X509 certificate problems

[w1ngnut]

Hi,

I think there is something broken when it comes to decoding X509 certificates with sbridge in C++.
I can't pull the values for KeyUsage from the certificate.
I've tried to get the KeyUsage like this...

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TScCertKeyUsageExtension *ux = new TScCertKeyUsageExtension(ext->Oid->Value,false,ext->RawData);  
TTypeInfo *ti = __delphirtti(TScKeyUsageFlag);
TScKeyUsageFlag *flag = new TScKeyUsageFlag();
for(int I = GetTypeData(ti)->MinValue; I <= GetTypeData(ti)->MaxValue; I++)
   {
    if(ux->KeyUsages.Contains(flag[I]))  // << gets to here but always evaluates false?
	{
	dText = dText + GetEnumName(ti,I);  // this works when the if statement is negated
	}
}

Am I missing something here?
ux->KeyUsages is returning 0 so it will never evaluate as true???
The help is no help whatsoever and I've had to read through the source files to find out what is going on...
Obtuse and terse are understatements when it comes to the help - and NO support for C++?
Unimpressed as always!
CBuilder XE4 - SB 6.3.5

[ViktorV]

This behavior is related to C++ Builder specificity, not to SecureBridge. We will try to avoid this restriction in one of the next SecureBridge releases.

[w1ngnut]

This behavior is related to C++ Builder specificity, not to SecureBridge. We will try to avoid this restriction in one of the next SecureBridge releases.

So much for the claim of C++ support in the advertising and not much use to me if I have to use another library just to be able to parse X509 certificates.

I'll find an alternate solution.

[ViktorV]

Thank you for being interested in our products.
We will continue investigation of the behavior of SecureBridge and inform you as soon as we get any results, but we can't tell any timeframe at the moment.

[w1ngnut]

Typical.....

But another question - why does the SSHClient require a username to be entered before it will connect?
I would have expected to be prompted to accept the server key before the need for a username to be entered not as soon as I try to connect?
Is this another bug or something wrong with the C++ implementation?

[ViktorV]

If you mean setting the TScSSHClient.User property, then post to server and username check occur exclusively after server key check and confirmation, and not on setting the property.
If you mean anything else, please provide more details on your question.

[ViktorV]

The new build of SecureBridge 7.2.3 where we improved SecureBridge work for C++ Builder is already available for download.