node-opcua-crypto 1.7.4 → 1.9.0

package/source/crypto_utils.ts

@@ -1,321 +1,321 @@
-// tslint:disabled:no-var-requires
-/**
- * @module node_opcua_crypto
- */
-import * as constants from "constants";
-import * as crypto from "crypto";
-import { createFastUninitializedBuffer } from "./buffer_utils";
-import { Certificate, CertificatePEM, DER, PEM, PrivateKey, PrivateKeyPEM, PublicKey, PublicKeyPEM, Signature } from "./common";
-import { combine_der } from "./crypto_explore_certificate";
-import * as assert from "assert";
-import { hexy } from "hexy";
-
-const jsrsasign = require("jsrsasign");
-
-const PEM_REGEX = /^(-----BEGIN (.*)-----\r?\n([/+=a-zA-Z0-9\r\n]*)\r?\n-----END \2-----\r?\n)/gm;
-
-const PEM_TYPE_REGEX = /^(-----BEGIN (.*)-----)/m;
-// Copyright 2012 The Obvious Corporation.
-// identifyPemType
-
-/*=
- * Extract and identify the PEM file type represented in the given
- * buffer. Returns the extracted type string or undefined if the
- * buffer doesn't seem to be any sort of PEM format file.
- */
-export function identifyPemType(rawKey: Buffer | string): undefined | string {
-    if (rawKey instanceof Buffer) {
-        rawKey = rawKey.toString("utf8");
-    }
-    const match = PEM_TYPE_REGEX.exec(rawKey);
-    return !match ? undefined : match[2];
-}
-
-export function convertPEMtoDER(raw_key: PEM): DER {
-    let match: any;
-    let pemType;
-    let base64str;
-
-    const parts: DER[] = [];
-
-    PEM_REGEX.lastIndex = 0;
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-conditional-assignment
-    while ((match = PEM_REGEX.exec(raw_key)) !== null) {
-        pemType = match[2];
-        // pemType shall be "RSA PRIVATE KEY" , "PUBLIC KEY", "CERTIFICATE", "X509 CRL"
-        base64str = match[3];
-        base64str = base64str.replace(/\r?\n/g, "");
-        parts.push(Buffer.from(base64str, "base64"));
-    }
-    return combine_der(parts);
-}
-
-/**
- * @method toPem
- * @param raw_key
- * @param pem
- * @return
- */
-export function toPem(raw_key: Buffer | string, pem: string): string {
-    assert(raw_key, "expecting a key");
-    assert(typeof pem === "string");
-    let pemType = identifyPemType(raw_key);
-    if (pemType) {
-        return raw_key instanceof Buffer ?  raw_key.toString("utf8") : raw_key;
-    } else {
-        pemType = pem;
-        assert(["CERTIFICATE REQUEST", "CERTIFICATE", "RSA PRIVATE KEY", "PUBLIC KEY", "X509 CRL"].indexOf(pemType) >= 0);
-        let b = (raw_key as Buffer).toString("base64");
-        let str = "-----BEGIN " + pemType + "-----\n";
-        while (b.length) {
-            str += b.substr(0, 64) + "\n";
-            b = b.substr(64);
-        }
-        str += "-----END " + pemType + "-----";
-        str += "\n";
-        return str;
-    }
-}
-
-// istanbul ignore next
-export function hexDump(buffer: Buffer, width?: number): string {
-    if (!buffer) {
-        return "<>";
-    }
-    width = width || 32;
-    if (buffer.length > 1024) {
-        return hexy(buffer.slice(0, 1024), { width, format: "twos" }) + "\n .... ( " + buffer.length + ")";
-    } else {
-        return hexy(buffer, { width, format: "twos" });
-    }
-}
-
-interface MakeMessageChunkSignatureOptions {
-    signatureLength: number;
-    algorithm: string;
-    privateKey: CertificatePEM;
-}
-
-/**
- * @method makeMessageChunkSignature
- * @param chunk
- * @param options
- * @param options.signatureLength
- * @param options.algorithm   for example "RSA-SHA256"
- * @param options.privateKey
