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1Android Key Attestation Sample
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3
4This sample illustrates how to use the [Bouncy Castle ASN.1][1] parser to extract information
5from an Android attestation data structure to verify that a key pair has been
6generated in an Android device. This sample demonstrates how to verify a certificate on a server.
7
8[1]: https://www.bouncycastle.org/
9
10Introduction
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12
13This example demonstrates the following tasks:
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151. Loading the certificates from [PEM/DER][2]-encoded strings.
161. Verifying the [X.509][3] certificate chain, up to the root. This includes checking that the root certificate is one of Google's root certificates listed in https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-key-attestation.
171. Extracting the attestation extension data from the attestation
18 certificate.
191. Verifying (and printing) data elements from the attestation extension.
20
21For more information about the process of extracting attestation certificate
22extension data, as well as the extension data schema, see the
23[Key Attestation][4] Android developer training article.
24
25Note that this sample demonstrates the verification of a certificate on a server and not
26on the Android framework. Although you can test the certificate and extensions directly
27on a device, it is safer to run these checks on a separate server you can trust.
28
29[2]: https://developer.android.com/reference/java/security/KeyStore.html#getCertificateChain(java.lang.String)
30[3]: https://developer.android.com/reference/javax/security/cert/X509Certificate.html
31[4]: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-key-attestation.html
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33Pre-requisites
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35
36- Up-to-date Java JDK
37- [Bouncy Castle Cryptography Java APIs][5] (included as dependency in gradle build configuration).
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39[5]: https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html
40
41Getting Started
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43
44This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
45`gradlew build` command or use "Import Project" in IntelliJ or Android Studio.
46
47Run the main method in `KeyAttestationExample` directly or use the
48`gradlew run --args="<cert-directory>"` task to execute this sample. The `cert-directory` must
49contain the certificate chain, one certificate per file in either DER or PEM encoding and the files
50are read in alphabetical order. For example the provided
51`/examples/pem/algorithm_EC_SecurityLevel_StrongBox/` can be used.
52
53Support
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55
56- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
57
58If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
59https://github.com/googlesamples/android-key-attestation
60
61Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
62submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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64License
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66
67Copyright 2016, The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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