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X509IssuerSerial Structure

Represents the <X509IssuerSerial> element of an XML digital signature.

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography.Xml
Assembly:  System.Security (in System.Security.dll)

[HostProtectionAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, MayLeakOnAbort = true)]
public value class X509IssuerSerial

The X509IssuerSerial type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyIssuerNameGets or sets an X.509 certificate issuer's distinguished name.
Public propertySerialNumberGets or sets an X.509 certificate issuer's serial number.
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  NameDescription
Public methodEqualsIndicates whether this instance and a specified object are equal. (Inherited from ValueType.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeReturns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToStringReturns the fully qualified type name of this instance. (Inherited from ValueType.)
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The X509IssuerSerial structure represents the <X509IssuerSerial> element of an XML digital signature defined by the XML digital signature specification. The <X509IssuerSerial> element is the subelement of the <X509Data> element that contains an X.509v3 certificate issuer's distinguished name and serial number pair. The distinguished name and serial number pair help identify a specific X.509v3 certificate.

The issuer of an X.509 certificate is the name of the certification authority that issued the certificate. Certification authorities assign each certificate they issue a unique serial number for identification purposes.

Use the X509IssuerSerial structure to specify a certificate issuer's distinguished name and serial number pair when using the KeyInfoX509Data class. You can add an X509IssuerSerial structure to the KeyInfoX509Data class using the IssuerSerials property. Alternatively, you can add string values that represent the X.509 certificate issuer's distinguished name and serial number pair using the AddIssuerSerial method.

For more information about the <X509IssuerSerial> element, see the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification at www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/.

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The HostProtectionAttribute attribute applied to this type or member has the following Resources property value: MayLeakOnAbort. The HostProtectionAttribute does not affect desktop applications (which are typically started by double-clicking an icon, typing a command, or entering a URL in a browser). For more information, see the HostProtectionAttribute class or SQL Server Programming and Host Protection Attributes.

The following code example demonstrates how to sign and verify an XML document using an X.509 certificate from a certificate store. This example saves key information to the signed document using the X509IssuerSerial object.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

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