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X509CertificateValidationMode Enum

Definition

Namespace:
System.ServiceModel.Security
Assemblies:
System.ServiceModel.dll, System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll
Assembly:
System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll
Assembly:
System.ServiceModel.dll
Assemblies:
System.IdentityModel.dll, System.ServiceModel.dll
Package:
System.ServiceModel.Primitives v10.0.652802
Source:
X509CertificateValidationMode.cs
Source:
X509CertificateValidationMode.cs
Source:
X509CertificateValidationMode.cs

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An enumeration that lists the ways of validating a certificate.

public enum class X509CertificateValidationMode
public enum X509CertificateValidationMode
type X509CertificateValidationMode = 
Public Enum X509CertificateValidationMode
Inheritance
X509CertificateValidationMode

Fields

Name Value Description
None 0

No validation of the certificate is done.
PeerTrust 1

The certificate is valid if it is in the trusted people store.
ChainTrust 2

The certificate is valid if the chain builds to a certification authority in the trusted root store.
PeerOrChainTrust 3

The certificate is valid if it is in the trusted people store, or if the chain builds to a certification authority in the trusted root store.
Custom 4

The user must plug in a custom X509CertificateValidator to validate the certificate.

Examples

 ChannelFactory<ISimpleChannel> cf =
 new ChannelFactory<ISimpleChannel>();
 cf.Credentials.ClientCertificate.SetCertificate(
 StoreLocation.CurrentUser, StoreName.My,
 X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
"37 28 05 09 22 81 07 08 a0 cd 2a af dd c3 83 cd c3 3b 8f 9d");
 cf.Credentials.ServiceCertificate.SetDefaultCertificate(
 StoreLocation.CurrentUser,
 StoreName.TrustedPeople,
 X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
"33 93 68 cc 7c 75 80 24 a2 80 9f 45 8c 81 fa 92 ad 5b 04 39");
 cf.Credentials.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode
 = X509CertificateValidationMode.PeerOrChainTrust;

Applies to

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