Creating a certificate request (Windows Store apps using JavaScript and HTML)
To create a certificate request, you must first create a CertificateRequestProperties object and define the properties your certificate should have. By default, the constructor sets the following properties.
| Property | Default value |
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Empty string | |
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KeyAlgorithmNames.RSA | |
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KeySize.RSA2048 | |
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Empty String | |
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HashAlgorithmNames.Sha256 | |
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ExportOption.NotExportable | |
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EnrollKeyUsage.Signing | |
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KeyProtectionLevel.NoConsent | |
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KeystorageProviderNames.SoftwareKeyStorageProvider This is the "Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider" |
To create the request, call the CreateRequestAsync method. This is shown by the following example.
function createCertificateRequest() { // Declare a certificate request message. var myMessage = ""; // Note - The default constructor for a CertificateRequestProperties object // sets the following default property values: // // subject: "" -- empty string // keyAlgorithm: KeyAlgorithm.RSA // keySize: KeySizes.RSA2048 -- 2048 bits // friendlyName: "" -- empty string // hashAlgorithm: HashAlgorithms.SHA256 // exportable: ExportOptions.NotExportable // keyUsage: EnrollKeyUsages.Signing // keyProtectionLevel: KeyProtectionLevel.NoConsent // keyStorageProvider: KeystorageProviders.SoftwareKsp -- "Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider" try { // Create a default CertificateRequestProperties object. var myRequestProperties = new Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates.CertificateRequestProperties(); // Override the default subject and display names. myRequestProperties.subject = "Toby"; myRequestProperties.friendlyName = "Toby's Cert"; // Call a custom function to convert the request properties to a string. myMessage = "Create certificate request:" + convertCertificateRequestPropertiestoString(myRequestProperties); // Create a certificate request from the CertificateRequestProperties object. myRequest = Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates.CertificateEnrollmentManager.createRequest(myRequestProperties); myMessage = myMessage + "\n\nCertificate request creation succeeded.\nEncoded request String:\n " + myRequest; // Display the request string in your program (here called SDKSample) sdkSample.displayStatus(myMessage); } catch (e) { myMessage = myMessage + "\n\nCertificate request creation failed."; myMessage = myMessage + convertErrortoString(e); sdkSample.displayError(myMessage); } }
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