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X509SecurityToken Class

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Represents an X.509v3 security token. An X509SecurityToken can be used to sign, encrypt, and pass security credentials in a SOAP message.

Namespace: Microsoft.Web.Services3.Security.Tokens
Assembly: Microsoft.Web.Services3 (in microsoft.web.services3.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim certificate As X509Certificate2
Dim x509SecurityToken1 As New X509SecurityToken(certificate)

Syntax

'Declaration
NotInheritable Public Class X509SecurityToken
    Inherits BinarySecurityToken

public sealed class X509SecurityToken : BinarySecurityToken

public ref class X509SecurityToken sealed : BinarySecurityToken

public final class X509SecurityToken extends BinarySecurityToken

public class X509SecurityToken extends BinarySecurityToken

Remarks

An X509SecurityToken contains a single X.509 certificate.

When the WSE parses an incoming message and encounters an X509SecurityToken , the signature that is created by this token (if one exists) is verified, or a SoapHeaderException is thrown.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.Web.Services3.Security.Tokens.SecurityToken
     Microsoft.Web.Services3.Security.Tokens.BinarySecurityToken
      Microsoft.Web.Services3.Security.Tokens.X509SecurityToken

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.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

X509SecurityToken Members
Microsoft.Web.Services3.Security.Tokens Namespace