SecurityProtocolType Enumeration

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Security.Authentication;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.IO;

namespace Examples.System.Net
{
    public class SslTcpClient 
    {   
        private static Hashtable certificateErrors = new Hashtable();

        // 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;
        }
        public static void RunClient(string machineName, string serverName)  
        {
            // 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;
            }
            // Encode a test message into a byte array. 
            // Signal the end of the message using the "<EOF>".
            byte[] messsage = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello from the client.<EOF>");
            // Send hello message to the server. 
            sslStream.Write(messsage);
            sslStream.Flush();
            // Read message from the server. 
            string serverMessage = ReadMessage(sslStream);
            Console.WriteLine("Server says: {0}", serverMessage);
            // Close the client connection.
            client.Close();
            Console.WriteLine("Client closed.");
        }
        static string ReadMessage(SslStream sslStream)
        {
            // Read the  message sent by the server. 
            // The end of the message is signaled using the 
            // "<EOF>" marker.
            byte [] buffer = new byte[2048];
            StringBuilder messageData = new StringBuilder();
            int bytes = -1;
            do
            {
                bytes = sslStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

                // Use Decoder class to convert from bytes to UTF8 
                // in case a character spans two buffers.
                Decoder decoder = Encoding.UTF8.GetDecoder();
                char[] chars = new char[decoder.GetCharCount(buffer,0,bytes)];
                decoder.GetChars(buffer, 0, bytes, chars,0);
                messageData.Append (chars);
                // Check for EOF. 
                if (messageData.ToString().IndexOf("<EOF>") != -1)
                {
                    break;
                }
            } while (bytes != 0); 

            return messageData.ToString();
        }
        private static void DisplayUsage()
        { 
            Console.WriteLine("To start the client specify:");
            Console.WriteLine("clientSync machineName [serverName]");
            Environment.Exit(1);
        }
        public static int Main(string[] args)
        {
            string serverCertificateName = null;
            string machineName = null;
            if (args == null ||args.Length <1 )
            {
                DisplayUsage();
            }
            // User can specify the machine name and server name. 
            // Server name must match the name on the server's certificate. 
            machineName = args[0];
            if (args.Length <2 )
            {
                serverCertificateName = machineName;
            }
            else 
            {
                serverCertificateName = args[1];
            }
            SslTcpClient.RunClient (machineName, serverCertificateName);
            return 0;
        }
    }
}