TElX509CertificateEx.CAGenerate method

TElX509CertificateEx.CAGenerate

TElX509CertificateEx See also

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Generates new self-signed certificate.

Declaration

[C#]
void CAGenerate(int Algorithm, int DWordsInEncryptKey);

[VB.NET]
Sub CAGenerate(ByVal Algorithm As Integer, ByVal DWordsInEncryptKey As Integer)

[Pascal]
procedure CAGenerate(Algorithm : integer; DwordsInEncryptKey : integer);

[C++]
void CAGenerate(int32_t Algorithm, int32_t DWordsInEncryptKey);

[PHP]
void CAGenerate(integer $Algorithm, integer $DWordsInEncryptKey)

[Java]
void caGenerate(int Algorithm, int DWordsInEncryptKey);

Parameters

Algorithm - specifies the type of the key to be generated. Possible values are listed below.
DWordsInEncryptKey - The number of 32-bit words in resulting key. The length of the key in bits is calculated as 32 * DWordsInEncryptKey

Values:

The following algorithms may be used as public key algorithms:

Definition	Value	Description
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSA_ENCRYPTION	0 (0x00)	RSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA	4 (0x04)	DSA
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_DH_PUBLIC	6 (0x06)	Diffie-Hellman
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSS	11 (0x0B)	RSA key, which can be used only in RSA-PSS signature scheme
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAOAEP	12 (0x0C)	RSA key, which can be used only for RSA-OAEP encryption
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_UNKNOWN	65535 (0xFFFF)	the algorithm is unknown

The following algorithms may be used as signature algorithms:

Definition	Value	Description
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD2_RSA_ENCRYPTION	1 (0x01)	RSA digital signature with MD2 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_MD5_RSA_ENCRYPTION	2 (0x02)	RSA digital signature with MD5 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA1_RSA_ENCRYPTION	3 (0x03)	RSA digital signature with SHA1 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_DSA_SHA1	5 (0x05)	DSA digital signature with SHA1 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA224_RSA_ENCRYPTION	7 (0x07)	RSA digital signature with SHA-224 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA256_RSA_ENCRYPTION	8 (0x08)	RSA digital signature with SHA-256 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA384_RSA_ENCRYPTION	9 (0x09)	RSA digital signature with SHA-384 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_SHA512_RSA_ENCRYPTION	10 (0x0A)	RSA digital signature with SHA-512 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_ID_RSAPSS	11 (0x0B)	DSA digital signature with SHA1 digest
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_RSASIGNATURE_RIPEMD160	13 (0x0D)	RSA-PSS digital signature
SB_CERT_ALGORITHM_UNKNOWN	65535 (0xFFFF)	the algorithm is unknown

Description

This method causes TElX509CertificateEx object to generate a new self-signed certificate based on specified security algorithm. Specify the length of the resulting key(s) using DWordsInEncryptKey parameter. All data of the generated certificate will be accessible via object properties and methods.