void SetAuthMethodPars(const QString &qsAuthMethodPars);

  const QString &AuthMethodData();
  void SetAuthMethodData(const QString &qsAuthMethodData);

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void CustomAuthStart(AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireCustomAuthStart(AuthenticatorCustomAuthStartEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

This event marks the start of an authentication method not supported by class internally and requests authentication parameters from the application.

Class currently supports the following authentication methods:

  • password
  • otp-h
  • otp-t
  • dcauth

The application may also use any number of custom authentication method it wants. Each such method is identified by a unique string name (such as 'pin', 'fingerprint', or 'fingerprint-v2'). It may specify them in DefaultAuthMethods property, or provide on the fly via AuthStart event.

The event handler may return authentication parameters and application-specific data to be associated with the authentication attempt via AuthMethodPars and AuthMethodData parameters.

Error Event (Authenticator Class)

Reports information about errors during authentication.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireError(AuthenticatorErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
int ErrorCode;
const char *Description; int reserved; } AuthenticatorErrorEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireError(AuthenticatorErrorEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
INT ErrorCode;
LPCWSTR Description; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorErrorEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_ERROR 6

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireError(INT &iErrorCode, LPSTR &lpszDescription);
class AuthenticatorErrorEventParams {
public:
  int ErrorCode();

  const QString &Description();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Error(AuthenticatorErrorEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireError(AuthenticatorErrorEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during user authentication.

ErrorCode contains an error code and Description contains a textual description of the error.

Notification Event (Authenticator Class)

This event notifies the application about an underlying control flow event.

Syntax

ANSI (Cross Platform)
virtual int FireNotification(AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
const char *EventID;
const char *EventParam; int reserved; } AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams;
Unicode (Windows) virtual INT FireNotification(AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams *e);
typedef struct {
LPCWSTR EventID;
LPCWSTR EventParam; INT reserved; } AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams;
#define EID_AUTHENTICATOR_NOTIFICATION 7

virtual INT SECUREBLACKBOX_CALL FireNotification(LPSTR &lpszEventID, LPSTR &lpszEventParam);
class AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams {
public:
  const QString &EventID();

  const QString &EventParam();

  int EventRetVal();
  void SetEventRetVal(int iRetVal);
};
// To handle, connect one or more slots to this signal. void Notification(AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams *e);
// Or, subclass Authenticator and override this emitter function. virtual int FireNotification(AuthenticatorNotificationEventParams *e) {...}

Remarks

The class fires this event to let the application know about some event, occurrence, or milestone in the class. For example, it may fire to report completion of the document processing. The list of events being reported is not fixed, and may be flexibly extended over time.

The unique identifier of the event is provided in the EventID parameter. EventParam contains any parameters accompanying the occurrence. Depending on the type of the class, the exact action it is performing, or the document being processed, one or both may be omitted.

AuthInfo Type

A container for authentication step information.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxAuthInfo (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

AuthInfo objects are used to store current authentication information, such as userid and state.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AuthLog
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the authentication log. This can be used for accountability purposes.

AuthMethod
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the current authentication method.

AuthMethodPars
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the authentication method parameters. These are method-dependent. For example, the dcauth method will have a DC request in this property.

CompletedMethods
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains a comma-separated list of completed authentication methods.

LastAuthMessage
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains an uninterpreted authentication message to be displayed to the authenticating user.

LastAuthResult
int (read-only)

Default Value: -1

Contains the result of the last authentication token validation.

RemainingMethods
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains a comma-separated list of authentication methods yet to perform.

State
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains a state of the overall authentication process. Save the content of this property after calling StartAuth or ContinueAuth to remember the setup of the authenticator control, and pass it to the next ContinueAuth call to resume from the same stage.

UserID
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Returns the ID of the user being authenticated, as passed to StartAuth.

Constructors

AuthInfo()

Creates a new AuthInfo object.

Certificate Type

Encapsulates an individual X.509 certificate.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxCertificate (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type keeps and provides access to X.509 certificate details.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the raw certificate data in DER format.

CA
int

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate has a CA capability. For the certificate to be considered a CA, it must have its Basic Constraints extension set with the CA indicator enabled.

Set this field when generating a new certificate to have its Basic Constraints extension generated automatically.

CAKeyID
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's cryptographic key.

Authority Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows identification of certificates belonging to the same issuer, but with different public keys. It is a de-facto standard to include this extension in all certificates to facilitate chain building.

This setting cannot be set when generating a certificate as it always derives from another certificate property. CertificateManager generates this setting automatically if enough information is available to it: for self-signed certificates, this value is copied from the SubjectKeyID setting, and for lower-level certificates, from the parent certificate's subject key ID extension.

CertType
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the type of the entity contained in the Certificate object.

A Certificate object can contain two types of cryptographic objects: a ready-to-use X.509 certificate, or a certificate request ("an unsigned certificate"). Certificate requests can be upgraded to full certificates by signing them with a CA certificate.

Use the CertificateManager class to load or create new certificate and certificate requests objects.

CRLDistributionPoints
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains a list of locations of CRL distribution points used to check this certificate's validity. The list is taken from the respective certificate extension.

Use this field when generating a certificate to provide a list of CRL endpoints that should be made part of the new certificate.

The endpoints are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

Curve
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the elliptic curve associated with the certificate's public key. This setting only applies to certificates containing EC keys.

