<serviceCertificate>

Configures the X.509 certificate that is used to encrypt and decrypt tokens.

<configuration>
  <system.identityModel.services>
    <federationConfiguration>
      <serviceCertificate>

Syntax

<system.identityModel.services>  
  <federationConfiguration>  
    <serviceCertificate>  
    </serviceCertificate>  
  </federationConfiguration>  
</system.identityModel.services>  

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child Elements

Element	Description
<certificateReference>	Specifies settings that are used to find and validate an X.509 certificate in a certificate store.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<federationConfiguration>	Contains the settings that configure the WSFederationAuthenticationModule (WSFAM) and the SessionAuthenticationModule (SAM).

Example

The following XML shows the use of the <serviceCertificate> element. The XML is taken from the CustomToken sample.

<serviceCertificate>  
  <certificateReference x509FindType="FindBySubjectName" findValue="localhost" storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My"/>  
</serviceCertificate>