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- # Forge
- [](https://nodei.co/npm/node-forge/)
- [](https://travis-ci.org/digitalbazaar/forge)
- A native implementation of [TLS][] (and various other cryptographic tools) in
- [JavaScript][].
- Introduction
- ------------
- The Forge software is a fully native implementation of the [TLS][] protocol
- in JavaScript, a set of cryptography utilities, and a set of tools for
- developing Web Apps that utilize many network resources.
- Performance
- ------------
- Forge is fast. Benchmarks against other popular JavaScript cryptography
- libraries can be found here:
- * http://dominictarr.github.io/crypto-bench/
- * http://cryptojs.altervista.org/test/simulate-threading-speed_test.html
- Documentation
- -------------
- * [Introduction](#introduction)
- * [Performance](#performance)
- * [Installation](#installation)
- * [Testing](#testing)
- * [Contributing](#contributing)
- ### API
- * [Options](#options)
- ### Transports
- * [TLS](#tls)
- * [HTTP](#http)
- * [SSH](#ssh)
- * [XHR](#xhr)
- * [Sockets](#socket)
- ### Ciphers
- * [CIPHER](#cipher)
- * [AES](#aes)
- * [DES](#des)
- * [RC2](#rc2)
- ### PKI
- * [ED25519](#ed25519)
- * [RSA](#rsa)
- * [RSA-KEM](#rsakem)
- * [X.509](#x509)
- * [PKCS#5](#pkcs5)
- * [PKCS#7](#pkcs7)
- * [PKCS#8](#pkcs8)
- * [PKCS#10](#pkcs10)
- * [PKCS#12](#pkcs12)
- * [ASN.1](#asn)
- ### Message Digests
- * [SHA1](#sha1)
- * [SHA256](#sha256)
- * [SHA384](#sha384)
- * [SHA512](#sha512)
- * [MD5](#md5)
- * [HMAC](#hmac)
- ### Utilities
- * [Prime](#prime)
- * [PRNG](#prng)
- * [Tasks](#task)
- * [Utilities](#util)
- * [Logging](#log)
- * [Debugging](#debug)
- * [Flash Networking Support](#flash)
- ### Other
- * [Security Considerations](#security-considerations)
- * [Library Background](#library-background)
- * [Contact](#contact)
- * [Donations](#donations)
- ---------------------------------------
- Installation
- ------------
- **Note**: Please see the [Security Considerations](#security-considerations)
- section before using packaging systems and pre-built files.
- Forge uses a [CommonJS][] module structure with a build process for browser
- bundles. The older [0.6.x][] branch with standalone files is available but will
- not be regularly updated.
- ### Node.js
- If you want to use forge with [Node.js][], it is available through `npm`:
- https://npmjs.org/package/node-forge
- Installation:
- npm install node-forge
- You can then use forge as a regular module:
- ```js
- var forge = require('node-forge');
- ```
- The npm package includes pre-built `forge.min.js`, `forge.all.min.js`, and
- `prime.worker.min.js` using the [UMD][] format.
- ### Bundle / Bower
- Each release is published in a separate repository as pre-built and minimized
- basic forge bundles using the [UMD][] format.
- https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge-dist
- This bundle can be used in many environments. In particular it can be installed
- with [Bower][]:
- bower install forge
- ### jsDelivr CDN
- To use it via [jsDelivr](https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/node-forge) include this in your html:
- ```html
- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/node-forge@0.7.0/dist/forge.min.js"></script>
- ```
- ### unpkg CDN
- To use it via [unpkg](https://unpkg.com/#/) include this in your html:
- ```html
- <script src="https://unpkg.com/node-forge@0.7.0/dist/forge.min.js"></script>
- ```
- ### Development Requirements
- The core JavaScript has the following requirements to build and test:
- * Building a browser bundle:
- * Node.js
- * npm
- * Testing
- * Node.js
- * npm
- * Chrome, Firefox, Safari (optional)
- Some special networking features can optionally use a Flash component. See the
- [Flash README](./flash/README.md) for details.
- ### Building for a web browser
- To create single file bundles for use with browsers run the following:
- npm install
- npm run build
- This will create single non-minimized and minimized files that can be
- included in the browser:
- dist/forge.js
- dist/forge.min.js
- A bundle that adds some utilities and networking support is also available:
- dist/forge.all.js
- dist/forge.all.min.js
- Include the file via:
- ```html
- <script src="YOUR_SCRIPT_PATH/forge.js"></script>
- ```
- or
- ```html
- <script src="YOUR_SCRIPT_PATH/forge.min.js"></script>
- ```
- The above bundles will synchronously create a global 'forge' object.
- **Note**: These bundles will not include any WebWorker scripts (eg:
- `dist/prime.worker.js`), so these will need to be accessible from the browser
- if any WebWorkers are used.
- ### Building a custom browser bundle
- The build process uses [webpack][] and the [config](./webpack.config.js) file
- can be modified to generate a file or files that only contain the parts of
- forge you need.
- [Browserify][] override support is also present in `package.json`.
- Testing
- -------
- ### Prepare to run tests
- npm install
- ### Running automated tests with Node.js
- Forge natively runs in a [Node.js][] environment:
- npm test
- ### Running automated tests with Headless Chrome
- Automated testing is done via [Karma][]. By default it will run the tests with
- Headless Chrome.
- npm run test-karma
- Is 'mocha' reporter output too verbose? Other reporters are available. Try
- 'dots', 'progress', or 'tap'.
- npm run test-karma -- --reporters progress
- By default [webpack][] is used. [Browserify][] can also be used.
- BUNDLER=browserify npm run test-karma
- ### Running automated tests with one or more browsers
- You can also specify one or more browsers to use.
- npm run test-karma -- --browsers Chrome,Firefox,Safari,ChromeHeadless
- The reporter option and `BUNDLER` environment variable can also be used.
- ### Running manual tests in a browser
- Testing in a browser uses [webpack][] to combine forge and all tests and then
- loading the result in a browser. A simple web server is provided that will
- output the HTTP or HTTPS URLs to load. It also will start a simple Flash Policy
- Server. Unit tests and older legacy tests are provided. Custom ports can be
- used by running `node tests/server.js` manually.
- To run the unit tests in a browser a special forge build is required:
- npm run test-build
- To run legacy browser based tests the main forge build is required:
- npm run build
- The tests are run with a custom server that prints out the URLs to use:
- npm run test-server
- ### Running other tests
- There are some other random tests and benchmarks available in the tests
- directory.
- ### Coverage testing
- To perform coverage testing of the unit tests, run the following. The results
- will be put in the `coverage/` directory. Note that coverage testing can slow
- down some tests considerably.
- npm install
- npm run coverage
- Contributing
- ------------
- Any contributions (eg: PRs) that are accepted will be brought under the same
- license used by the rest of the Forge project. This license allows Forge to
- be used under the terms of either the BSD License or the GNU General Public
- License (GPL) Version 2.
- See: [LICENSE](https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/cbebca3780658703d925b61b2caffb1d263a6c1d/LICENSE)
- If a contribution contains 3rd party source code with its own license, it
- may retain it, so long as that license is compatible with the Forge license.
- API
- ---
- <a name="options" />
- ### Options
- If at any time you wish to disable the use of native code, where available,
- for particular forge features like its secure random number generator, you
- may set the ```forge.options.usePureJavaScript``` flag to ```true```. It is
- not recommended that you set this flag as native code is typically more
- performant and may have stronger security properties. It may be useful to
- set this flag to test certain features that you plan to run in environments
- that are different from your testing environment.