SB_EC_SECP112R1SECP112R1
SB_EC_SECP112R2SECP112R2
SB_EC_SECP128R1SECP128R1
SB_EC_SECP128R2SECP128R2
SB_EC_SECP160K1SECP160K1
SB_EC_SECP160R1SECP160R1
SB_EC_SECP160R2SECP160R2
SB_EC_SECP192K1SECP192K1
SB_EC_SECP192R1SECP192R1
SB_EC_SECP224K1SECP224K1
SB_EC_SECP224R1SECP224R1
SB_EC_SECP256K1SECP256K1
SB_EC_SECP256R1SECP256R1
SB_EC_SECP384R1SECP384R1
SB_EC_SECP521R1SECP521R1
SB_EC_SECT113R1SECT113R1
SB_EC_SECT113R2SECT113R2
SB_EC_SECT131R1SECT131R1
SB_EC_SECT131R2SECT131R2
SB_EC_SECT163K1SECT163K1
SB_EC_SECT163R1SECT163R1
SB_EC_SECT163R2SECT163R2
SB_EC_SECT193R1SECT193R1
SB_EC_SECT193R2SECT193R2
SB_EC_SECT233K1SECT233K1
SB_EC_SECT233R1SECT233R1
SB_EC_SECT239K1SECT239K1
SB_EC_SECT283K1SECT283K1
SB_EC_SECT283R1SECT283R1
SB_EC_SECT409K1SECT409K1
SB_EC_SECT409R1SECT409R1
SB_EC_SECT571K1SECT571K1
SB_EC_SECT571R1SECT571R1
SB_EC_PRIME192V1PRIME192V1
SB_EC_PRIME192V2PRIME192V2
SB_EC_PRIME192V3PRIME192V3
SB_EC_PRIME239V1PRIME239V1
SB_EC_PRIME239V2PRIME239V2
SB_EC_PRIME239V3PRIME239V3
SB_EC_PRIME256V1PRIME256V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V1C2PNB163V1
SB_EC_C2PNB163V2C2PNB163V2
SB_EC_C2PNB163V3C2PNB163V3
SB_EC_C2PNB176W1C2PNB176W1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V1C2TNB191V1
SB_EC_C2TNB191V2C2TNB191V2
SB_EC_C2TNB191V3C2TNB191V3
SB_EC_C2ONB191V4C2ONB191V4
SB_EC_C2ONB191V5C2ONB191V5
SB_EC_C2PNB208W1C2PNB208W1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V1C2TNB239V1
SB_EC_C2TNB239V2C2TNB239V2
SB_EC_C2TNB239V3C2TNB239V3
SB_EC_C2ONB239V4C2ONB239V4
SB_EC_C2ONB239V5C2ONB239V5
SB_EC_C2PNB272W1C2PNB272W1
SB_EC_C2PNB304W1C2PNB304W1
SB_EC_C2TNB359V1C2TNB359V1
SB_EC_C2PNB368W1C2PNB368W1
SB_EC_C2TNB431R1C2TNB431R1
SB_EC_NISTP192NISTP192
SB_EC_NISTP224NISTP224
SB_EC_NISTP256NISTP256
SB_EC_NISTP384NISTP384
SB_EC_NISTP521NISTP521
SB_EC_NISTB163NISTB163
SB_EC_NISTB233NISTB233
SB_EC_NISTB283NISTB283
SB_EC_NISTB409NISTB409
SB_EC_NISTB571NISTB571
SB_EC_NISTK163NISTK163
SB_EC_NISTK233NISTK233
SB_EC_NISTK283NISTK283
SB_EC_NISTK409NISTK409
SB_EC_NISTK571NISTK571
SB_EC_GOSTCPTESTGOSTCPTEST
SB_EC_GOSTCPAGOSTCPA
SB_EC_GOSTCPBGOSTCPB
SB_EC_GOSTCPCGOSTCPC
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHAGOSTCPXCHA
SB_EC_GOSTCPXCHBGOSTCPXCHB
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160R1BRAINPOOLP160R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP160T1BRAINPOOLP160T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192R1BRAINPOOLP192R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP192T1BRAINPOOLP192T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224R1BRAINPOOLP224R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP224T1BRAINPOOLP224T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256R1BRAINPOOLP256R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP256T1BRAINPOOLP256T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320R1BRAINPOOLP320R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP320T1BRAINPOOLP320T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384R1BRAINPOOLP384R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP384T1BRAINPOOLP384T1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512R1BRAINPOOLP512R1
SB_EC_BRAINPOOLP512T1BRAINPOOLP512T1
SB_EC_CURVE25519CURVE25519
SB_EC_CURVE448CURVE448

Fingerprint
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains the fingerprint (a hash imprint) of this certificate.

While there is no formal standard defining what a fingerprint is, a SHA1 hash of the certificate's DER-encoded body is typically used.

FriendlyName
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Contains an associated alias (friendly name) of the certificate. The friendly name is not a property of a certificate: it is maintained by the certificate media rather than being included in its DER representation. Windows certificate stores are one example of media that does support friendly names.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

HashAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: ""

Provides means to set the hash algorithm to be used in the subsequent operation on the certificate (such as generation or key signing). It is not a property of a certificate; use SigAlgorithm to find out the hash algorithm that is part of the certificate signature.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the certificate issuer (CA), typically a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via IssuerRDN.

IssuerRDN
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate issuer.

Example: /C=US/O=Nationwide CA/CN=Web Certification Authority

KeyAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

Specifies the public key algorithm of this certificate.

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Use the KeyBits, Curve, and PublicKeyBytes fields to get more details about the key the certificate contains.

KeyBits
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the length of the public key in bits.

This value indicates the length of the principal cryptographic parameter of the key, such as the length of the RSA modulus or ECDSA field. The key data returned by the PublicKeyBytes or PrivateKeyBytes field would typically contain auxiliary values, and therefore be longer.

KeyFingerprint
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Returns a SHA1 fingerprint of the public key contained in the certificate.

Note that the key fingerprint is different from the certificate fingerprint accessible via the Fingerprint field. The key fingeprint uniquely identifies the public key, and so can be the same for multiple certificates containing the same key.

KeyUsage
int

Default Value: 0

Indicates the purposes of the key contained in the certificate, in the form of an OR'ed flag set.

This value is a bit mask of the following values:

ckuUnknown0x00000Unknown key usage

ckuDigitalSignature0x00001Digital signature

ckuNonRepudiation0x00002Non-repudiation

ckuKeyEncipherment0x00004Key encipherment

ckuDataEncipherment0x00008Data encipherment

ckuKeyAgreement0x00010Key agreement

ckuKeyCertSign0x00020Certificate signing

ckuCRLSign0x00040Revocation signing

ckuEncipherOnly0x00080Encipher only

ckuDecipherOnly0x00100Decipher only

ckuServerAuthentication0x00200Server authentication

ckuClientAuthentication0x00400Client authentication

ckuCodeSigning0x00800Code signing

ckuEmailProtection0x01000Email protection

ckuTimeStamping0x02000Timestamping

ckuOCSPSigning0x04000OCSP signing

ckuSmartCardLogon0x08000Smartcard logon

ckuKeyPurposeClientAuth0x10000Kerberos - client authentication

ckuKeyPurposeKDC0x20000Kerberos - KDC

Set this field before generating the certificate to propagate the key usage flags to the new certificate.

KeyValid
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Returns True if the certificate's key is cryptographically valid, and False otherwise.

OCSPLocations
char*

Default Value: ""

Locations of OCSP services that can be used to check this certificate's validity in real time, as recorded by the CA.

Set this field before calling the certificate manager's Generate method to propagate it to the new certificate.

The OCSP locations are provided as a list of CRLF-separated URLs. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the location separator.

OCSPNoCheck
int

Default Value: FALSE

Accessor to the value of the certificate's ocsp-no-check extension.

Origin
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the location that the certificate was taken or loaded from.

PolicyIDs
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains identifiers (OIDs) of the applicable certificate policies.

The Certificate Policies extension identifies a sequence of policies under which the certificate has been issued, and which regulate its usage.

Set this field when generating a certificate to propagate the policies information to the new certificate.

The policies are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the policy element separator.

PrivateKeyBytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the certificate's private key in DER-encoded format. It is normal for this field to be empty if the private key is non-exportable, which, for example, is typical for certificates originating from hardware security devices.