- * @return - the signature
- */
-export function makeMessageChunkSignature(chunk: Buffer, options: MakeMessageChunkSignatureOptions): Buffer {
-    assert(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options,"algorithm"));
-    assert(chunk instanceof Buffer);
-    assert(["RSA PRIVATE KEY", "PRIVATE KEY"].indexOf(identifyPemType(options.privateKey) as string) >= 0);
-    // signature length = 128 bytes
-    const signer = crypto.createSign(options.algorithm);
-    signer.update(chunk);
-    const signature = signer.sign(options.privateKey);
-    assert(!options.signatureLength || signature.length === options.signatureLength);
-    return signature;
-}
-
-export interface VerifyMessageChunkSignatureOptions {
-    signatureLength?: number;
-    algorithm: string;
-    publicKey: PublicKeyPEM;
-}
-
-/**
- * @method verifyMessageChunkSignature
- *
- *     const signer = {
- *           signatureLength : 128,
- *           algorithm : "RSA-SHA256",
- *           publicKey: "qsdqsdqsd"
- *     };
- * @param blockToVerify
- * @param signature
- * @param options
- * @param options.signatureLength
- * @param options.algorithm    for example "RSA-SHA256"
- * @param options.publicKey
- * @return true if the signature is valid
- */
-export function verifyMessageChunkSignature(
-    blockToVerify: Buffer,
-    signature: Signature,
-    options: VerifyMessageChunkSignatureOptions
-): boolean {
-    assert(blockToVerify instanceof Buffer);
-    assert(signature instanceof Buffer);
-    assert(typeof options.publicKey === "string");
-    assert(identifyPemType(options.publicKey));
-
-    const verify = crypto.createVerify(options.algorithm);
-    verify.update(blockToVerify);
-    return verify.verify(options.publicKey, signature);
-}
-
-export function makeSHA1Thumbprint(buffer: Buffer): Signature {
-    return crypto.createHash("sha1").update(buffer).digest();
-}
-
-// Basically when you =encrypt something using an RSA key (whether public or private), the encrypted value must
-// be smaller than the key (due to the maths used to do the actual encryption). So if you have a 1024-bit key,
-// in theory you could encrypt any 1023-bit value (or a 1024-bit value smaller than the key) with that key.
-// However, the PKCS#1 standard, which OpenSSL uses, specifies a padding scheme (so you can encrypt smaller
-// quantities without losing security), and that padding scheme takes a minimum of 11 bytes (it will be longer
-// if the value you're encrypting is smaller). So the highest number of bits you can encrypt with a 1024-bit
-// key is 936 bits because of this (unless you disable the padding by adding the OPENSSL_NO_PADDING flag,
-// in which case you can go up to 1023-1024 bits). With a 2048-bit key it's 1960 bits instead.
-
-export const RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING: number = constants.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING;
-export const RSA_PKCS1_PADDING: number = constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
-
-export enum PaddingAlgorithm {
-    RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING = 4,
-    RSA_PKCS1_PADDING = 1,
-}
-
-assert(PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING === constants.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
-assert(PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING === constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING);
-
-// publicEncrypt and  privateDecrypt only work with
-// small buffer that depends of the key size.