- To disable native code when including forge in the browser:
- ```js
- // run this *after* including the forge script
- forge.options.usePureJavaScript = true;
- ```
- To disable native code when using Node.js:
- ```js
- var forge = require('node-forge');
- forge.options.usePureJavaScript = true;
- ```
- Transports
- ----------
- <a name="tls" />
- ### TLS
- Provides a native javascript client and server-side [TLS][] implementation.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // create TLS client
- var client = forge.tls.createConnection({
- server: false,
- caStore: /* Array of PEM-formatted certs or a CA store object */,
- sessionCache: {},
- // supported cipher suites in order of preference
- cipherSuites: [
- forge.tls.CipherSuites.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
- forge.tls.CipherSuites.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA],
- virtualHost: 'example.com',
- verify: function(connection, verified, depth, certs) {
- if(depth === 0) {
- var cn = certs[0].subject.getField('CN').value;
- if(cn !== 'example.com') {
- verified = {
- alert: forge.tls.Alert.Description.bad_certificate,
- message: 'Certificate common name does not match hostname.'
- };
- }
- }
- return verified;
- },
- connected: function(connection) {
- console.log('connected');
- // send message to server
- connection.prepare(forge.util.encodeUtf8('Hi server!'));
- /* NOTE: experimental, start heartbeat retransmission timer
- myHeartbeatTimer = setInterval(function() {
- connection.prepareHeartbeatRequest(forge.util.createBuffer('1234'));
- }, 5*60*1000);*/
- },
- /* provide a client-side cert if you want
- getCertificate: function(connection, hint) {
- return myClientCertificate;
- },
- /* the private key for the client-side cert if provided */
- getPrivateKey: function(connection, cert) {
- return myClientPrivateKey;
- },
- tlsDataReady: function(connection) {
- // TLS data (encrypted) is ready to be sent to the server
- sendToServerSomehow(connection.tlsData.getBytes());
- // if you were communicating with the server below, you'd do:
- // server.process(connection.tlsData.getBytes());
- },
- dataReady: function(connection) {
- // clear data from the server is ready
- console.log('the server sent: ' +
- forge.util.decodeUtf8(connection.data.getBytes()));
- // close connection
- connection.close();
- },
- /* NOTE: experimental
- heartbeatReceived: function(connection, payload) {
- // restart retransmission timer, look at payload
- clearInterval(myHeartbeatTimer);
- myHeartbeatTimer = setInterval(function() {
- connection.prepareHeartbeatRequest(forge.util.createBuffer('1234'));
- }, 5*60*1000);
- payload.getBytes();
- },*/
- closed: function(connection) {
- console.log('disconnected');
- },
- error: function(connection, error) {
- console.log('uh oh', error);
- }
- });
- // start the handshake process
- client.handshake();
- // when encrypted TLS data is received from the server, process it
- client.process(encryptedBytesFromServer);
- // create TLS server
- var server = forge.tls.createConnection({
- server: true,
- caStore: /* Array of PEM-formatted certs or a CA store object */,
- sessionCache: {},
- // supported cipher suites in order of preference
- cipherSuites: [
- forge.tls.CipherSuites.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
- forge.tls.CipherSuites.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA],
- // require a client-side certificate if you want
- verifyClient: true,
- verify: function(connection, verified, depth, certs) {
- if(depth === 0) {
- var cn = certs[0].subject.getField('CN').value;
- if(cn !== 'the-client') {
- verified = {
- alert: forge.tls.Alert.Description.bad_certificate,
- message: 'Certificate common name does not match expected client.'
- };
- }
- }
- return verified;
- },
- connected: function(connection) {
- console.log('connected');
- // send message to client
- connection.prepare(forge.util.encodeUtf8('Hi client!'));
- /* NOTE: experimental, start heartbeat retransmission timer
- myHeartbeatTimer = setInterval(function() {
- connection.prepareHeartbeatRequest(forge.util.createBuffer('1234'));
- }, 5*60*1000);*/
- },
- getCertificate: function(connection, hint) {
- return myServerCertificate;
- },
- getPrivateKey: function(connection, cert) {
- return myServerPrivateKey;
- },
- tlsDataReady: function(connection) {
- // TLS data (encrypted) is ready to be sent to the client
- sendToClientSomehow(connection.tlsData.getBytes());
- // if you were communicating with the client above you'd do:
- // client.process(connection.tlsData.getBytes());
- },
- dataReady: function(connection) {
- // clear data from the client is ready
- console.log('the client sent: ' +
- forge.util.decodeUtf8(connection.data.getBytes()));
- // close connection
- connection.close();
- },
- /* NOTE: experimental
- heartbeatReceived: function(connection, payload) {
- // restart retransmission timer, look at payload
- clearInterval(myHeartbeatTimer);
- myHeartbeatTimer = setInterval(function() {
- connection.prepareHeartbeatRequest(forge.util.createBuffer('1234'));
- }, 5*60*1000);
- payload.getBytes();
- },*/
- closed: function(connection) {
- console.log('disconnected');
- },
- error: function(connection, error) {
- console.log('uh oh', error);
- }
- });
- // when encrypted TLS data is received from the client, process it
- server.process(encryptedBytesFromClient);
- ```
- Connect to a TLS server using node's net.Socket:
- ```js
- var socket = new net.Socket();
- var client = forge.tls.createConnection({
- server: false,
- verify: function(connection, verified, depth, certs) {
- // skip verification for testing
- console.log('[tls] server certificate verified');
- return true;
- },
- connected: function(connection) {
- console.log('[tls] connected');
- // prepare some data to send (note that the string is interpreted as
- // 'binary' encoded, which works for HTTP which only uses ASCII, use
- // forge.util.encodeUtf8(str) otherwise
- client.prepare('GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n');
- },
- tlsDataReady: function(connection) {
- // encrypted data is ready to be sent to the server
- var data = connection.tlsData.getBytes();
- socket.write(data, 'binary'); // encoding should be 'binary'
- },
- dataReady: function(connection) {
- // clear data from the server is ready
- var data = connection.data.getBytes();
- console.log('[tls] data received from the server: ' + data);
- },
- closed: function() {
- console.log('[tls] disconnected');
- },
- error: function(connection, error) {
- console.log('[tls] error', error);
- }
- });
- socket.on('connect', function() {
- console.log('[socket] connected');
- client.handshake();
- });
- socket.on('data', function(data) {
- client.process(data.toString('binary')); // encoding should be 'binary'
- });
- socket.on('end', function() {
- console.log('[socket] disconnected');
- });
- // connect to google.com
- socket.connect(443, 'google.com');
- // or connect to gmail's imap server (but don't send the HTTP header above)
- //socket.connect(993, 'imap.gmail.com');
- ```
- <a name="http" />
- ### HTTP
- Provides a native [JavaScript][] mini-implementation of an http client that
- uses pooled sockets.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // create an HTTP GET request
- var request = forge.http.createRequest({method: 'GET', path: url.path});
- // send the request somewhere
- sendSomehow(request.toString());
- // receive response
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer();
- var response = forge.http.createResponse();
- var someAsyncDataHandler = function(bytes) {
- if(!response.bodyReceived) {
- buffer.putBytes(bytes);
- if(!response.headerReceived) {
- if(response.readHeader(buffer)) {
- console.log('HTTP response header: ' + response.toString());
- }
- }
- if(response.headerReceived && !response.bodyReceived) {
- if(response.readBody(buffer)) {
- console.log('HTTP response body: ' + response.body);
- }
- }
- }
- };
- ```
- <a name="ssh" />
- ### SSH
- Provides some SSH utility functions.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // encodes (and optionally encrypts) a private RSA key as a Putty PPK file
- forge.ssh.privateKeyToPutty(privateKey, passphrase, comment);
- // encodes a public RSA key as an OpenSSH file
- forge.ssh.publicKeyToOpenSSH(key, comment);
- // encodes a private RSA key as an OpenSSH file
- forge.ssh.privateKeyToOpenSSH(privateKey, passphrase);
- // gets the SSH public key fingerprint in a byte buffer
- forge.ssh.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key);
- // gets a hex-encoded, colon-delimited SSH public key fingerprint
- forge.ssh.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key, {encoding: 'hex', delimiter: ':'});
- ```
- <a name="xhr" />
- ### XHR
- Provides an XmlHttpRequest implementation using forge.http as a backend.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // TODO
- ```
- <a name="socket" />
- ### Sockets
- Provides an interface to create and use raw sockets provided via Flash.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // TODO
- ```
- Ciphers
- -------
- <a name="cipher" />
- ### CIPHER
- Provides a basic API for block encryption and decryption. There is built-in
- support for the ciphers: [AES][], [3DES][], and [DES][], and for the modes
- of operation: [ECB][], [CBC][], [CFB][], [OFB][], [CTR][], and [GCM][].
