X509Certificate Class

Provides methods that help you use X.509 v.3 certificates.

Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class X509Certificate
	Implements IDeserializationCallback, ISerializable
'Usage
Dim instance As X509Certificate

/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public class X509Certificate implements IDeserializationCallback, ISerializable
SerializableAttribute 
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public class X509Certificate implements IDeserializationCallback, ISerializable
Not applicable.

ASN.1 DER is the only certificate format supported by this class.

For most scenarios, you should use the X509Certificate2 class instead.

The following example loads an X.509 certificate from a file, calls the ToString method, and displays the results to the console.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates

Module X509

    Sub Main()

        ' The path to the certificate.
        Dim Certificate As String = "Certificate.cer"

        ' Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        Dim cert As New X509Certificate(Certificate)

        ' Get the value.
        Dim resultsTrue As String = cert.ToString(True)

        ' Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsTrue)

        ' Get the value.
        Dim resultsFalse As String = cert.ToString(False)

        ' Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(resultsFalse)

    End Sub
End Module

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate
     System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0

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