X509CertificateValidationMode Enumeration (System.ServiceModel.Security)

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X509CertificateValidationMode Enumeration

An enumeration that lists the ways of validating a certificate.

Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Security
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Enumeration X509CertificateValidationMode

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As X509CertificateValidationMode

public enum X509CertificateValidationMode

Visual C++

public enum class X509CertificateValidationMode

JScript

public enum X509CertificateValidationMode

Members

	Member name	Description
	None	No validation of the certificate is done.
	PeerTrust	The certificate is valid if it is in the trusted people store.
	ChainTrust	The certificate is valid if the chain builds to a certification authority in the trusted root store.
	PeerOrChainTrust	The certificate is valid if it is in the trusted people store, or if the chain builds to a certification authority in the trusted root store.
	Custom	The user must plug in a custom X509CertificateValidator to validate the certificate.

Examples

          ChannelFactory<ISimpleChannel> cf =
              new ChannelFactory<ISimpleChannel>();
          cf.Credentials.ClientCertificate.SetCertificate(
              StoreLocation.CurrentUser, StoreName.My,
              X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
"37 28 05 09 22 81 07 08 a0 cd 2a af dd c3 83 cd c3 3b 8f 9d");
          cf.Credentials.ServiceCertificate.SetDefaultCertificate(
              StoreLocation.CurrentUser,
              StoreName.TrustedPeople,
              X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
"33 93 68 cc 7c 75 80 24 a2 80 9f 45 8c 81 fa 92 ad 5b 04 39");
          cf.Credentials.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode
              = X509CertificateValidationMode.PeerOrChainTrust;

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5

Reference

System.ServiceModel.Security Namespace