- These algorithms are currently supported:
- * AES-ECB
- * AES-CBC
- * AES-CFB
- * AES-OFB
- * AES-CTR
- * AES-GCM
- * 3DES-ECB
- * 3DES-CBC
- * DES-ECB
- * DES-CBC
- When using an [AES][] algorithm, the key size will determine whether
- AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256 is used (all are supported). When a [DES][]
- algorithm is used, the key size will determine whether [3DES][] or regular
- [DES][] is used. Use a [3DES][] algorithm to enforce Triple-DES.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate a random key and IV
- // Note: a key size of 16 bytes will use AES-128, 24 => AES-192, 32 => AES-256
- var key = forge.random.getBytesSync(16);
- var iv = forge.random.getBytesSync(16);
- /* alternatively, generate a password-based 16-byte key
- var salt = forge.random.getBytesSync(128);
- var key = forge.pkcs5.pbkdf2('password', salt, numIterations, 16);
- */
- // encrypt some bytes using CBC mode
- // (other modes include: ECB, CFB, OFB, CTR, and GCM)
- // Note: CBC and ECB modes use PKCS#7 padding as default
- var cipher = forge.cipher.createCipher('AES-CBC', key);
- cipher.start({iv: iv});
- cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(someBytes));
- cipher.finish();
- var encrypted = cipher.output;
- // outputs encrypted hex
- console.log(encrypted.toHex());
- // decrypt some bytes using CBC mode
- // (other modes include: CFB, OFB, CTR, and GCM)
- var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('AES-CBC', key);
- decipher.start({iv: iv});
- decipher.update(encrypted);
- var result = decipher.finish(); // check 'result' for true/false
- // outputs decrypted hex
- console.log(decipher.output.toHex());
- // decrypt bytes using CBC mode and streaming
- // Performance can suffer for large multi-MB inputs due to buffer
- // manipulations. Stream processing in chunks can offer significant
- // improvement. CPU intensive update() calls could also be performed with
- // setImmediate/setTimeout to avoid blocking the main browser UI thread (not
- // shown here). Optimal block size depends on the JavaScript VM and other
- // factors. Encryption can use a simple technique for increased performance.
- var encryptedBytes = encrypted.bytes();
- var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('AES-CBC', key);
- decipher.start({iv: iv});
- var length = encryptedBytes.length;
- var chunkSize = 1024 * 64;
- var index = 0;
- var decrypted = '';
- do {
- decrypted += decipher.output.getBytes();
- var buf = forge.util.createBuffer(encryptedBytes.substr(index, chunkSize));
- decipher.update(buf);
- index += chunkSize;
- } while(index < length);
- var result = decipher.finish();
- assert(result);
- decrypted += decipher.output.getBytes();
- console.log(forge.util.bytesToHex(decrypted));
- // encrypt some bytes using GCM mode
- var cipher = forge.cipher.createCipher('AES-GCM', key);
- cipher.start({
- iv: iv, // should be a 12-byte binary-encoded string or byte buffer
- additionalData: 'binary-encoded string', // optional
- tagLength: 128 // optional, defaults to 128 bits
- });
- cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(someBytes));
- cipher.finish();
- var encrypted = cipher.output;
- var tag = cipher.mode.tag;
- // outputs encrypted hex
- console.log(encrypted.toHex());
- // outputs authentication tag
- console.log(tag.toHex());
- // decrypt some bytes using GCM mode
- var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('AES-GCM', key);
- decipher.start({
- iv: iv,
- additionalData: 'binary-encoded string', // optional
- tagLength: 128, // optional, defaults to 128 bits
- tag: tag // authentication tag from encryption
- });
- decipher.update(encrypted);
- var pass = decipher.finish();
- // pass is false if there was a failure (eg: authentication tag didn't match)
- if(pass) {
- // outputs decrypted hex
- console.log(decipher.output.toHex());
- }
- ```
- Using forge in Node.js to match openssl's "enc" command line tool (**Note**: OpenSSL "enc" uses a non-standard file format with a custom key derivation function and a fixed iteration count of 1, which some consider less secure than alternatives such as [OpenPGP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880)/[GnuPG](https://www.gnupg.org/)):
- ```js
- var forge = require('node-forge');
- var fs = require('fs');
- // openssl enc -des3 -in input.txt -out input.enc
- function encrypt(password) {
- var input = fs.readFileSync('input.txt', {encoding: 'binary'});
- // 3DES key and IV sizes
- var keySize = 24;
- var ivSize = 8;
- // get derived bytes
- // Notes:
- // 1. If using an alternative hash (eg: "-md sha1") pass
- // "forge.md.sha1.create()" as the final parameter.
- // 2. If using "-nosalt", set salt to null.
- var salt = forge.random.getBytesSync(8);
- // var md = forge.md.sha1.create(); // "-md sha1"
- var derivedBytes = forge.pbe.opensslDeriveBytes(
- password, salt, keySize + ivSize/*, md*/);
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer(derivedBytes);
- var key = buffer.getBytes(keySize);
- var iv = buffer.getBytes(ivSize);
- var cipher = forge.cipher.createCipher('3DES-CBC', key);
- cipher.start({iv: iv});
- cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(input, 'binary'));
- cipher.finish();
- var output = forge.util.createBuffer();
- // if using a salt, prepend this to the output:
- if(salt !== null) {
- output.putBytes('Salted__'); // (add to match openssl tool output)
- output.putBytes(salt);
- }
- output.putBuffer(cipher.output);
- fs.writeFileSync('input.enc', output.getBytes(), {encoding: 'binary'});
- }
- // openssl enc -d -des3 -in input.enc -out input.dec.txt
- function decrypt(password) {
- var input = fs.readFileSync('input.enc', {encoding: 'binary'});
- // parse salt from input
- input = forge.util.createBuffer(input, 'binary');
- // skip "Salted__" (if known to be present)
- input.getBytes('Salted__'.length);
- // read 8-byte salt
- var salt = input.getBytes(8);
- // Note: if using "-nosalt", skip above parsing and use
- // var salt = null;
- // 3DES key and IV sizes
- var keySize = 24;
- var ivSize = 8;
- var derivedBytes = forge.pbe.opensslDeriveBytes(
- password, salt, keySize + ivSize);
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer(derivedBytes);
- var key = buffer.getBytes(keySize);
- var iv = buffer.getBytes(ivSize);
- var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('3DES-CBC', key);
- decipher.start({iv: iv});
- decipher.update(input);
- var result = decipher.finish(); // check 'result' for true/false
- fs.writeFileSync(
- 'input.dec.txt', decipher.output.getBytes(), {encoding: 'binary'});
- }
- ```
- <a name="aes" />
- ### AES
- Provides [AES][] encryption and decryption in [CBC][], [CFB][], [OFB][],
- [CTR][], and [GCM][] modes. See [CIPHER](#cipher) for examples.
- <a name="des" />
- ### DES
- Provides [3DES][] and [DES][] encryption and decryption in [ECB][] and
- [CBC][] modes. See [CIPHER](#cipher) for examples.