-export function publicEncrypt_native(buffer: Buffer, publicKey: PublicKeyPEM, algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm): Buffer {
-    if (algorithm === undefined) {
-        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
-    }
-    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
-    assert(buffer instanceof Buffer, "Expecting a buffer");
-    return crypto.publicEncrypt(
-        {
-            key: publicKey,
-            padding: algorithm,
-        },
-        buffer
-    );
-}
-
-export function privateDecrypt_native(buffer: Buffer, privateKey: PrivateKeyPEM, algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm): Buffer {
-    if (algorithm === undefined) {
-        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
-    }
-
-    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
-    assert(buffer instanceof Buffer, "Expecting a buffer");
-    try {
-        return crypto.privateDecrypt(
-            {
-                key: privateKey,
-                padding: algorithm,
-            },
-            buffer
-        );
-    } catch (err) {
-        return Buffer.alloc(1);
-    }
-}
-
-export const publicEncrypt = publicEncrypt_native;
-export const privateDecrypt = privateDecrypt_native;
-
-export function publicEncrypt_long(
-    buffer: Buffer,
-    publicKey: PublicKeyPEM,
-    blockSize: number,
-    padding: number,
-    algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm
-): Buffer {
-    if (algorithm === undefined) {
-        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
-    }
-    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
-
-    const chunk_size = blockSize - padding;
-    const nbBlocks = Math.ceil(buffer.length / chunk_size);
-
-    const outputBuffer = createFastUninitializedBuffer(nbBlocks * blockSize);
-    for (let i = 0; i < nbBlocks; i++) {
-        const currentBlock = buffer.slice(chunk_size * i, chunk_size * (i + 1));
-        const encrypted_chunk = publicEncrypt(currentBlock, publicKey, algorithm);
-        assert(encrypted_chunk.length === blockSize);
-        encrypted_chunk.copy(outputBuffer, i * blockSize);
-    }
-    return outputBuffer;
-}
-
-export function privateDecrypt_long(buffer: Buffer, privateKey: PrivateKeyPEM, blockSize: number, algorithm?: number): Buffer {
-    algorithm = algorithm || RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
-    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
-
-    const nbBlocks = Math.ceil(buffer.length / blockSize);
-
-    const outputBuffer = createFastUninitializedBuffer(nbBlocks * blockSize);
-
-    let total_length = 0;
-    for (let i = 0; i < nbBlocks; i++) {
-        const currentBlock = buffer.slice(blockSize * i, Math.min(blockSize * (i + 1), buffer.length));
-        const decrypted_buf = privateDecrypt(currentBlock, privateKey, algorithm);
-        decrypted_buf.copy(outputBuffer, total_length);
-        total_length += decrypted_buf.length;
-    }
-    return outputBuffer.slice(0, total_length);
-}
-
-export function coerceCertificatePem(certificate: Certificate | CertificatePEM): CertificatePEM {
-    if (certificate instanceof Buffer) {
-        certificate = toPem(certificate, "CERTIFICATE");
-    }
-    assert(typeof certificate === "string");
-    return certificate;
-}
-
-export function coercePublicKeyPem(publicKey: PublicKey | PublicKeyPEM): PublicKeyPEM {
-    if (publicKey instanceof Buffer) {
-        publicKey = toPem(publicKey, "PUBLIC KEY");
-    }
-    assert(typeof publicKey === "string");
-    return publicKey;
-}
-
-/***
- * @method rsa_length
- * A very expensive way to determine the rsa key length ( i.e 2048bits or 1024bits)
- * @param key  a PEM public key or a PEM rsa private key
- * @return { the key length in bytes.
- */
-export function rsa_length(key: PublicKeyPEM | PublicKey): number {
-    key = coercePublicKeyPem(key);
-    assert(typeof key === "string");
-    const a = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getKey(key);
-    return a.n.toString(16).length / 2;
-}
-
-export function extractPublicKeyFromCertificateSync(certificate: Certificate | CertificatePEM): PublicKeyPEM {
-    certificate = coerceCertificatePem(certificate);
-    const key = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getKey(certificate);
-    const publicKeyAsPem = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getPEM(key);
-    assert(typeof publicKeyAsPem === "string");
-    return publicKeyAsPem;
-}
-
-// https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/blob/master/x509-1.1.js
-// tool to analyse asn1 base64 blocks : http://lapo.it/asn1js
-/**
- * extract the publickey from a certificate
- * @async
- */
-export function extractPublicKeyFromCertificate(
-    certificate: CertificatePEM | Certificate,
-    callback: (err: Error | null, publicKeyPEM?: PublicKeyPEM) => void
-): void {
-    let err1: any = null;
-    let keyPem: PublicKeyPEM;
-    try {
-        keyPem = extractPublicKeyFromCertificateSync(certificate);
-    } catch (err) {
-        err1 = err;
-    }
-    setImmediate(() => {
-        callback(err1, keyPem);
-    });
-}
+// tslint:disabled:no-var-requires
+/**
+ * @module node_opcua_crypto
+ */
+import * as constants from "constants";
+import * as crypto from "crypto";
+import { createFastUninitializedBuffer } from "./buffer_utils";
+import { Certificate, CertificatePEM, DER, PEM, PrivateKey, PrivateKeyPEM, PublicKey, PublicKeyPEM, Signature } from "./common";
+import { combine_der } from "./crypto_explore_certificate";
+import * as assert from "assert";
+import { hexy } from "hexy";
+
+const jsrsasign = require("jsrsasign");
+
+const PEM_REGEX = /^(-----BEGIN (.*)-----\r?\n([/+=a-zA-Z0-9\r\n]*)\r?\n-----END \2-----\r?\n)/gm;
+
+const PEM_TYPE_REGEX = /^(-----BEGIN (.*)-----)/m;
+// Copyright 2012 The Obvious Corporation.
