X509ChainPolicy Class

Represents the chain policy to be applied when building an X509 certificate chain. This class cannot be inherited.

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

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class X509ChainPolicy
'Usage
Dim instance As X509ChainPolicy

public final class X509ChainPolicy
public final class X509ChainPolicy
Not applicable.

Each X509Certificate2 object can have an X509ChainPolicy property that specifies the policy to be used in the verification process. Note that only X509Certificate2 objects can construct an X509ChainPolicy object.

The following example opens the current user's personal certificate store, allows the user to select a certificate, then writes certificate and certificate chain information to the console. The output depends on the certificate you select.

Imports System
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Imports System.IO



Class TestX509Chain

    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        'Create new X509 store from local certificate store.
        Dim store As New X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser)
        store.Open(OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly Or OpenFlags.ReadWrite)

        'Output store information.
        Console.WriteLine("Store Information")
        Console.WriteLine("Number of certificates in the store: {0}", store.Certificates.Count)
        Console.WriteLine("Store location: {0}", store.Location)
        Console.WriteLine("Store name: {0} {1}", store.Name, Environment.NewLine)

        'Put certificates from the store into a collection so user can select one.
        Dim fcollection As X509Certificate2Collection = CType(store.Certificates, X509Certificate2Collection)
        Dim collection As X509Certificate2Collection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(fcollection, "Select an X509 Certificate", "Choose a certificate to examine.", X509SelectionFlag.SingleSelection)
        Dim certificate As X509Certificate2 = collection(0)
        X509Certificate2UI.DisplayCertificate(certificate)
        'Output chain information of the selected certificate.
        Dim ch As New X509Chain()
        ch.Build(certificate)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain Information")
        ch.ChainPolicy.RevocationMode = X509RevocationMode.Online
        Console.WriteLine("Chain revocation flag: {0}", ch.ChainPolicy.RevocationFlag)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain revocation mode: {0}", ch.ChainPolicy.RevocationMode)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain verification flag: {0}", ch.ChainPolicy.VerificationFlags)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain verification time: {0}", ch.ChainPolicy.VerificationTime)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain status length: {0}", ch.ChainStatus.Length)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain application policy count: {0}", ch.ChainPolicy.ApplicationPolicy.Count)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain certificate policy count: {0} {1}", ch.ChainPolicy.CertificatePolicy.Count, Environment.NewLine)
        'Output chain element information.
        Console.WriteLine("Chain Element Information")
        Console.WriteLine("Number of chain elements: {0}", ch.ChainElements.Count)
        Console.WriteLine("Chain elements synchronized? {0} {1}", ch.ChainElements.IsSynchronized, Environment.NewLine)

        Dim element As X509ChainElement
        For Each element In ch.ChainElements
            Console.WriteLine("Element issuer name: {0}", element.Certificate.Issuer)
            Console.WriteLine("Element certificate valid until: {0}", element.Certificate.NotAfter)
            Console.WriteLine("Element certificate is valid: {0}", element.Certificate.Verify())
            Console.WriteLine("Element error status length: {0}", element.ChainElementStatus.Length)
            Console.WriteLine("Element information: {0}", element.Information)
            Console.WriteLine("Number of element extensions: {0}{1}", element.Certificate.Extensions.Count, Environment.NewLine)

            If ch.ChainStatus.Length > 1 Then
                Dim index As Integer
                For index = 0 To element.ChainElementStatus.Length
                    Console.WriteLine(element.ChainElementStatus(index).Status)
                    Console.WriteLine(element.ChainElementStatus(index).StatusInformation)
                Next index
            End If
        Next element
        store.Close()
    End Sub
End Class

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainPolicy

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 Millennium Edition, 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

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