<certificate> for <identity>

Specifies an X.509 certificate used to validate a server to a client.

For more information about setting the element value, see Service Identity and Authentication.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <client>
      <endpoint>
        <identity>
          <certificate>

Syntax

<certificate encodedValue = "String" />

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
encodedValue	A Base64 encoding of the certificate.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<identity>	Specifies the identity of the service to be authenticated by the client.

Example

The following code specifies the encoded representation of a certificate used to validate a server to a client.

<identity>
  <certificate encodedValue="MIIBxjCCAXSgAwIBAgIQmXJgyu9tro1M98GifjtuoDAJBgUrDgMCHQUAMBYxFDASBgNVBAMTC1Jvb3QgQWdlbmN5MB4XDTA2MDUxNzIxNDQyNVoXDTM5MTIzMTIzNTk1OVowKTEQMA4GA1UEChMHQ29udG9zbzEVMBMGA1UEAxMMaWRlbnRpdHkuY29tMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDBmivcb8hYbh11hqVoDuB7zmJ2y230f" />
</identity>

See also

• IdentityElement
• EndpointAddress
• Identity
• EndpointIdentity
• Service Identity and Authentication
• <identity>