+// identifyPemType
+
+/*=
+ * Extract and identify the PEM file type represented in the given
+ * buffer. Returns the extracted type string or undefined if the
+ * buffer doesn't seem to be any sort of PEM format file.
+ */
+export function identifyPemType(rawKey: Buffer | string): undefined | string {
+    if (rawKey instanceof Buffer) {
+        rawKey = rawKey.toString("utf8");
+    }
+    const match = PEM_TYPE_REGEX.exec(rawKey);
+    return !match ? undefined : match[2];
+}
+
+export function convertPEMtoDER(raw_key: PEM): DER {
+    let match: any;
+    let pemType;
+    let base64str;
+
+    const parts: DER[] = [];
+
+    PEM_REGEX.lastIndex = 0;
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-conditional-assignment
+    while ((match = PEM_REGEX.exec(raw_key)) !== null) {
+        pemType = match[2];
+        // pemType shall be "RSA PRIVATE KEY" , "PUBLIC KEY", "CERTIFICATE", "X509 CRL"
+        base64str = match[3];
+        base64str = base64str.replace(/\r?\n/g, "");
+        parts.push(Buffer.from(base64str, "base64"));
+    }
+    return combine_der(parts);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method toPem
+ * @param raw_key
+ * @param pem
+ * @return
+ */
+export function toPem(raw_key: Buffer | string, pem: string): string {
+    assert(raw_key, "expecting a key");
+    assert(typeof pem === "string");
+    let pemType = identifyPemType(raw_key);
+    if (pemType) {
+        return raw_key instanceof Buffer ?  raw_key.toString("utf8") : raw_key;
+    } else {
+        pemType = pem;
+        assert(["CERTIFICATE REQUEST", "CERTIFICATE", "RSA PRIVATE KEY", "PUBLIC KEY", "X509 CRL"].indexOf(pemType) >= 0);
+        let b = (raw_key as Buffer).toString("base64");
+        let str = "-----BEGIN " + pemType + "-----\n";
+        while (b.length) {
+            str += b.substr(0, 64) + "\n";
+            b = b.substr(64);
+        }
+        str += "-----END " + pemType + "-----";
+        str += "\n";
+        return str;
+    }
+}
+
+// istanbul ignore next
+export function hexDump(buffer: Buffer, width?: number): string {
+    if (!buffer) {
+        return "<>";
+    }
+    width = width || 32;
+    if (buffer.length > 1024) {
+        return hexy(buffer.slice(0, 1024), { width, format: "twos" }) + "\n .... ( " + buffer.length + ")";
+    } else {
+        return hexy(buffer, { width, format: "twos" });
+    }
+}
+
+interface MakeMessageChunkSignatureOptions {
+    signatureLength: number;
+    algorithm: string;
+    privateKey: CertificatePEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method makeMessageChunkSignature
+ * @param chunk
+ * @param options
+ * @param options.signatureLength
+ * @param options.algorithm   for example "RSA-SHA256"
+ * @param options.privateKey
+ * @return - the signature
+ */
+export function makeMessageChunkSignature(chunk: Buffer, options: MakeMessageChunkSignatureOptions): Buffer {
+    assert(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options,"algorithm"));
+    assert(chunk instanceof Buffer);
+    assert(["RSA PRIVATE KEY", "PRIVATE KEY"].indexOf(identifyPemType(options.privateKey) as string) >= 0);