PrivateKeyExists
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate has a usable private key associated with it. If it is set to True, the certificate can be used for private key operations, such as signing or decryption.

This field is independent from PrivateKeyBytes, and can be set to True even if the former is empty. This would imply that the private key is non-exportable, but still can be used for cryptographic operations.

PrivateKeyExtractable
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the private key is extractable (exportable).

PublicKeyBytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Contains the certificate's public key in DER format.

This typically would contain an ASN.1-encoded public key value. The exact format depends on the type of the public key contained in the certificate.

Qualified
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate is qualified.

This property is set to True if the certificate is confirmed by a Trusted List to be qualified.

QualifiedStatements
int

Default Value: 0

Returns a simplified qualified status of the certificate.

Qualifiers
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

A list of qualifiers.

Contains a comma-separated list of qualifier aliases for the certificate, for example QCP-n-qscd,QCWithSSCD.

SelfSigned
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether the certificate is self-signed (root) or signed by an external CA.

SerialNumber
char*

Default Value:

Returns the certificate's serial number.

The serial number is a binary string that uniquely identifies a certificate among others issued by the same CA. According to the X.509 standard, the (issuer, serial number) pair should be globally unique to facilitate chain building.

SigAlgorithm
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this certificate.

A signature algorithm typically combines hash and public key algorithms together, such as sha256WithRSAEncryption or ecdsa-with-SHA256.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Subject
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the certificate holder, typically an individual's name, a URL, an e-mail address, or a company name. This is part of a larger set of credentials available via SubjectRDN.

SubjectAlternativeName
char*

Default Value: ""

Returns or sets the value of the Subject Alternative Name extension of the certificate.

Subject alternative names are used to provide additional names that are impractical to store in the main SubjectRDN field. For example, it is often used to store all the domain names that a TLS certificate is authorized to protect.

The alternative names are provided as a list of CRLF-separated entries. Note that this differs from the behaviour used in earlier product versions, where the "|" character was used as the element separator.

SubjectKeyID
char*

Default Value:

Contains a unique identifier of the certificate's cryptographic key.

Subject Key Identifier is a certificate extension which allows a specific public key to be associated with a certificate holder. Typically, subject key identifiers of CA certificates are recorded as respective CA key identifiers in the subordinate certificates that they issue, which facilitates chain building.

The SubjectKeyID and CAKeyID fields of self-signed certificates typically contain identical values, as in that specific case, the issuer and the subject are the same entity.

SubjectRDN
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of Property=Value pairs that uniquely identify the certificate holder (subject).

Depending on the purpose of the certificate and the policies of the CA that issued it, the values included in the subject record may differ drastically and contain business or personal names, web URLs, email addresses, and other data.

Example: /C=US/O=Oranges and Apples, Inc./OU=Accounts Receivable/1.2.3.4.5=Value with unknown OID/CN=Margaret Watkins.

Valid
int (read-only)

Default Value: FALSE

Indicates whether or not the signature over the certificate or the request is valid and matches the public key contained in the CA certificate/request.

ValidFrom
char*

Default Value: ""

The time point at which the certificate becomes valid, in UTC.

ValidTo
char*

Default Value: ""

The time point at which the certificate expires, in UTC.

Constructors

Certificate()

Creates a new object with default field values.

CRL Type

Represents a Certificate Revocation List.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxCRL (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

CRLs store information about revoked certificates, i.e., certificates that have been identified as invalid by their issuing certificate authority (CA) for any number of reasons.

Each CRL object lists certificates from a single CA and identifies them by their serial numbers. A CA may or may not publish a CRL, may publish several CRLs, or may publish the same CRL in multiple locations.

Unlike OCSP responses, CRLs only list certificates that have been revoked. They do not list certificates that are still valid.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

Returns the raw CRL data in DER format.

CAKeyID
char*

Default Value:

A unique identifier (fingerprint) of the CA certificate's private key, if present in the CRL.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the number of certificate status entries in the CRL.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The common name of the CRL issuer (CA), typically a company name.

IssuerRDN
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

A collection of information, in the form of [OID, Value] pairs, uniquely identifying the CRL issuer.

Location
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The URL that the CRL was downloaded from.

NextUpdate
char*

Default Value: ""

The planned time and date of the next version of this CRL to be published.

SigAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this CRL.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

TBS
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

The to-be-signed part of the CRL (the CRL without the signature part).

ThisUpdate
char*

Default Value: ""

The date and time at which this version of the CRL was published.

Constructors

CRL()

Creates an empty CRL object.

ExternalCrypto Type

Specifies the parameters of external cryptographic calls.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxExternalCrypto (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

External cryptocalls are used in a Distributed Cryptography (DC) subsystem, which allows the delegation of security operations to the remote agent. For instance, it can be used to compute the signature value on the server, while retaining the client's private key locally.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AsyncDocumentID
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies an optional document ID for SignAsyncBegin() and SignAsyncEnd() calls.

Use this property when working with multi-signature DCAuth requests and responses to uniquely identify documents signed within a larger batch. On the completion stage, this value helps the signing component identify the correct signature in the returned batch of responses.

If using batched requests, make sure to set this property to the same value on both the pre-signing (SignAsyncBegin) and completion (SignAsyncEnd) stages.

CustomParams
char*

Default Value: ""

Custom parameters to be passed to the signing service (uninterpreted).

Data
char*

Default Value: ""

Additional data to be included in the async state and mirrored back by the requestor.

ExternalHashCalculation
int

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether the message hash is to be calculated at the external endpoint. Please note that this mode is not supported by the DCAuth class.

If set to true, the class will pass a few kilobytes of to-be-signed data from the document to the OnExternalSign event. This only applies when SignExternal() is called.

HashAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "SHA256"

Specifies the request's signature hash algorithm.

SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA1SHA1
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA224SHA224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA256SHA256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA384SHA384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA512SHA512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD2MD2
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD4MD4
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_MD5MD5
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160RIPEMD160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_CRC32CRC32
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SSL3SSL3
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_1994GOST1994
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOLWHIRLPOOL
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_POLY1305POLY1305
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224SHA3_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256SHA3_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384SHA3_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512SHA3_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128BLAKE2S_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160BLAKE2S_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224BLAKE2S_224
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256BLAKE2S_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160BLAKE2B_160
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256BLAKE2B_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384BLAKE2B_384
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512BLAKE2B_512
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128SHAKE_128
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256SHAKE_256
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_128_LENSHAKE_128_LEN
SB_HASH_ALGORITHM_SHAKE_256_LENSHAKE_256_LEN

KeyID
char*

Default Value: ""

The ID of the pre-shared key used for DC request authentication.

Asynchronous DCAuth-driven communication requires that parties authenticate each other with a secret pre-shared cryptographic key. This provides an extra protection layer for the protocol and diminishes the risk of the private key becoming abused by foreign parties. Use this property to provide the pre-shared key identifier, and use KeySecret to pass the key itself.