- <a name="rc2" />
- ### RC2
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate a random key and IV
- var key = forge.random.getBytesSync(16);
- var iv = forge.random.getBytesSync(8);
- // encrypt some bytes
- var cipher = forge.rc2.createEncryptionCipher(key);
- cipher.start(iv);
- cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(someBytes));
- cipher.finish();
- var encrypted = cipher.output;
- // outputs encrypted hex
- console.log(encrypted.toHex());
- // decrypt some bytes
- var cipher = forge.rc2.createDecryptionCipher(key);
- cipher.start(iv);
- cipher.update(encrypted);
- cipher.finish();
- // outputs decrypted hex
- console.log(cipher.output.toHex());
- ```
- PKI
- ---
- Provides [X.509][] certificate support, ED25519 key generation and
- signing/verifying, and RSA public and private key encoding, decoding,
- encryption/decryption, and signing/verifying.
- <a name="ed25519" />
- ### ED25519
- Special thanks to [TweetNaCl.js][] for providing the bulk of the implementation.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var ed25519 = forge.pki.ed25519;
- // generate a random ED25519 keypair
- var keypair = ed25519.generateKeyPair();
- // `keypair.publicKey` is a node.js Buffer or Uint8Array
- // `keypair.privateKey` is a node.js Buffer or Uint8Array
- // generate a random ED25519 keypair based on a random 32-byte seed
- var seed = forge.random.getBytesSync(32);
- var keypair = ed25519.generateKeyPair({seed: seed});
- // generate a random ED25519 keypair based on a "password" 32-byte seed
- var password = 'Mai9ohgh6ahxee0jutheew0pungoozil';
- var seed = new forge.util.ByteBuffer(password, 'utf8');
- var keypair = ed25519.generateKeyPair({seed: seed});
- // sign a UTF-8 message
- var signature = ED25519.sign({
- message: 'test',
- // also accepts `binary` if you want to pass a binary string
- encoding: 'utf8',
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, binary string
- privateKey: privateKey
- });
- // `signature` is a node.js Buffer or Uint8Array
- // sign a message passed as a buffer
- var signature = ED25519.sign({
- // also accepts a forge ByteBuffer or Uint8Array
- message: Buffer.from('test', 'utf8'),
- privateKey: privateKey
- });
- // sign a message digest (shorter "message" == better performance)
- var md = forge.md.sha256.create();
- md.update('test', 'utf8');
- var signature = ED25519.sign({
- md: md,
- privateKey: privateKey
- });
- // verify a signature on a UTF-8 message
- var verified = ED25519.verify({
- message: 'test',
- encoding: 'utf8',
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- signature: signature,
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- publicKey: publicKey
- });
- // `verified` is true/false
- // sign a message passed as a buffer
- var verified = ED25519.verify({
- // also accepts a forge ByteBuffer or Uint8Array
- message: Buffer.from('test', 'utf8'),
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- signature: signature,
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- publicKey: publicKey
- });
- // verify a signature on a message digest
- var md = forge.md.sha256.create();
- md.update('test', 'utf8');
- var verified = ED25519.verify({
- md: md,
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- signature: signature,
- // node.js Buffer, Uint8Array, forge ByteBuffer, or binary string
- publicKey: publicKey
- });
- ```
- <a name="rsa" />
- ### RSA
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var rsa = forge.pki.rsa;
- // generate an RSA key pair synchronously
- // *NOT RECOMMENDED*: Can be significantly slower than async and may block
- // JavaScript execution. Will use native Node.js 10.12.0+ API if possible.
- var keypair = rsa.generateKeyPair({bits: 2048, e: 0x10001});
- // generate an RSA key pair asynchronously (uses web workers if available)
- // use workers: -1 to run a fast core estimator to optimize # of workers
- // *RECOMMENDED*: Can be significantly faster than sync. Will use native
- // Node.js 10.12.0+ or WebCrypto API if possible.
- rsa.generateKeyPair({bits: 2048, workers: 2}, function(err, keypair) {
- // keypair.privateKey, keypair.publicKey
- });
- // generate an RSA key pair in steps that attempt to run for a specified period
- // of time on the main JS thread
- var state = rsa.createKeyPairGenerationState(2048, 0x10001);
- var step = function() {
- // run for 100 ms
- if(!rsa.stepKeyPairGenerationState(state, 100)) {
- setTimeout(step, 1);
- }
- else {
- // done, turn off progress indicator, use state.keys
- }
- };
- // turn on progress indicator, schedule generation to run
- setTimeout(step);
- // sign data with a private key and output DigestInfo DER-encoded bytes
- // (defaults to RSASSA PKCS#1 v1.5)
- var md = forge.md.sha1.create();
- md.update('sign this', 'utf8');
- var signature = privateKey.sign(md);
- // verify data with a public key
- // (defaults to RSASSA PKCS#1 v1.5)
- var verified = publicKey.verify(md.digest().bytes(), signature);
- // sign data using RSASSA-PSS where PSS uses a SHA-1 hash, a SHA-1 based
- // masking function MGF1, and a 20 byte salt
- var md = forge.md.sha1.create();
- md.update('sign this', 'utf8');
- var pss = forge.pss.create({
- md: forge.md.sha1.create(),
- mgf: forge.mgf.mgf1.create(forge.md.sha1.create()),
- saltLength: 20
- // optionally pass 'prng' with a custom PRNG implementation
- // optionalls pass 'salt' with a forge.util.ByteBuffer w/custom salt
- });
- var signature = privateKey.sign(md, pss);
- // verify RSASSA-PSS signature
- var pss = forge.pss.create({
- md: forge.md.sha1.create(),
- mgf: forge.mgf.mgf1.create(forge.md.sha1.create()),
- saltLength: 20
- // optionally pass 'prng' with a custom PRNG implementation
- });
- var md = forge.md.sha1.create();
- md.update('sign this', 'utf8');
- publicKey.verify(md.digest().getBytes(), signature, pss);
- // encrypt data with a public key (defaults to RSAES PKCS#1 v1.5)
- var encrypted = publicKey.encrypt(bytes);
- // decrypt data with a private key (defaults to RSAES PKCS#1 v1.5)
- var decrypted = privateKey.decrypt(encrypted);
- // encrypt data with a public key using RSAES PKCS#1 v1.5
- var encrypted = publicKey.encrypt(bytes, 'RSAES-PKCS1-V1_5');
- // decrypt data with a private key using RSAES PKCS#1 v1.5
- var decrypted = privateKey.decrypt(encrypted, 'RSAES-PKCS1-V1_5');
- // encrypt data with a public key using RSAES-OAEP
- var encrypted = publicKey.encrypt(bytes, 'RSA-OAEP');
- // decrypt data with a private key using RSAES-OAEP
- var decrypted = privateKey.decrypt(encrypted, 'RSA-OAEP');
- // encrypt data with a public key using RSAES-OAEP/SHA-256
- var encrypted = publicKey.encrypt(bytes, 'RSA-OAEP', {
- md: forge.md.sha256.create()
- });
- // decrypt data with a private key using RSAES-OAEP/SHA-256
- var decrypted = privateKey.decrypt(encrypted, 'RSA-OAEP', {
- md: forge.md.sha256.create()
- });
- // encrypt data with a public key using RSAES-OAEP/SHA-256/MGF1-SHA-1
- // compatible with Java's RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA-256AndMGF1Padding
- var encrypted = publicKey.encrypt(bytes, 'RSA-OAEP', {
- md: forge.md.sha256.create(),
- mgf1: {
- md: forge.md.sha1.create()
- }
- });
- // decrypt data with a private key using RSAES-OAEP/SHA-256/MGF1-SHA-1
- // compatible with Java's RSA/ECB/OAEPWithSHA-256AndMGF1Padding
- var decrypted = privateKey.decrypt(encrypted, 'RSA-OAEP', {
- md: forge.md.sha256.create(),
- mgf1: {
- md: forge.md.sha1.create()
- }
- });
- ```
- <a name="rsakem" />
- ### RSA-KEM
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate an RSA key pair asynchronously (uses web workers if available)
- // use workers: -1 to run a fast core estimator to optimize # of workers
- forge.rsa.generateKeyPair({bits: 2048, workers: -1}, function(err, keypair) {
- // keypair.privateKey, keypair.publicKey
- });
- // generate and encapsulate a 16-byte secret key
- var kdf1 = new forge.kem.kdf1(forge.md.sha1.create());
- var kem = forge.kem.rsa.create(kdf1);
- var result = kem.encrypt(keypair.publicKey, 16);
- // result has 'encapsulation' and 'key'
- // encrypt some bytes
- var iv = forge.random.getBytesSync(12);
- var someBytes = 'hello world!';
- var cipher = forge.cipher.createCipher('AES-GCM', result.key);
- cipher.start({iv: iv});
- cipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(someBytes));
- cipher.finish();
- var encrypted = cipher.output.getBytes();
- var tag = cipher.mode.tag.getBytes();
- // send 'encrypted', 'iv', 'tag', and result.encapsulation to recipient
- // decrypt encapsulated 16-byte secret key
- var kdf1 = new forge.kem.kdf1(forge.md.sha1.create());
- var kem = forge.kem.rsa.create(kdf1);
- var key = kem.decrypt(keypair.privateKey, result.encapsulation, 16);
- // decrypt some bytes
- var decipher = forge.cipher.createDecipher('AES-GCM', key);
- decipher.start({iv: iv, tag: tag});
- decipher.update(forge.util.createBuffer(encrypted));
- var pass = decipher.finish();
- // pass is false if there was a failure (eg: authentication tag didn't match)
- if(pass) {
- // outputs 'hello world!'
