StoreName Enumeration
Specifies the name of the X.509 certificate store to open.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AddressBook | The X.509 certificate store for other users. | |
| AuthRoot | The X.509 certificate store for third-party certificate authorities (CAs). | |
| CertificateAuthority | The X.509 certificate store for intermediate certificate authorities (CAs). | |
| Disallowed | The X.509 certificate store for revoked certificates. | |
| My | The X.509 certificate store for personal certificates. | |
| Root | The X.509 certificate store for trusted root certificate authorities (CAs). | |
| TrustedPeople | The X.509 certificate store for directly trusted people and resources. | |
| TrustedPublisher | The X.509 certificate store for directly trusted publishers. |
This enumeration specifies the X.509 store name, which also includes the type of certificates included. For example, My includes personal certificates, whereas Disallowed includes only revoked certificates.
The following code example opens an X.509 certificate store, adds and deletes certificates, and then closes the store. It assumes you have three certificates to add to and remove from a local store.
Imports System Imports System.Security.Cryptography Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates Imports System.IO Class X509store2 Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) 'Opens the personal certificates store. Dim store As New X509Store(StoreName.My) store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite) Dim certificate As New X509Certificate2() 'Create certificates from certificate files. 'You must put in a valid path to three certificates in the following constructors. Dim certificate1 As New X509Certificate2("c:\mycerts\*****.cer") Dim certificate2 As New X509Certificate2("c:\mycerts\*****.cer") Dim certificate5 As New X509Certificate2("c:\mycerts\*****.cer") 'Create a collection and add two of the certificates. Dim collection As New X509Certificate2Collection() collection.Add(certificate2) collection.Add(certificate5) 'Add certificates to the store. store.Add(certificate1) store.AddRange(collection) Dim storecollection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection) Console.WriteLine("Store name: {0}", store.Name) Console.WriteLine("Store location: {0}", store.Location) Dim x509 As X509Certificate2 For Each x509 In storecollection Console.WriteLine("certificate name: {0}", x509.Subject) Next x509 'Remove a certificate. store.Remove(certificate1) Dim storecollection2 As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection) Console.WriteLine("{1}Store name: {0}", store.Name, Environment.NewLine) Dim x509a As X509Certificate2 For Each x509a In storecollection2 Console.WriteLine("certificate name: {0}", x509a.Subject) Next x509a 'Remove a range of certificates. store.RemoveRange(collection) Dim storecollection3 As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection) Console.WriteLine("{1}Store name: {0}", store.Name, Environment.NewLine) If storecollection3.Count = 0 Then Console.WriteLine("Store contains no certificates.") Else Dim x509b As X509Certificate2 For Each x509b In storecollection3 Console.WriteLine("certificate name: {0}", x509b.Subject) Next x509b End If 'Close the store. store.Close() End Sub End Class
Available since 2.0