+    // signature length = 128 bytes
+    const signer = crypto.createSign(options.algorithm);
+    signer.update(chunk);
+    const signature = signer.sign(options.privateKey);
+    assert(!options.signatureLength || signature.length === options.signatureLength);
+    return signature;
+}
+
+export interface VerifyMessageChunkSignatureOptions {
+    signatureLength?: number;
+    algorithm: string;
+    publicKey: PublicKeyPEM;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @method verifyMessageChunkSignature
+ *
+ *     const signer = {
+ *           signatureLength : 128,
+ *           algorithm : "RSA-SHA256",
+ *           publicKey: "qsdqsdqsd"
+ *     };
+ * @param blockToVerify
+ * @param signature
+ * @param options
+ * @param options.signatureLength
+ * @param options.algorithm    for example "RSA-SHA256"
+ * @param options.publicKey
+ * @return true if the signature is valid
+ */
+export function verifyMessageChunkSignature(
+    blockToVerify: Buffer,
+    signature: Signature,
+    options: VerifyMessageChunkSignatureOptions
+): boolean {
+    assert(blockToVerify instanceof Buffer);
+    assert(signature instanceof Buffer);
+    assert(typeof options.publicKey === "string");
+    assert(identifyPemType(options.publicKey));
+
+    const verify = crypto.createVerify(options.algorithm);
+    verify.update(blockToVerify);
+    return verify.verify(options.publicKey, signature);
+}
+
+export function makeSHA1Thumbprint(buffer: Buffer): Signature {
+    return crypto.createHash("sha1").update(buffer).digest();
+}
+
+// Basically when you =encrypt something using an RSA key (whether public or private), the encrypted value must
+// be smaller than the key (due to the maths used to do the actual encryption). So if you have a 1024-bit key,
+// in theory you could encrypt any 1023-bit value (or a 1024-bit value smaller than the key) with that key.
+// However, the PKCS#1 standard, which OpenSSL uses, specifies a padding scheme (so you can encrypt smaller
+// quantities without losing security), and that padding scheme takes a minimum of 11 bytes (it will be longer
+// if the value you're encrypting is smaller). So the highest number of bits you can encrypt with a 1024-bit
+// key is 936 bits because of this (unless you disable the padding by adding the OPENSSL_NO_PADDING flag,
+// in which case you can go up to 1023-1024 bits). With a 2048-bit key it's 1960 bits instead.
+
+export const RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING: number = constants.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING;
+export const RSA_PKCS1_PADDING: number = constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
+
+export enum PaddingAlgorithm {
+    RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING = 4,
+    RSA_PKCS1_PADDING = 1,
+}
+
+assert(PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING === constants.RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
+assert(PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING === constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING);
+
+// publicEncrypt and  privateDecrypt only work with
+// small buffer that depends of the key size.