- console.log(decipher.output.getBytes());
- }
- ```
- <a name="x509" />
- ### X.509
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var pki = forge.pki;
- // convert a PEM-formatted public key to a Forge public key
- var publicKey = pki.publicKeyFromPem(pem);
- // convert a Forge public key to PEM-format
- var pem = pki.publicKeyToPem(publicKey);
- // convert an ASN.1 SubjectPublicKeyInfo to a Forge public key
- var publicKey = pki.publicKeyFromAsn1(subjectPublicKeyInfo);
- // convert a Forge public key to an ASN.1 SubjectPublicKeyInfo
- var subjectPublicKeyInfo = pki.publicKeyToAsn1(publicKey);
- // gets a SHA-1 RSAPublicKey fingerprint a byte buffer
- pki.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key);
- // gets a SHA-1 SubjectPublicKeyInfo fingerprint a byte buffer
- pki.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key, {type: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'});
- // gets a hex-encoded, colon-delimited SHA-1 RSAPublicKey public key fingerprint
- pki.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key, {encoding: 'hex', delimiter: ':'});
- // gets a hex-encoded, colon-delimited SHA-1 SubjectPublicKeyInfo public key fingerprint
- pki.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key, {
- type: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo',
- encoding: 'hex',
- delimiter: ':'
- });
- // gets a hex-encoded, colon-delimited MD5 RSAPublicKey public key fingerprint
- pki.getPublicKeyFingerprint(key, {
- md: forge.md.md5.create(),
- encoding: 'hex',
- delimiter: ':'
- });
- // creates a CA store
- var caStore = pki.createCaStore([/* PEM-encoded cert */, ...]);
- // add a certificate to the CA store
- caStore.addCertificate(certObjectOrPemString);
- // gets the issuer (its certificate) for the given certificate
- var issuerCert = caStore.getIssuer(subjectCert);
- // verifies a certificate chain against a CA store
- pki.verifyCertificateChain(caStore, chain, customVerifyCallback);
- // signs a certificate using the given private key
- cert.sign(privateKey);
- // signs a certificate using SHA-256 instead of SHA-1
- cert.sign(privateKey, forge.md.sha256.create());
- // verifies an issued certificate using the certificates public key
- var verified = issuer.verify(issued);
- // generate a keypair and create an X.509v3 certificate
- var keys = pki.rsa.generateKeyPair(2048);
- var cert = pki.createCertificate();
- cert.publicKey = keys.publicKey;
- // alternatively set public key from a csr
- //cert.publicKey = csr.publicKey;
- // NOTE: serialNumber is the hex encoded value of an ASN.1 INTEGER.
- // Conforming CAs should ensure serialNumber is:
- // - no more than 20 octets
- // - non-negative (prefix a '00' if your value starts with a '1' bit)
- cert.serialNumber = '01';
- cert.validity.notBefore = new Date();
- cert.validity.notAfter = new Date();
- cert.validity.notAfter.setFullYear(cert.validity.notBefore.getFullYear() + 1);
- var attrs = [{
- name: 'commonName',
- value: 'example.org'
- }, {
- name: 'countryName',
- value: 'US'
- }, {
- shortName: 'ST',
- value: 'Virginia'
- }, {
- name: 'localityName',
- value: 'Blacksburg'
- }, {
- name: 'organizationName',
- value: 'Test'
- }, {
- shortName: 'OU',
- value: 'Test'
- }];
- cert.setSubject(attrs);
- // alternatively set subject from a csr
- //cert.setSubject(csr.subject.attributes);
- cert.setIssuer(attrs);
- cert.setExtensions([{
- name: 'basicConstraints',
- cA: true
- }, {
- name: 'keyUsage',
- keyCertSign: true,
- digitalSignature: true,
- nonRepudiation: true,
- keyEncipherment: true,
- dataEncipherment: true
- }, {
- name: 'extKeyUsage',
- serverAuth: true,
- clientAuth: true,
- codeSigning: true,
- emailProtection: true,
- timeStamping: true
- }, {
- name: 'nsCertType',
- client: true,
- server: true,
- email: true,
- objsign: true,
- sslCA: true,
- emailCA: true,
- objCA: true
- }, {
- name: 'subjectAltName',
- altNames: [{
- type: 6, // URI
- value: 'http://example.org/webid#me'
- }, {
- type: 7, // IP
- ip: '127.0.0.1'
- }]
- }, {
- name: 'subjectKeyIdentifier'
- }]);
- /* alternatively set extensions from a csr
- var extensions = csr.getAttribute({name: 'extensionRequest'}).extensions;
- // optionally add more extensions
- extensions.push.apply(extensions, [{
- name: 'basicConstraints',
- cA: true
- }, {
- name: 'keyUsage',
- keyCertSign: true,
- digitalSignature: true,
- nonRepudiation: true,
- keyEncipherment: true,
- dataEncipherment: true
- }]);
- cert.setExtensions(extensions);
- */
- // self-sign certificate
- cert.sign(keys.privateKey);
- // convert a Forge certificate to PEM
- var pem = pki.certificateToPem(cert);
- // convert a Forge certificate from PEM
- var cert = pki.certificateFromPem(pem);
- // convert an ASN.1 X.509x3 object to a Forge certificate
- var cert = pki.certificateFromAsn1(obj);
- // convert a Forge certificate to an ASN.1 X.509v3 object
- var asn1Cert = pki.certificateToAsn1(cert);
- ```
- <a name="pkcs5" />
- ### PKCS#5
- Provides the password-based key-derivation function from [PKCS#5][].
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate a password-based 16-byte key
- // note an optional message digest can be passed as the final parameter
- var salt = forge.random.getBytesSync(128);
- var derivedKey = forge.pkcs5.pbkdf2('password', salt, numIterations, 16);
- // generate key asynchronously
- // note an optional message digest can be passed before the callback
- forge.pkcs5.pbkdf2('password', salt, numIterations, 16, function(err, derivedKey) {
- // do something w/derivedKey
- });
- ```
- <a name="pkcs7" />
- ### PKCS#7
- Provides cryptographically protected messages from [PKCS#7][].