The same KeyID/KeySecret pair should be used on the DCAuth side for the signing requests to be accepted.

Note: The KeyID/KeySecret scheme is very similar to the AuthKey scheme used in various Cloud service providers to authenticate users.

Example: signer.ExternalCrypto.KeyID = "MainSigningKey"; signer.ExternalCrypto.KeySecret = "abcdef0123456789";

KeySecret
char*

Default Value: ""

The pre-shared key used for DC request authentication. This key must be set and match the key used by the DCAuth counterpart for the scheme to work.

Read more about configuring authentication in the KeyID topic.

Method
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the asynchronous signing method. This is typically defined by the DC server capabilities and setup.

Available options:

asmdPKCS10
asmdPKCS71

Mode
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the external cryptography mode.

Available options:

ecmDefaultThe default value (0)
ecmDisabledDo not use DC or external signing (1)
ecmGenericGeneric external signing with the OnExternalSign event (2)
ecmDCAuthDCAuth signing (3)
ecmDCAuthJSONDCAuth signing in JSON format (4)

PublicKeyAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: ""

Provide the public key algorithm here if the certificate is not available on the pre-signing stage.

SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTIONrsaEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd2withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTIONmd5withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha1withRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSAid-dsa
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1id-dsa-with-sha1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLICdhpublicnumber
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha224WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha256WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha384WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONsha512WithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSSid-RSASSA-PSS
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEPid-RSAES-OAEP
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160ripemd160withRSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_ELGAMALelGamal
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RECOMMENDED_ECDSAecdsa-recommended
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSAecdsa-with-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ECid-ecPublicKey
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SPECIFIED_ECDSAecdsa-specified
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_1994id-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3410_2001id-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_1994id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-94
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_GOST_R3411_WITH_R3410_2001id-GostR3411-94-with-GostR3410-2001
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA1
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-SHA512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RIPEMD160_ECDSA_PLAINecdsa-plain-RIPEMD160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_WHIRLPOOL_RSA_ENCRYPTIONwhirlpoolWithRSAEncryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA224id-dsa-with-sha224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA256id-dsa-with-sha256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA3_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-sha3-512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_224id-dsa-with-sha3-224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA3_256id-dsa-with-sha3-256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_RSA_ENCRYPTIONid-rsassa-pkcs1-v1_5-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSAid-ecdsa-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_128_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s128
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_224_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2S_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_160_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b160
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_256_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_384_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b384
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_BLAKE2B_512_ECDSA_PLAINid-ecdsa-plain-with-blake2b512
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_224id-dsa-with-blake2s224
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_BLAKE2S_256id-dsa-with-blake2s256
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519id-Ed25519
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448id-Ed448
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED25519_PHid-Ed25519ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_ED448_PHid-Ed448ph
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSAid-EdDSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_EDDSA_SIGNATUREid-EdDSA-sig

Constructors

ExternalCrypto()

Creates a new ExternalCrypto object with default field values.

OCSPResponse Type

Represents a single OCSP response originating from an OCSP responder.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxOCSPResponse (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

OCSP is a protocol that allows verification of certificate status in real-time, and is an alternative to Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

An OCSP response is a snapshot of the certificate status at a given time.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Bytes
char* (read-only)

Default Value:

A buffer containing the raw OCSP response data.

EntryCount
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

The number of SingleResponse elements contained in this OCSP response. Each SingleResponse element corresponds to a certificate status.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

Issuer
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

IssuerRDN
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

Indicates the RDN of the issuer of this response (a CA or its authorized representative).

Location
char* (read-only)

Default Value: ""

The location of the OCSP responder.

ProducedAt
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the time when the response was produced, in UTC.

SigAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: "0"

The public key algorithm that was used by the CA to sign this OCSP response.

Source
int (read-only)

Default Value: 0

Returns the source (location or disposition) of a cryptographic primitive entity, such as a certificate, CRL, or OCSP response.

Constructors

OCSPResponse()

Creates an empty OCSP response object.

ProxySettings Type

A container for proxy server settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxProxySettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type exposes a collection of properties for tuning up the proxy server configuration.

The following fields are available:

Fields

Address
char*

Default Value: ""

The IP address of the proxy server.

Authentication
int

Default Value: 0

The authentication type used by the proxy server.

patNoAuthentication0
patBasic1
patDigest2
patNTLM3

Password
char*

Default Value: ""

The password to authenticate to the proxy server.

Port
int

Default Value: 0

The port on the proxy server to connect to.

ProxyType
int

Default Value: 0

The type of the proxy server.

cptNone0
cptSocks41
cptSocks52
cptWebTunnel3
cptHTTP4

RequestHeaders
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains HTTP request headers for WebTunnel and HTTP proxy.

ResponseBody
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy response body.

ResponseHeaders
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains response headers received from an HTTP or HTTPS (WebTunnel) proxy server.

UseIPv6
int

Default Value: FALSE

Specifies whether IPv6 should be used when connecting through the proxy.

Username
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the username credential for proxy authentication.

Constructors

ProxySettings()

Creates a new ProxySettings object.

SocketSettings Type

A container for the socket settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxSocketSettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

This type is a container for socket-layer parameters.

The following fields are available:

Fields

DNSMode
int

Default Value: 0

Selects the DNS resolver to use: the component's (secure) built-in one, or the one provided by the system.

dmAuto0
dmPlatform1
dmOwn2
dmOwnSecure3

DNSPort
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the port number to be used for sending queries to the DNS server.

DNSQueryTimeout
int

Default Value: 0

The timeout (in milliseconds) for each DNS query. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

DNSServers
char*

Default Value: ""

The addresses of DNS servers to use for address resolution, separated by commas or semicolons.

DNSTotalTimeout
int

Default Value: 0

The timeout (in milliseconds) for the whole resolution process. The value of 0 indicates an infinite timeout.

IncomingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

The maximum number of bytes to read from the socket, per second.

LocalAddress
char*

Default Value: ""

The local network interface to bind the socket to.

LocalPort
int

Default Value: 0

The local port number to bind the socket to.

OutgoingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

The maximum number of bytes to write to the socket, per second.

Timeout
int

Default Value: 60000

The maximum period of waiting, in milliseconds, after which the socket operation is considered unsuccessful.

If Timeout is set to 0, a socket operation will expire after the system-default timeout (2 hrs 8 min for TCP stack).

UseIPv6
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables or disables IP protocol version 6.

Constructors

SocketSettings()

Creates a new SocketSettings object.

TLSSettings Type

A container for TLS connection settings.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxTLSSettings (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

The TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocol provides security for information exchanged over insecure connections such as TCP/IP.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AutoValidateCertificates
int

Default Value: TRUE

Specifies whether server-side TLS certificates should be validated automatically using internal validation rules.

