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X509Certificate Constructor (array<Byte[], String, X509KeyStorageFlags)

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Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate class using a byte array, a password, and a key storage flag.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    rawData As Byte(), _
    password As String, _
    keyStorageFlags As X509KeyStorageFlags _
)

public X509Certificate(
    byte[] rawData,
    string password,
    X509KeyStorageFlags keyStorageFlags
)

Parameters

  • rawData
    Type: array<System.Byte[]
    A byte array containing data from an X.509 certificate.
  • password
    Type: System.String
    The password required to access the X.509 certificate data.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
CryptographicException

An error with the certificate occurs. For example:

  • The certificate file does not exist.

  • The certificate is invalid.

  • The certificate's password is incorrect.
ArgumentException

The rawData parameter is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

-or-

The length of the rawData parameter is 0.

Remarks

This constructor creates a new X509Certificate object using a byte array, a password that is needed to access the certificate data, and a key storage flag. Calling this constructor with the correct password decrypts the private key and saves it to a Microsoft Cryptographic API Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP).

The X509KeyStorageFlags value can be used to control where and how the private key is imported.

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

Security noteSecurity Note:

Never hard-code a password within your source code. Hard-coded passwords can be retrieved from an assembly by using the MSIL Disassembler (Ildasm.exe), by using a hexadecimal editor, or by simply opening the assembly in a text editor such as Notepad.exe.

If you create an X509Certificate certificate by specifying a PKCS7 signed file store for rawData, the X509Certificate is created for the certificate that signed the store instead of the certificates within the store.

rawDatadoes not accept input data formatted in the PKCS #12 format.

Platform Notes

Silverlight for Windows Phone Silverlight for Windows Phone

If you pass an invalid X509KeyStorageFlags value when you create an X509Certificate, a NotSupportedException occurs instead of ArgumentException.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.