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // convert a message from PEM
- var p7 = forge.pkcs7.messageFromPem(pem);
- // look at p7.recipients
- // find a recipient by the issuer of a certificate
- var recipient = p7.findRecipient(cert);
- // decrypt
- p7.decrypt(p7.recipients[0], privateKey);
- // create a p7 enveloped message
- var p7 = forge.pkcs7.createEnvelopedData();
- // add a recipient
- var cert = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(certPem);
- p7.addRecipient(cert);
- // set content
- p7.content = forge.util.createBuffer('Hello');
- // encrypt
- p7.encrypt();
- // convert message to PEM
- var pem = forge.pkcs7.messageToPem(p7);
- // create a degenerate PKCS#7 certificate container
- // (CRLs not currently supported, only certificates)
- var p7 = forge.pkcs7.createSignedData();
- p7.addCertificate(certOrCertPem1);
- p7.addCertificate(certOrCertPem2);
- var pem = forge.pkcs7.messageToPem(p7);
- // create PKCS#7 signed data with authenticatedAttributes
- // attributes include: PKCS#9 content-type, message-digest, and signing-time
- var p7 = forge.pkcs7.createSignedData();
- p7.content = forge.util.createBuffer('Some content to be signed.', 'utf8');
- p7.addCertificate(certOrCertPem);
- p7.addSigner({
- key: privateKeyAssociatedWithCert,
- certificate: certOrCertPem,
- digestAlgorithm: forge.pki.oids.sha256,
- authenticatedAttributes: [{
- type: forge.pki.oids.contentType,
- value: forge.pki.oids.data
- }, {
- type: forge.pki.oids.messageDigest
- // value will be auto-populated at signing time
- }, {
- type: forge.pki.oids.signingTime,
- // value can also be auto-populated at signing time
- value: new Date()
- }]
- });
- p7.sign();
- var pem = forge.pkcs7.messageToPem(p7);
- // PKCS#7 Sign in detached mode.
- // Includes the signature and certificate without the signed data.
- p7.sign({detached: true});
- ```
- <a name="pkcs8" />
- ### PKCS#8
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var pki = forge.pki;
- // convert a PEM-formatted private key to a Forge private key
- var privateKey = pki.privateKeyFromPem(pem);
- // convert a Forge private key to PEM-format
- var pem = pki.privateKeyToPem(privateKey);
- // convert an ASN.1 PrivateKeyInfo or RSAPrivateKey to a Forge private key
- var privateKey = pki.privateKeyFromAsn1(rsaPrivateKey);
- // convert a Forge private key to an ASN.1 RSAPrivateKey
- var rsaPrivateKey = pki.privateKeyToAsn1(privateKey);
- // wrap an RSAPrivateKey ASN.1 object in a PKCS#8 ASN.1 PrivateKeyInfo
- var privateKeyInfo = pki.wrapRsaPrivateKey(rsaPrivateKey);
- // convert a PKCS#8 ASN.1 PrivateKeyInfo to PEM
- var pem = pki.privateKeyInfoToPem(privateKeyInfo);
- // encrypts a PrivateKeyInfo using a custom password and
- // outputs an EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo
- var encryptedPrivateKeyInfo = pki.encryptPrivateKeyInfo(
- privateKeyInfo, 'myCustomPasswordHere', {
- algorithm: 'aes256', // 'aes128', 'aes192', 'aes256', '3des'
- });
- // decrypts an ASN.1 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo that was encrypted
- // with a custom password
- var privateKeyInfo = pki.decryptPrivateKeyInfo(
- encryptedPrivateKeyInfo, 'myCustomPasswordHere');
- // converts an EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo to PEM
- var pem = pki.encryptedPrivateKeyToPem(encryptedPrivateKeyInfo);
- // converts a PEM-encoded EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo to ASN.1 format
- var encryptedPrivateKeyInfo = pki.encryptedPrivateKeyFromPem(pem);
- // wraps and encrypts a Forge private key and outputs it in PEM format
- var pem = pki.encryptRsaPrivateKey(privateKey, 'password');
- // encrypts a Forge private key and outputs it in PEM format using OpenSSL's
- // proprietary legacy format + encapsulated PEM headers (DEK-Info)
- var pem = pki.encryptRsaPrivateKey(privateKey, 'password', {legacy: true});
- // decrypts a PEM-formatted, encrypted private key
- var privateKey = pki.decryptRsaPrivateKey(pem, 'password');
- // sets an RSA public key from a private key
- var publicKey = pki.setRsaPublicKey(privateKey.n, privateKey.e);
- ```
- <a name="pkcs10" />
- ### PKCS#10
- Provides certification requests or certificate signing requests (CSR) from
- [PKCS#10][].
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate a key pair
- var keys = forge.pki.rsa.generateKeyPair(1024);
- // create a certification request (CSR)
- var csr = forge.pki.createCertificationRequest();
- csr.publicKey = keys.publicKey;
- csr.setSubject([{
- name: 'commonName',
- value: 'example.org'
- }, {
- name: 'countryName',
- value: 'US'
- }, {
- shortName: 'ST',
- value: 'Virginia'
- }, {
- name: 'localityName',
- value: 'Blacksburg'
- }, {
- name: 'organizationName',
- value: 'Test'
- }, {
- shortName: 'OU',
- value: 'Test'
- }]);
- // set (optional) attributes
- csr.setAttributes([{
- name: 'challengePassword',
- value: 'password'
- }, {
- name: 'unstructuredName',
- value: 'My Company, Inc.'
- }, {
- name: 'extensionRequest',
- extensions: [{
- name: 'subjectAltName',
- altNames: [{
- // 2 is DNS type
- type: 2,
- value: 'test.domain.com'
- }, {
- type: 2,
- value: 'other.domain.com',
- }, {
- type: 2,
- value: 'www.domain.net'
- }]
- }]
- }]);
- // sign certification request
- csr.sign(keys.privateKey);
- // verify certification request
- var verified = csr.verify();
- // convert certification request to PEM-format
- var pem = forge.pki.certificationRequestToPem(csr);
- // convert a Forge certification request from PEM-format
- var csr = forge.pki.certificationRequestFromPem(pem);
- // get an attribute
- csr.getAttribute({name: 'challengePassword'});
- // get extensions array
- csr.getAttribute({name: 'extensionRequest'}).extensions;
- ```
- <a name="pkcs12" />
- ### PKCS#12
- Provides the cryptographic archive file format from [PKCS#12][].