+export function publicEncrypt_native(buffer: Buffer, publicKey: PublicKeyPEM, algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm): Buffer {
+    if (algorithm === undefined) {
+        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
+    }
+    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
+    assert(buffer instanceof Buffer, "Expecting a buffer");
+    return crypto.publicEncrypt(
+        {
+            key: publicKey,
+            padding: algorithm,
+        },
+        buffer
+    );
+}
+
+export function privateDecrypt_native(buffer: Buffer, privateKey: PrivateKeyPEM, algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm): Buffer {
+    if (algorithm === undefined) {
+        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
+    }
+
+    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
+    assert(buffer instanceof Buffer, "Expecting a buffer");
+    try {
+        return crypto.privateDecrypt(
+            {
+                key: privateKey,
+                padding: algorithm,
+            },
+            buffer
+        );
+    } catch (err) {
+        return Buffer.alloc(1);
+    }
+}
+
+export const publicEncrypt = publicEncrypt_native;
+export const privateDecrypt = privateDecrypt_native;
+
+export function publicEncrypt_long(
+    buffer: Buffer,
+    publicKey: PublicKeyPEM,
+    blockSize: number,
+    padding: number,
+    algorithm?: PaddingAlgorithm
+): Buffer {
+    if (algorithm === undefined) {
+        algorithm = PaddingAlgorithm.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
+    }
+    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
+
+    const chunk_size = blockSize - padding;
+    const nbBlocks = Math.ceil(buffer.length / chunk_size);
+
+    const outputBuffer = createFastUninitializedBuffer(nbBlocks * blockSize);
+    for (let i = 0; i < nbBlocks; i++) {
+        const currentBlock = buffer.slice(chunk_size * i, chunk_size * (i + 1));
+        const encrypted_chunk = publicEncrypt(currentBlock, publicKey, algorithm);
+        assert(encrypted_chunk.length === blockSize);
+        encrypted_chunk.copy(outputBuffer, i * blockSize);
+    }
+    return outputBuffer;
+}
+
+export function privateDecrypt_long(buffer: Buffer, privateKey: PrivateKeyPEM, blockSize: number, algorithm?: number): Buffer {
+    algorithm = algorithm || RSA_PKCS1_PADDING;
+    assert(algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_PADDING || algorithm === RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING);
+
+    const nbBlocks = Math.ceil(buffer.length / blockSize);
+
+    const outputBuffer = createFastUninitializedBuffer(nbBlocks * blockSize);
+
+    let total_length = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < nbBlocks; i++) {
+        const currentBlock = buffer.slice(blockSize * i, Math.min(blockSize * (i + 1), buffer.length));
+        const decrypted_buf = privateDecrypt(currentBlock, privateKey, algorithm);
+        decrypted_buf.copy(outputBuffer, total_length);
+        total_length += decrypted_buf.length;
+    }
+    return outputBuffer.slice(0, total_length);
+}
+
+export function coerceCertificatePem(certificate: Certificate | CertificatePEM): CertificatePEM {
+    if (certificate instanceof Buffer) {
+        certificate = toPem(certificate, "CERTIFICATE");
+    }
+    assert(typeof certificate === "string");
+    return certificate;
+}
+
+export function coercePublicKeyPem(publicKey: PublicKey | PublicKeyPEM): PublicKeyPEM {
+    if (publicKey instanceof Buffer) {
+        publicKey = toPem(publicKey, "PUBLIC KEY");
+    }
+    assert(typeof publicKey === "string");
+    return publicKey;
+}
+
+/***
+ * @method rsa_length
+ * A very expensive way to determine the rsa key length ( i.e 2048bits or 1024bits)
+ * @param key  a PEM public key or a PEM rsa private key
+ * @return { the key length in bytes.
+ */
+export function rsa_length(key: PublicKeyPEM | PublicKey): number {
+    key = coercePublicKeyPem(key);
+    assert(typeof key === "string");
+    const a = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getKey(key);
+    return a.n.toString(16).length / 2;
+}
+
+export function extractPublicKeyFromCertificateSync(certificate: Certificate | CertificatePEM): PublicKeyPEM {
+    certificate = coerceCertificatePem(certificate);
+    const key = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getKey(certificate);
+    const publicKeyAsPem = jsrsasign.KEYUTIL.getPEM(key);
+    assert(typeof publicKeyAsPem === "string");
+    return publicKeyAsPem;
+}
+
+// https://github.com/kjur/jsrsasign/blob/master/x509-1.1.js
+// tool to analyse asn1 base64 blocks : http://lapo.it/asn1js
+/**
+ * extract the publickey from a certificate
+ * @async
+ */
+export function extractPublicKeyFromCertificate(
+    certificate: CertificatePEM | Certificate,
+    callback: (err: Error | null, publicKeyPEM?: PublicKeyPEM) => void
+): void {
+    let err1: any = null;
+    let keyPem: PublicKeyPEM;
+    try {
+        keyPem = extractPublicKeyFromCertificateSync(certificate);
+    } catch (err) {
+        err1 = err;
+    }
+    setImmediate(() => {
+        callback(err1, keyPem);
+    });
+}