BaseConfiguration
int

Default Value: 0

Selects the base configuration for the TLS settings. Several profiles are offered and tuned up for different purposes, such as high security or higher compatibility.

stpcDefault0
stpcCompatible1
stpcComprehensiveInsecure2
stpcHighlySecure3

Ciphersuites
char*

Default Value: ""

A list of ciphersuites separated with commas or semicolons. Each ciphersuite in the list may be prefixed with a minus sign (-) to indicate that the ciphersuite should be disabled rather than enabled. Besides the specific ciphersuite modifiers, this property supports the all (and -all) aliases, allowing all ciphersuites to be blanketly enabled or disabled at once.

Note: the list of ciphersuites provided to this property alters the baseline list of ciphersuites as defined by BaseConfiguration. Remember to start your ciphersuite string with -all; if you need to only enable a specific fixed set of ciphersuites. The list of supported ciphersuites is provided below:

  • NULL_NULL_NULL
  • RSA_NULL_MD5
  • RSA_NULL_SHA
  • RSA_RC4_MD5
  • RSA_RC4_SHA
  • RSA_RC2_MD5
  • RSA_IDEA_MD5
  • RSA_IDEA_SHA
  • RSA_DES_MD5
  • RSA_DES_SHA
  • RSA_3DES_MD5
  • RSA_3DES_SHA
  • RSA_AES128_SHA
  • RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DH_DSS_DES_SHA
  • DH_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • DH_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • DH_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • DH_RSA_DES_SHA
  • DH_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • DH_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • DH_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_DES_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_DES_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • DH_ANON_RC4_MD5
  • DH_ANON_DES_SHA
  • DH_ANON_3DES_SHA
  • DH_ANON_AES128_SHA
  • DH_ANON_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_RC2_MD5_EXPORT
  • RSA_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
  • RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DHE_DSS_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DHE_RSA_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • DH_ANON_RC4_MD5_EXPORT
  • DH_ANON_DES_SHA_EXPORT
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA
  • PSK_RC4_SHA
  • PSK_3DES_SHA
  • PSK_AES128_SHA
  • PSK_AES256_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DH_DSS_SEED_SHA
  • DH_RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DHE_DSS_SEED_SHA
  • DHE_RSA_SEED_SHA
  • DH_ANON_SEED_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_3DES_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_AES128_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_AES256_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • SRP_SHA_DSS_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_NULL_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_RC4_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_3DES_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_AES128_SHA
  • ECDH_ANON_AES256_SHA
  • RSA_NULL_SHA256
  • RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES128_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES256_SHA256
  • RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_DSS_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_ANON_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • DH_ANON_CAMELLIA256_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_DSS_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DH_anon_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DH_anon_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_ECDSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDHE_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • ECDH_RSA_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_GCM_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_GCM_SHA384
  • PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_CAMELLIA256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_RC4_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_3DES_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES128_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_AES256_SHA384
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_NULL_SHA384
  • ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • ECDHE_ECDSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • DHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • ECDHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • DHE_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • RSA_PSK_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • AES128_GCM_SHA256
  • AES256_GCM_SHA384
  • CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • AES128_CCM_SHA256
  • AES128_CCM8_SHA256

ClientAuth
int

Default Value: 0

Enables or disables certificate-based client authentication.

Set this property to true to tune up the client authentication type:

ccatNoAuth0
ccatRequestCert1
ccatRequireCert2

ECCurves
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the elliptic curves to enable.

Extensions
char*

Default Value: ""

Provides access to TLS extensions.

ForceResumeIfDestinationChanges
int

Default Value: FALSE

Whether to force TLS session resumption when the destination address changes.

PreSharedIdentity
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the identity used when the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism is negotiated.

PreSharedKey
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains the pre-shared key for the PSK (Pre-Shared Key) key-exchange mechanism, encoded with base16.

PreSharedKeyCiphersuite
char*

Default Value: ""

Defines the ciphersuite used for PSK (Pre-Shared Key) negotiation.

RenegotiationAttackPreventionMode
int

Default Value: 2

Selects the renegotiation attack prevention mechanism.

The following options are available:

crapmCompatible0TLS 1.0 and 1.1 compatibility mode (renegotiation indication extension is disabled).
crapmStrict1Renegotiation attack prevention is enabled and enforced.
crapmAuto2Automatically choose whether to enable or disable renegotiation attack prevention.

RevocationCheck
int

Default Value: 1

Specifies the kind(s) of revocation check to perform.

Revocation checking is necessary to ensure the integrity of the chain and obtain up-to-date certificate validity and trustworthiness information.

crcNone0No revocation checking.
crcAuto1Automatic mode selection. Currently this maps to crcAnyOCSPOrCRL, but it may change in the future.
crcAllCRL2All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllOCSP3All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAllCRLAndOCSP4All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and all checks must succeed.
crcAnyCRL5All provided CRL endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyOCSP6All provided OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed.
crcAnyCRLOrOCSP7All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. CRL endpoints are checked first.
crcAnyOCSPOrCRL8All provided CRL and OCSP endpoints will be checked, and at least one check must succeed. OCSP endpoints are checked first.

This setting controls the way the revocation checks are performed for every certificate in the chain. Typically certificates come with two types of revocation information sources: CRL (certificate revocation lists) and OCSP responders. CRLs are static objects periodically published by the CA at some online location. OCSP responders are active online services maintained by the CA that can provide up-to-date information on certificate statuses in near real time.

There are some conceptual differences between the two. CRLs are normally larger in size. Their use involves some latency because there is normally some delay between the time when a certificate was revoked and the time the subsequent CRL mentioning that is published. The benefits of CRL is that the same object can provide statuses for all certificates issued by a particular CA, and that the whole technology is much simpler than OCSP (and thus is supported by more CAs).

This setting lets you adjust the validation course by including or excluding certain types of revocation sources from the validation process. The crcAnyOCSPOrCRL setting (give preference to the faster OCSP route and only demand one source to succeed) is a good choice for most typical validation environments. The "crcAll*" modes are much stricter, and may be used in scenarios where bulletproof validity information is essential.

Note: If no CRL or OCSP endpoints are provided by the CA, the revocation check will be considered successful. This is because the CA chose not to supply revocation information for its certificates, meaning they are considered irrevocable.

Note: Within each of the above settings, if any retrieved CRL or OCSP response indicates that the certificate has been revoked, the revocation check fails.

