X509Certificate Class
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Provides methods that help you use X.509 version 3 certificates.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate
Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class X509Certificate
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class X509Certificate
The X509Certificate type exposes the following members.
Constructors
Name | Description | |
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X509Certificate() | Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class. | |
X509Certificate(array<Byte[]) | Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class defined from a sequence of bytes representing an X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
X509Certificate(IntPtr) | Security Critical. Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a handle to an unmanaged PCCERT_CONTEXT structure. | |
X509Certificate(String) | Security Critical. Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a using a certificate file name. | |
X509Certificate(X509Certificate) | Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using another X509Certificate class. | |
X509Certificate(array<Byte[], String) | Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a byte array and a password. | |
X509Certificate(String, String) | Security Critical. Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class by using a certificate file name and a password to access the certificate. | |
X509Certificate(array<Byte[], String, X509KeyStorageFlags) | Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a byte array, a password, and a key storage flag. | |
X509Certificate(String, String, X509KeyStorageFlags) | Security Critical. Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a certificate file name, a password used to access the certificate, and a key storage flag. |
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Properties
Name | Description | |
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Handle | Gets a handle to a Microsoft Cryptographic API certificate context described by an unmanaged PCCERT_CONTEXT structure. | |
Issuer | Gets the name of the certificate authority that issued the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
Subject | Gets the subject distinguished name from the certificate. |
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Methods
Name | Description | |
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CreateFromCertFile | Security Critical. Creates an X.509 version 3 certificate from the specified certification file. | |
CreateHexString | Infrastructure. Creates a hexadecimal string from the specified byte array. | |
Equals(Object) | Compares two X509Certificate objects for equality. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) | |
Equals(X509Certificate) | Compares two X509Certificate objects for equality. | |
Export(X509ContentType) | Exports the current X509Certificate object to a byte array in a format described by one of the X509ContentType values. | |
Export(X509ContentType, String) | Exports the current X509Certificate object to a byte array in a format described by one of the X509ContentType values, and using the specified password. | |
Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) | |
GetCertHash | Returns the hash value for the X.509 version 3 certificate as an array of bytes. | |
GetCertHashString | Returns the hash value for the X.509 version 3 certificate as a hexadecimal string. | |
GetEffectiveDateString | Returns the effective date of this X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetExpirationDateString | Returns the expiration date of this X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetFormat | Returns the name of the format of this X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetHashCode | Returns the hash code for the X.509 version 3 certificate as an integer. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().) | |
GetKeyAlgorithm | Returns the key algorithm information for this X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetKeyAlgorithmParameters | Returns the key algorithm parameters for the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetKeyAlgorithmParametersString | Returns the key algorithm parameters for the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetPublicKey | Returns the public key for the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetPublicKeyString | Returns the public key for the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetRawCertData | Returns the raw data for the entire X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetRawCertDataString | Returns the raw data for the entire X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetSerialNumber | Returns the serial number of the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetSerialNumberString | Returns the serial number of the X.509 version 3 certificate. | |
GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) | |
Import(array<Byte[]) | Populates the X509Certificate object with data from a byte array. | |
Import(String) | Security Critical. Populates the X509Certificate object with information from a certificate file. | |
Import(array<Byte[], String, X509KeyStorageFlags) | Populates the X509Certificate object using data from a byte array, a password, and flags for determining how the private key is imported. | |
Import(String, String, X509KeyStorageFlags) | Security Critical. Populates the X509Certificate object with information from a certificate file, a password, and a X509KeyStorageFlags value. | |
MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) | |
ToString() | Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object. (Overrides Object.ToString().) | |
ToString(Boolean) | Returns a string representation of the current X509Certificate object, with extra information, if specified. |
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Remarks
ASN.1 DER is the only certificate format supported by this class.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.