- **Note for Chrome/Firefox/iOS/similar users**: If you have trouble importing
- a PKCS#12 container, try using the TripleDES algorithm. It can be passed
- to `forge.pkcs12.toPkcs12Asn1` using the `{algorithm: '3des'}` option.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // decode p12 from base64
- var p12Der = forge.util.decode64(p12b64);
- // get p12 as ASN.1 object
- var p12Asn1 = forge.asn1.fromDer(p12Der);
- // decrypt p12 using the password 'password'
- var p12 = forge.pkcs12.pkcs12FromAsn1(p12Asn1, 'password');
- // decrypt p12 using non-strict parsing mode (resolves some ASN.1 parse errors)
- var p12 = forge.pkcs12.pkcs12FromAsn1(p12Asn1, false, 'password');
- // decrypt p12 using literally no password (eg: Mac OS X/apple push)
- var p12 = forge.pkcs12.pkcs12FromAsn1(p12Asn1);
- // decrypt p12 using an "empty" password (eg: OpenSSL with no password input)
- var p12 = forge.pkcs12.pkcs12FromAsn1(p12Asn1, '');
- // p12.safeContents is an array of safe contents, each of
- // which contains an array of safeBags
- // get bags by friendlyName
- var bags = p12.getBags({friendlyName: 'test'});
- // bags are key'd by attribute type (here "friendlyName")
- // and the key values are an array of matching objects
- var cert = bags.friendlyName[0];
- // get bags by localKeyId
- var bags = p12.getBags({localKeyId: buffer});
- // bags are key'd by attribute type (here "localKeyId")
- // and the key values are an array of matching objects
- var cert = bags.localKeyId[0];
- // get bags by localKeyId (input in hex)
- var bags = p12.getBags({localKeyIdHex: '7b59377ff142d0be4565e9ac3d396c01401cd879'});
- // bags are key'd by attribute type (here "localKeyId", *not* "localKeyIdHex")
- // and the key values are an array of matching objects
- var cert = bags.localKeyId[0];
- // get bags by type
- var bags = p12.getBags({bagType: forge.pki.oids.certBag});
- // bags are key'd by bagType and each bagType key's value
- // is an array of matches (in this case, certificate objects)
- var cert = bags[forge.pki.oids.certBag][0];
- // get bags by friendlyName and filter on bag type
- var bags = p12.getBags({
- friendlyName: 'test',
- bagType: forge.pki.oids.certBag
- });
- // get key bags
- var bags = p12.getBags({bagType: forge.pki.oids.keyBag});
- // get key
- var bag = bags[forge.pki.oids.keyBag][0];
- var key = bag.key;
- // if the key is in a format unrecognized by forge then
- // bag.key will be `null`, use bag.asn1 to get the ASN.1
- // representation of the key
- if(bag.key === null) {
- var keyAsn1 = bag.asn1;
- // can now convert back to DER/PEM/etc for export
- }
- // generate a p12 using AES (default)
- var p12Asn1 = forge.pkcs12.toPkcs12Asn1(
- privateKey, certificateChain, 'password');
- // generate a p12 that can be imported by Chrome/Firefox/iOS
- // (requires the use of Triple DES instead of AES)
- var p12Asn1 = forge.pkcs12.toPkcs12Asn1(
- privateKey, certificateChain, 'password',
- {algorithm: '3des'});
- // base64-encode p12
- var p12Der = forge.asn1.toDer(p12Asn1).getBytes();
- var p12b64 = forge.util.encode64(p12Der);
- // create download link for p12
- var a = document.createElement('a');
- a.download = 'example.p12';
- a.setAttribute('href', 'data:application/x-pkcs12;base64,' + p12b64);
- a.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Download'));
- ```
- <a name="asn" />
- ### ASN.1
- Provides [ASN.1][] DER encoding and decoding.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var asn1 = forge.asn1;
- // create a SubjectPublicKeyInfo
- var subjectPublicKeyInfo =
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.SEQUENCE, true, [
- // AlgorithmIdentifier
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.SEQUENCE, true, [
- // algorithm
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.OID, false,
- asn1.oidToDer(pki.oids['rsaEncryption']).getBytes()),
- // parameters (null)
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.NULL, false, '')
- ]),
- // subjectPublicKey
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.BITSTRING, false, [
- // RSAPublicKey
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.SEQUENCE, true, [
- // modulus (n)
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.INTEGER, false,
- _bnToBytes(key.n)),
- // publicExponent (e)
- asn1.create(asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL, asn1.Type.INTEGER, false,
- _bnToBytes(key.e))
- ])
- ])
- ]);
- // serialize an ASN.1 object to DER format
- var derBuffer = asn1.toDer(subjectPublicKeyInfo);
- // deserialize to an ASN.1 object from a byte buffer filled with DER data
- var object = asn1.fromDer(derBuffer);
- // convert an OID dot-separated string to a byte buffer
- var derOidBuffer = asn1.oidToDer('1.2.840.113549.1.1.5');
- // convert a byte buffer with a DER-encoded OID to a dot-separated string
- console.log(asn1.derToOid(derOidBuffer));
- // output: 1.2.840.113549.1.1.5
- // validates that an ASN.1 object matches a particular ASN.1 structure and
- // captures data of interest from that structure for easy access
- var publicKeyValidator = {
- name: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo',
- tagClass: asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL,
- type: asn1.Type.SEQUENCE,
- constructed: true,
- captureAsn1: 'subjectPublicKeyInfo',
- value: [{
- name: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo.AlgorithmIdentifier',
- tagClass: asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL,
- type: asn1.Type.SEQUENCE,
- constructed: true,
- value: [{
- name: 'AlgorithmIdentifier.algorithm',
- tagClass: asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL,
- type: asn1.Type.OID,
- constructed: false,
- capture: 'publicKeyOid'
- }]
- }, {
- // subjectPublicKey
- name: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo.subjectPublicKey',
- tagClass: asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL,
- type: asn1.Type.BITSTRING,
- constructed: false,
- value: [{
- // RSAPublicKey
- name: 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo.subjectPublicKey.RSAPublicKey',
- tagClass: asn1.Class.UNIVERSAL,
- type: asn1.Type.SEQUENCE,
- constructed: true,
- optional: true,
- captureAsn1: 'rsaPublicKey'
- }]
- }]
- };
- var capture = {};
- var errors = [];
- if(!asn1.validate(
- publicKeyValidator, subjectPublicKeyInfo, validator, capture, errors)) {
- throw 'ASN.1 object is not a SubjectPublicKeyInfo.';
- }
- // capture.subjectPublicKeyInfo contains the full ASN.1 object
- // capture.rsaPublicKey contains the full ASN.1 object for the RSA public key
- // capture.publicKeyOid only contains the value for the OID
- var oid = asn1.derToOid(capture.publicKeyOid);
- if(oid !== pki.oids['rsaEncryption']) {
- throw 'Unsupported OID.';
- }
- // pretty print an ASN.1 object to a string for debugging purposes
- asn1.prettyPrint(object);
- ```
- Message Digests
- ----------------
- <a name="sha1" />
- ### SHA1
- Provides [SHA-1][] message digests.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var md = forge.md.sha1.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: 2fd4e1c67a2d28fced849ee1bb76e7391b93eb12
- ```
- <a name="sha256" />
- ### SHA256
- Provides [SHA-256][] message digests.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var md = forge.md.sha256.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: d7a8fbb307d7809469ca9abcb0082e4f8d5651e46d3cdb762d02d0bf37c9e592
- ```
- <a name="sha384" />
- ### SHA384
- Provides [SHA-384][] message digests.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var md = forge.md.sha384.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: ca737f1014a48f4c0b6dd43cb177b0afd9e5169367544c494011e3317dbf9a509cb1e5dc1e85a941bbee3d7f2afbc9b1
- ```
- <a name="sha512" />
- ### SHA512
- Provides [SHA-512][] message digests.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // SHA-512
- var md = forge.md.sha512.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: 07e547d9586f6a73f73fbac0435ed76951218fb7d0c8d788a309d785436bbb642e93a252a954f23912547d1e8a3b5ed6e1bfd7097821233fa0538f3db854fee6
- // SHA-512/224
- var md = forge.md.sha512.sha224.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: 944cd2847fb54558d4775db0485a50003111c8e5daa63fe722c6aa37
- // SHA-512/256
- var md = forge.md.sha512.sha256.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: dd9d67b371519c339ed8dbd25af90e976a1eeefd4ad3d889005e532fc5bef04d
- ```
- <a name="md5" />
- ### MD5
- Provides [MD5][] message digests.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var md = forge.md.md5.create();
- md.update('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
- console.log(md.digest().toHex());
- // output: 9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6
- ```
- <a name="hmac" />
- ### HMAC
- Provides [HMAC][] w/any supported message digest algorithm.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- var hmac = forge.hmac.create();
- hmac.start('sha1', 'Jefe');
- hmac.update('what do ya want for nothing?');
- console.log(hmac.digest().toHex());
- // output: effcdf6ae5eb2fa2d27416d5f184df9c259a7c79
- ```
- Utilities
- ---------
- <a name="prime" />
- ### Prime
- Provides an API for generating large, random, probable primes.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // generate a random prime on the main JS thread