SSLOptions
int

Default Value: 16

Various SSL (TLS) protocol options, set of

cssloExpectShutdownMessage0x001Wait for the close-notify message when shutting down the connection

cssloOpenSSLDTLSWorkaround0x002(DEPRECATED) Use a DTLS version workaround when talking to very old OpenSSL versions

cssloDisableKexLengthAlignment0x004Do not align the client-side PMS by the RSA modulus size. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloForceUseOfClientCertHashAlg0x008Enforce the use of the client certificate hash algorithm. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloAutoAddServerNameExtension0x010Automatically add the server name extension when known

cssloAcceptTrustedSRPPrimesOnly0x020Accept trusted SRP primes only

cssloDisableSignatureAlgorithmsExtension0x040Disable (do not send) the signature algorithms extension. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

cssloIntolerateHigherProtocolVersions0x080(server option) Do not allow fallback from TLS versions higher than currently enabled

cssloStickToPrefCertHashAlg0x100Stick to preferred certificate hash algorithms

cssloNoImplicitTLS12Fallback0x200Disable implicit TLS 1.3 to 1.2 fallbacks

cssloUseHandshakeBatches0x400Send the handshake message as large batches rather than individually

TLSMode
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the TLS mode to use.

smDefault0
smNoTLS1Do not use TLS
smExplicitTLS2Connect to the server without any encryption and then request an SSL session.
smImplicitTLS3Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once.
smMixedTLS4Connect to the specified port, and establish the SSL session at once, but allow plain data.

UseExtendedMasterSecret
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables the Extended Master Secret Extension, as defined in RFC 7627.

UseSessionResumption
int

Default Value: FALSE

Enables or disables the TLS session resumption capability.

Versions
int

Default Value: 16

The SSL/TLS versions to enable by default.

csbSSL20x01SSL 2

csbSSL30x02SSL 3

csbTLS10x04TLS 1.0

csbTLS110x08TLS 1.1

csbTLS120x10TLS 1.2

csbTLS130x20TLS 1.3

Constructors

TLSSettings()

Creates a new TLSSettings object.

UserAccount Type

A container for user account information.

Syntax

SecureBlackboxUserAccount (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

UserAccount objects are used to store user account information, such as logins and passwords.

The following fields are available:

Fields

AssociatedData
char*

Default Value:

Contains the user's Associated Data when SSH AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) algorithm is used.

BasePath
char*

Default Value: ""

Base path for this user in the server's file system.

Certificate
char*

Default Value:

Contains the user's certificate.

Data
char*

Default Value: ""

Contains uninterpreted user-defined data that should be associated with the user account, such as comments or custom settings.

Email
char*

Default Value: ""

The user's email address.

Handle
int64

Default Value: 0

Allows to get or set a 'handle', a unique identifier of the underlying property object. Use this property to assign objects of the same type in a quicker manner, without copying them fieldwise.

When you pass a handle of one object to another, the source object is copied to the destination rather than assigned. It is safe to get rid of the original object after such operation. pdfSigner.setSigningCertHandle(certMgr.getCertHandle());

HashAlgorithm
char*

Default Value: ""

Specifies the hash algorithm used to generate TOTP (Time-based One-Time Passwords) passwords for this user. Three HMAC algorithms are supported, with SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 digests:

SB_MAC_ALGORITHM_HMAC_SHA1SHA1
SB_MAC_ALGORITHM_HMAC_SHA256SHA256
SB_MAC_ALGORITHM_HMAC_SHA512SHA512

IncomingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the incoming speed limit for this user. The value of 0 (zero) means "no limitation".

OtpAlgorithm
int

Default Value: 0

The algorithm used to generate one-time passwords (OTP) for this user, either HOTP (Hash-based OTP) or TOTP (Time-based OTP). In the former case, a value of a dedicated counter is used to generate a unique password, while in the latter the password is generated on the basis of the current time value.

oaHmac0
oaTime1

OTPLen
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the length of the user's OTP password.

OtpValue
int

Default Value: 0

The user's time interval (TOTP) or Counter (HOTP).

OutgoingSpeedLimit
int

Default Value: 0

Specifies the outgoing speed limit for this user. The value of 0 (zero) means "no limitation".

Password
char*

Default Value: ""

The user's authentication password.

SharedSecret
char*

Default Value:

Contains the user's secret key, which is essentially a shared secret between the client and server.

Shared secrets can be used in TLS-driven protocols, as well as in OTP (where it is called a 'key secret') for generating one-time passwords on one side, and validate them on the other.

SSHKey
char*

Default Value:

Contains the user's SSH key.

Username
char*

Default Value: ""

The registered name (login) of the user.

Constructors

UserAccount()

Creates a new UserAccount object

SecureBlackboxList Type

Syntax

SecureBlackboxList<T> (declared in secureblackbox.h)

Remarks

SecureBlackboxList is a generic class that is used to hold a collection of objects of type T, where T is one of the custom types supported by the Authenticator class.

Methods

GetCount This method returns the current size of the collection.

int GetCount() {}

SetCount This method sets the size of the collection. This method returns 0 if setting the size was successful; or -1 if the collection is ReadOnly. When adding additional objects to a collection call this method to specify the new size. Increasing the size of the collection preserves existing objects in the collection.

int SetCount(int count) {}

Get This method gets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection. This method returns NULL if an invalid index is specified.

T* Get(int index) {}

Set This method sets the item at the specified position. The index parameter specifies the index of the item in the collection that is being set. This method returns -1 if an invalid index is specified. Note: Objects created using the new operator must be freed using the delete operator; they will not be automatically freed by the class.

T* Set(int index, T* value) {}

Config Settings (Authenticator Class)

The class accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the class, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

DCAuthenticator Config Settings

BaseTime:   TBD.

TBD

ChainCurrentCACert:   Returns the current CA certificate.

This property returns the CA certificate that is used on the current step.

ChainCurrentCert:   Returns the certificate that is currently being validated.

Use this property to obtain the body of the certificate that is currently being validated.

ChainCurrentCRL:   Returns the current CRL.

Returns the CRL object that is currently being processed.

ChainCurrentCRLSize:   Returns the size of the current CRL.

This property returns the size of the CRL object that is currently being processed.

ChainCurrentOCSP:   Returns the current OCSP response.

Returns the OCSP object that is currently being processed.

ChainCurrentOCSPSigner:   Returns the signer of the current OCSP object.

Returns the signer/CA that has issued the OCSP response that is currently being processed.

ChainInterimDetails:   Returns the current interim validation details.

This property returns the interim chain validation details.

ChainInterimResult:   Returns the current interim validation result.

Use this setting to obtain the current (mid-chain) validation result. This property applies to the current validation step and may change as the chain walk proceeds. The final result will be published in the ChainValidationResult property once the validation process completes.

CheckValidityPeriodForTrusted:   Whether to check validity period for trusted certificates.

Whether to check validity period for trusted certificates.

Delta:   TBD.

TBD

DislikeOpenEndedOCSPs:   Tells the class to discourage OCSP responses without an explicit NextUpdate parameter.

When this property is set to True, the validation engine treats OCSP response without a NextUpdate field as 'substandard' and tries to obtain some further revocation material for the certificate in question (a different OCSP or a CRL, even if the class is configured to prefer the OCSP route). This is to work around Adobe Reader's intolerance to such OCSPs when classifying signed documents as LTV (as of August 2022).

