// The following method is invoked by the RemoteCertificateValidationDelegate.
public static bool ValidateServerCertificate(
      object sender,
      X509Certificate certificate,
      X509Chain chain,
      SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
{
   if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
        return true;

    Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);

    // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
    return false;
}

    // Load a table of errors that might cause 
    // the certificate authentication to fail.
    static void InitializeCertificateErrors()
    {
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0101,
            "The certification has expired.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0104,
            "A path length constraint "
            "in the certification chain has been violated.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0105,
            "A certificate contains an unknown extension "
            "that is marked critical.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0107,
            "A parent of a given certificate in fact "
            "did not issue that child certificate.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0108,
            "A certificate is missing or has an empty value "
            "for a necessary field.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0109,
            "The certificate root is not trusted.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B010C,
            "The certificate has been revoked.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B010F,
            "The name in the certificate does not not match "
            "the host name requested by the client.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0111,
            "The certificate was explicitly marked "
            "as untrusted by the user.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0112,
            "A certification chain processed correctly, "
            "but one of the CA certificates is not trusted.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0113,
            "The certificate has an invalid policy.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x800B0114,
            "The certificate name is either not "
            "in the permitted list or is explicitly excluded.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80092012,
            "The revocation function was unable to check "
            "revocation for the certificate.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80090327,
            "An unknown error occurred while "
            "processing the certificate.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096001,
            "A system-level error occurred "
            "while verifying trust.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096002,
            "The certificate for the signer of the message "
            "is invalid or not found.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096003,
            "One of the counter signatures was invalid.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096004,
            "The signature of the certificate "
            "cannot be verified.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096005,
            "The time stamp signature or certificate "
            "could not be verified or is malformed.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096010,
            "The digital signature of the object "
            "was not verified.");
        certificateErrors->Add(0x80096019,
            "The basic constraint extension of a certificate "
            "has not been observed.");
    }

    static String^ CertificateErrorDescription(UInt32 problem)
    {
        // Initialize the error message dictionary 
        // if it is not yet available.
        if (certificateErrors->Count == 0)
        {
            InitializeCertificateErrors();
        }

        String^ description = safe_cast<String^>(
            certificateErrors[problem]);
        if (description == nullptr)
        {
            description = String::Format(
                CultureInfo::CurrentCulture,
                "Unknown certificate error - 0x{0:x8}",
                problem);
        }

        return description;
    }

public:
    // The following method is invoked 
    // by the CertificateValidationDelegate.
static bool ValidateServerCertificate(
        Object^ sender,
        X509Certificate^ certificate,
        X509Chain^ chain,
        SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
    {

        Console::WriteLine("Validating the server certificate.");
        if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors::None)
            return true;

        Console::WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);

        // Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
        return false;
    }

// Create a TCP/IP client socket.
// machineName is the host running the server application.
TcpClient client = new TcpClient(machineName,443);
Console.WriteLine("Client connected.");
// Create an SSL stream that will close the client's stream.
SslStream sslStream = new SslStream(
    client.GetStream(), 
    false, 
    new RemoteCertificateValidationCallback (ValidateServerCertificate), 
    null
    );
// The server name must match the name on the server certificate.
try 
{
    sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(serverName);
} 
catch (AuthenticationException e)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e.Message);
    if (e.InnerException != null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Inner exception: {0}", e.InnerException.Message);
    }
    Console.WriteLine ("Authentication failed - closing the connection.");
    client.Close();
    return;
}

// Create a TCP/IP client socket.
// machineName is the host running the server application.
TcpClient^ client = gcnew TcpClient(machineName, 8080);
Console::WriteLine("Client connected.");

// Create an SSL stream that will close 
// the client's stream.
SslStream^ sslStream = gcnew SslStream(
    client->GetStream(), false,
    gcnew RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(ValidateServerCertificate),
    nullptr);

// The server name must match the name
// on the server certificate.
try
{
    sslStream->AuthenticateAsClient(serverName);
}
catch (AuthenticationException^ ex) 
{
    Console::WriteLine("Exception: {0}", ex->Message);
    if (ex->InnerException != nullptr)
    {
        Console::WriteLine("Inner exception: {0}", 
            ex->InnerException->Message);
    }

    Console::WriteLine("Authentication failed - "
        "closing the connection.");
    sslStream->Close();
    client->Close();
    return;
}