- var bits = 1024;
- forge.prime.generateProbablePrime(bits, function(err, num) {
- console.log('random prime', num.toString(16));
- });
- // generate a random prime using Web Workers (if available, otherwise
- // falls back to the main thread)
- var bits = 1024;
- var options = {
- algorithm: {
- name: 'PRIMEINC',
- workers: -1 // auto-optimize # of workers
- }
- };
- forge.prime.generateProbablePrime(bits, options, function(err, num) {
- console.log('random prime', num.toString(16));
- });
- ```
- <a name="prng" />
- ### PRNG
- Provides a [Fortuna][]-based cryptographically-secure pseudo-random number
- generator, to be used with a cryptographic function backend, e.g. [AES][]. An
- implementation using [AES][] as a backend is provided. An API for collecting
- entropy is given, though if window.crypto.getRandomValues is available, it will
- be used automatically.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // get some random bytes synchronously
- var bytes = forge.random.getBytesSync(32);
- console.log(forge.util.bytesToHex(bytes));
- // get some random bytes asynchronously
- forge.random.getBytes(32, function(err, bytes) {
- console.log(forge.util.bytesToHex(bytes));
- });
- // collect some entropy if you'd like
- forge.random.collect(someRandomBytes);
- jQuery().mousemove(function(e) {
- forge.random.collectInt(e.clientX, 16);
- forge.random.collectInt(e.clientY, 16);
- });
- // specify a seed file for use with the synchronous API if you'd like
- forge.random.seedFileSync = function(needed) {
- // get 'needed' number of random bytes from somewhere
- return fetchedRandomBytes;
- };
- // specify a seed file for use with the asynchronous API if you'd like
- forge.random.seedFile = function(needed, callback) {
- // get the 'needed' number of random bytes from somewhere
- callback(null, fetchedRandomBytes);
- });
- // register the main thread to send entropy or a Web Worker to receive
- // entropy on demand from the main thread
- forge.random.registerWorker(self);
- // generate a new instance of a PRNG with no collected entropy
- var myPrng = forge.random.createInstance();
- ```
- <a name="task" />
- ### Tasks
- Provides queuing and synchronizing tasks in a web application.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // TODO
- ```
- <a name="util" />
- ### Utilities
- Provides utility functions, including byte buffer support, base64,
- bytes to/from hex, zlib inflate/deflate, etc.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // encode/decode base64
- var encoded = forge.util.encode64(str);
- var str = forge.util.decode64(encoded);
- // encode/decode UTF-8
- var encoded = forge.util.encodeUtf8(str);
- var str = forge.util.decodeUtf8(encoded);
- // bytes to/from hex
- var bytes = forge.util.hexToBytes(hex);
- var hex = forge.util.bytesToHex(bytes);
- // create an empty byte buffer
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer();
- // create a byte buffer from raw binary bytes
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer(input, 'raw');
- // create a byte buffer from utf8 bytes
- var buffer = forge.util.createBuffer(input, 'utf8');
- // get the length of the buffer in bytes
- buffer.length();
- // put bytes into the buffer
- buffer.putBytes(bytes);
- // put a 32-bit integer into the buffer
- buffer.putInt32(10);
- // buffer to hex
- buffer.toHex();
- // get a copy of the bytes in the buffer
- bytes.bytes(/* count */);
- // empty this buffer and get its contents
- bytes.getBytes(/* count */);
- // convert a forge buffer into a Node.js Buffer
- // make sure you specify the encoding as 'binary'
- var forgeBuffer = forge.util.createBuffer();
- var nodeBuffer = Buffer.from(forgeBuffer.getBytes(), 'binary');
- // convert a Node.js Buffer into a forge buffer
- // make sure you specify the encoding as 'binary'
- var nodeBuffer = Buffer.from('CAFE', 'hex');
- var forgeBuffer = forge.util.createBuffer(nodeBuffer.toString('binary'));
- // parse a URL
- var parsed = forge.util.parseUrl('http://example.com/foo?bar=baz');
- // parsed.scheme, parsed.host, parsed.port, parsed.path, parsed.fullHost
- ```
- <a name="log" />
- ### Logging
- Provides logging to a javascript console using various categories and
- levels of verbosity.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // TODO
- ```
- <a name="debug" />
- ### Debugging
- Provides storage of debugging information normally inaccessible in
- closures for viewing/investigation.
- __Examples__
- ```js
- // TODO
- ```
- <a name="flash" />
- ### Flash Networking Support
- The [flash README](./flash/README.md) provides details on rebuilding the
- optional Flash component used for networking. It also provides details on
- Policy Server support.
- Security Considerations
- -----------------------
- When using this code please keep the following in mind:
- - Cryptography is hard. Please review and test this code before depending on it
- for critical functionality.
- - The nature of JavaScript is that execution of this code depends on trusting a
- very large set of JavaScript tools and systems. Consider runtime variations,
- runtime characteristics, runtime optimization, code optimization, code
- minimization, code obfuscation, bundling tools, possible bugs, the Forge code
- itself, and so on.
- - If using pre-built bundles from [Bower][] or similar be aware someone else
- ran the tools to create those files.
- - Use a secure transport channel such as [TLS][] to load scripts and consider
- using additional security mechanisms such as [Subresource Integrity][] script
- attributes.
- - Use "native" functionality where possible. This can be critical when dealing
- with performance and random number generation. Note that the JavaScript
- random number algorithms should perform well if given suitable entropy.
- - Understand possible attacks against cryptographic systems. For instance side
- channel and timing attacks may be possible due to the difficulty in
- implementing constant time algorithms in pure JavaScript.
- - Certain features in this library are less susceptible to attacks depending on
- usage. This primarily includes features that deal with data format
- manipulation or those that are not involved in communication.
- Library Background
- ------------------
- * https://digitalbazaar.com/2010/07/20/javascript-tls-1/
- * https://digitalbazaar.com/2010/07/20/javascript-tls-2/
- Contact
- -------
- * Code: https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge
- * Bugs: https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/issues
- * Email: support@digitalbazaar.com
- * IRC: [#forgejs][] on [freenode][]
- Donations
- ---------
- Financial support is welcome and helps contribute to futher development:
- * For [PayPal][] please send to paypal@digitalbazaar.com.
- * Something else? Please contact support@digitalbazaar.com.
- [#forgejs]: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#forgejs
- [0.6.x]: https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/tree/0.6.x
- [3DES]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_DES
- [AES]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard
- [ASN.1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASN.1
- [Bower]: https://bower.io/
- [Browserify]: http://browserify.org/
- [CBC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
- [CFB]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
- [CTR]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
- [CommonJS]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CommonJS
- [DES]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Encryption_Standard
- [ECB]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
- [Fortuna]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_(PRNG)
- [GCM]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCM_mode
- [HMAC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAC
- [JavaScript]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
- [Karma]: https://karma-runner.github.io/
- [MD5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5
- [Node.js]: https://nodejs.org/
- [OFB]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
- [PKCS#10]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_signing_request
- [PKCS#12]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_%E2%99%AF12
- [PKCS#5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS
- [PKCS#7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_Message_Syntax
- [PayPal]: https://www.paypal.com/
- [RC2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC2
- [SHA-1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1
- [SHA-256]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-256
- [SHA-384]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-384
- [SHA-512]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-512
- [Subresource Integrity]: https://www.w3.org/TR/SRI/
- [TLS]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
- [UMD]: https://github.com/umdjs/umd
- [X.509]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509
- [freenode]: https://freenode.net/
- [unpkg]: https://unpkg.com/
- [webpack]: https://webpack.github.io/
- [TweetNaCl.js]: https://github.com/dchest/tweetnacl-js
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