ForceCompleteChainValidation:   Whether to check the CA certificates when the signing certificate is invalid.

Set this property to True to check issuer (CA) certificates if the signing or an intermediate chain certificate is invalid.

ForceCompleteChainValidationForTrusted:   Whether to continue with the full validation up to the root CA certificate for mid-level trust anchors.

Set this property to True to enable full chain validation for explicitly trusted intermediary or end-entity certificates. This may be useful when creating signatures to enforce completeness of the collected revocation information. It often makes sense to set this property to false when validating signatures to reduce validation time and avoid issues with badly configured environments.

GracePeriod:   Specifies a grace period to apply during revocation information checks.

Use this property to specify a grace period (in seconds). Grace period applies to certain subprotocols, such as OCSP, and caters to the inaccuracy and/or missynchronization of clocks on different participating systems. Any time deviations within the grace period will be tolerated.

IgnoreChainLoops:   Whether chain loops should be ignored.

Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore chain loops. This may be an option when you need to process chains from buggy CAs that happen to include subchains that sign themselves.

IgnoreOCSPNoCheckExtension:   Whether the OCSP NoCheck extension should be ignored.

Set this property to True to make the validation engine ignore the OCSP no-check extension. You would normally need to set this property when validating severely non-compliant chains that misuse the extension, causing chain loops or other validation issues.

IgnoreSystemTrust:   Whether trusted Windows Certificate Stores should be treated as trusted.

Specifies whether, during chain validation, the class should respect the trust to CA certificates as configured in the operating system. In Windows this effectively defines whether the class should trust the certificates residing in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store.

If IgnoreSystemTrust is True, certificates residing in the trusted root store are treated as if they are known, rather than trusted. Only certificates provided via other means (such as the TrustedCertificates property) are considered trusted.

ImplicitlyTrustSelfSignedCertificates:   Whether to trust self-signed certificates.

Set this property to True to implicitly trust all self-signed certificates. Use it with care as trusting just about every self-signed certificate is unwise. One exceptional reason where this property may be handy is where a chain is validated in an environment that is not supposed to trust it (for example, a signing, rather than verifying environment, or a QA server). Trusting all self-signing certificates (which are normally trusted) allows emulating the verifying environment without actually changing its security settings.

PromoteLongOCSPResponses:   Whether long OCSP responses are requested.

Set this property to True to force the class to publish the 'long' form of OCSP responses. Otherwise, only BasicOCSPResponse blobs are promoted.

TolerateMinorChainIssues:   Whether to tolerate minor chain issues.

This parameter controls whether the chain validator should tolerate minor technical issues when validating the chain. Those are:

  • CA, revocation source, TLS key usage requirements are not mandated
  • Violation of OCSP issuer requirements are ignored
  • The AuthorityKeyID extension in CRL- and certificate-issuing CAs are ignored (helps with incorrectly renewed certificates)
  • Basic constraints and name constraints of CA certificates are ignored
  • Some weaker algorithms are tolerated
UseMicrosoftCTL:   Enables or disables the automatic use of the Microsoft online certificate trust list.

Enable this property to make the chain validation module automatically look up missing CA certificates in the public Windows Update repository.

UseSystemCertificates:   Enables or disables the use of the system certificates.

Use this property to tell the chain validation module to automatically look up missing CA certificates in the system certificates. In many cases it is beneficial to switch this property on, as the operating system certificate configuration provides a representative trust framework.

UseValidationCache:   Enables or disable the use of the product-wide certificate chain validation cache.

Use this property to enable or disable the use of the global chain validation cache. If enabled, the class will consult the product-wide validation cache when validating the signing chains. Also, the outcomes of any new chain validations performed by the class, both interim and final, will be saved in the cache and available for re-use by any future validations. Disable this property to ignore the cache and always perform the validation from a fresh start.

Base Config Settings

ASN1UseGlobalTagCache:   Controls whether ASN.1 module should use a global object cache.

This is a performance setting. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

AssignSystemSmartCardPins:   Specifies whether CSP-level PINs should be assigned to CNG keys.

This is a low-level tweak for certain cryptographic providers. It is unlikely that you will ever need to adjust it.

CheckKeyIntegrityBeforeUse:   Enables or disable private key integrity check before use.

This global property enables or disables private key material check before each signing operation. This slows down performance a bit, but prevents a selection of attacks on RSA keys where keys with unknown origins are used.

You can switch this property off to improve performance if your project only uses known, good private keys.

CookieCaching:   Specifies whether a cookie cache should be used for HTTP(S) transports.

Set this property to enable or disable cookies caching for the class.

Supported values are:

offNo caching (default)
localLocal caching
globalGlobal caching

Cookies:   Gets or sets local cookies for the class.

Use this property to get cookies from the internal cookie storage of the class and/or restore them back between application sessions.

DefDeriveKeyIterations:   Specifies the default key derivation algorithm iteration count.

This global property sets the default number of iterations for all supported key derivation algorithms. Note that you can provide the required number of iterations by using properties of the relevant key generation component; this global setting is used in scenarios where specific iteration count is not or cannot be provided.

DNSLocalSuffix:   The suffix to assign for TLD names.

Use this global setting to adjust the default suffix to assign to top-level domain names. The default is .local.

EnableClientSideSSLFFDHE:   Enables or disables finite field DHE key exchange support in TLS clients.

This global property enables or disables support for finite field DHE key exchange methods in TLS clients. FF DHE is a slower algorithm if compared to EC DHE; enabling it may result in slower connections.

This setting only applies to sessions negotiated with TLS version 1.3.

GlobalCookies:   Gets or sets global cookies for all the HTTP transports.

Use this property to get cookies from the GLOBAL cookie storage or restore them back between application sessions. These cookies will be used by all the classes that have its CookieCaching property set to "global".

HardwareCryptoUsePolicy:   The hardware crypto usage policy.

This global setting controls the hardware cryptography usage policy: auto, enable, or disable.

HttpUserAgent:   Specifies the user agent name to be used by all HTTP clients.

This global setting defines the User-Agent field of the HTTP request provides information about the software that initiates the request. This value will be used by all the HTTP clients including the ones used internally in other classes.

HttpVersion:   The HTTP version to use in any inner HTTP client components created.

Set this property to 1.0 or 1.1 to indicate the HTTP version that any internal HTTP clients should use.

IgnoreExpiredMSCTLSigningCert:   Whether to tolerate the expired Windows Update signing certificate.

It is not uncommon for Microsoft Windows Update Certificate Trust List to be signed with an expired Microsoft certificate. Setting this global property to true makes SBB ignore the expired factor and take the Trust List into account.

ListDelimiter:   The delimiter character for multi-element lists.

Allows to set the delimiter for any multi-entry values returned by the component as a string object, such as file lists. For most of the components, this property is set to a newline sequence.

LogDestination:   Specifies the debug log destination.

Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies where debug log should be dumped.

Supported values are:

fileFile
consoleConsole
systemlogSystem Log (supported for Android only)
debuggerDebugger (supported for VCL for Windows and .Net)

LogDetails:   Specifies the debug log details to dump.

Contains a comma-separated list of values that specifies which debug log details to dump.

Supported values are:

timeCurrent time
levelLevel
packagePackage name
moduleModule name
classClass name
methodMethod name
threadidThread Id
contenttypeContent type
contentContent
allAll details

LogFile:   Specifies the debug log filename.

Use this property to provide a path to the log file.

LogFilters:   Specifies the debug log filters.

Contains a comma-separated list of value pairs ("name:value") that describe filters.

Supported filter names are:

exclude-packageExclude a package specified in the value
exclude-moduleExclude a module specified in the value
exclude-classExclude a class specified in the value
exclude-methodExclude a method specified in the value
include-packageInclude a package specified in the value
include-moduleInclude a module specified in the value
include-classInclude a class specified in the value
include-methodInclude a method specified in the value

LogFlushMode:   Specifies the log flush mode.

Use this property to set the log flush mode. The following values are defined:

noneNo flush (caching only)
immediateImmediate flush (real-time logging)
maxcountFlush cached entries upon reaching LogMaxEventCount entries in the cache.

LogLevel:   Specifies the debug log level.

Use this property to provide the desired debug log level.

Supported values are:

noneNone (by default)
fatalSevere errors that cause premature termination.
errorOther runtime errors or unexpected conditions.
warningUse of deprecated APIs, poor use of API, 'almost' errors, other runtime situations that are undesirable or unexpected, but not necessarily "wrong".
infoInteresting runtime events (startup/shutdown).
debugDetailed information on flow of through the system.
traceMore detailed information.

LogMaxEventCount:   Specifies the maximum number of events to cache before further action is taken.

Use this property to specify the log event number threshold. This threshold may have different effects, depending on the rotation setting and/or the flush mode.

The default value of this setting is 100.

LogRotationMode:   Specifies the log rotation mode.

Use this property to set the log rotation mode. The following values are defined:

noneNo rotation
deleteolderDelete older entries from the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount
keepolderKeep older entries in the cache upon reaching LogMaxEventCount (newer entries are discarded)

MaxASN1BufferLength:   Specifies the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 primitive tag data.

This global property limits the maximal allowed length for ASN.1 tag data for non-content-carrying structures, such as certificates, CRLs, or timestamps. It does not affect structures that can carry content, such as CMS/CAdES messages. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

MaxASN1TreeDepth:   Specifies the maximal depth for processed ASN.1 trees.

This global property limits the maximal depth of ASN.1 trees that the component can handle without throwing an error. This is a security property aiming at preventing DoS attacks.

OCSPHashAlgorithm:   Specifies the hash algorithm to be used to identify certificates in OCSP requests.

This global setting defines the hash algorithm to use in OCSP requests during chain validation. Some OCSP responders can only use older algorithms, in which case setting this property to SHA1 may be helpful.

OldClientSideRSAFallback:   Specifies whether the SSH client should use a SHA1 fallback.

Tells the SSH client to use a legacy ssh-rsa authentication even if the server indicates support for newer algorithms, such as rsa-sha-256. This is a backward-compatibility tweak.

ProductVersion:   Returns the version of the SecureBlackbox library.

This property returns the long version string of the SecureBlackbox library being used (major.minor.build.revision).

ServerSSLDHKeyLength:   Sets the size of the TLS DHE key exchange group.

Use this property to adjust the length, in bits, of the DHE prime to be used by the TLS server.

StaticDNS:   Specifies whether static DNS rules should be used.

Set this property to enable or disable static DNS rules for the class. Works only if UseOwnDNSResolver is set to true.

Supported values are:

noneNo static DNS rules (default)
localLocal static DNS rules
globalGlobal static DNS rules

StaticIPAddress[domain]:   Gets or sets an IP address for the specified domain name.

Use this property to get or set an IP address for the specified domain name in the internal (of the class) or global DNS rules storage depending on the StaticDNS value. The type of the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) is determined automatically. If both addresses are available, they are devided by the | (pipe) character.

StaticIPAddresses:   Gets or sets all the static DNS rules.

Use this property to get static DNS rules from the current rules storage or restore them back between application sessions. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "local", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the internal storage of the class. If StaticDNS of the class is set to "global", the property returns/restores the rules from/to the GLOBAL storage. The rules list is returned and accepted in JSON format.

Tag:   Allows to store any custom data.

Use this config property to store any custom data.

TLSSessionGroup:   Specifies the group name of TLS sessions to be used for session resumption.

Use this property to limit the search of chached TLS sessions to the specified group. Sessions from other groups will be ignored. By default, all sessions are cached with an empty group name and available to all the classes.

TLSSessionLifetime:   Specifies lifetime in seconds of the cached TLS session.

Use this property to specify how much time the TLS session should be kept in the session cache. After this time, the session expires and will be automatically removed from the cache. Default value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).

TLSSessionPurgeInterval:   Specifies how often the session cache should remove the expired TLS sessions.

Use this property to specify the time interval of purging the expired TLS sessions from the session cache. Default value is 60 seconds (1 minute).

UseInternalRandom:   Switches between SecureBlackbox-own and platform PRNGs.

Allows to switch between internal/native PRNG implementation and the one provided by the platform.

UseLegacyAdESValidation:   Enables legacy AdES validation mode.

Use this setting to switch the AdES component to the validation approach that was used in SBB 2020/SBB 2022 (less attention to temporal details).

UseOwnDNSResolver:   Specifies whether the client components should use own DNS resolver.

Set this global property to false to force all the client components to use the DNS resolver provided by the target OS instead of using own one.

UseSharedSystemStorages:   Specifies whether the validation engine should use a global per-process copy of the system certificate stores.

Set this global property to false to make each validation run use its own copy of system certificate stores.

UseSystemNativeSizeCalculation:   An internal CryptoAPI access tweak.

This is an internal setting. Please do not use it unless instructed by the support team.

UseSystemOAEPAndPSS:   Enforces or disables the use of system-driven RSA OAEP and PSS computations.

This global setting defines who is responsible for performing RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS computations where the private key is stored in a Windows system store and is exportable. If set to true, SBB will delegate the computations to Windows via a CryptoAPI call. Otherwise, it will export the key material and perform the computations using its own OAEP/PSS implementation.

This setting only applies to certificates originating from a Windows system store.

UseSystemRandom:   Enables or disables the use of the OS PRNG.

Use this global property to enable or disable the use of operating system-driven pseudorandom number generation.

Trappable Errors (Authenticator Class)

Error Handling (C++)

Call the GetLastErrorCode() method to obtain the last called method's result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. Known error codes are listed below. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message.