X509ServiceCertificateAuthentication.CustomCertificateValidator Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Security

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives.dll

Package:

System.ServiceModel.Primitives v6.2.0

Source:

X509ServiceCertificateAuthentication.cs

Gets or sets a custom client certificate validator.

public:
 property System::IdentityModel::Selectors::X509CertificateValidator ^ CustomCertificateValidator { System::IdentityModel::Selectors::X509CertificateValidator ^ get(); void set(System::IdentityModel::Selectors::X509CertificateValidator ^ value); };

public System.IdentityModel.Selectors.X509CertificateValidator CustomCertificateValidator { get; set; }

member this.CustomCertificateValidator : System.IdentityModel.Selectors.X509CertificateValidator with get, set

Public Property CustomCertificateValidator As X509CertificateValidator

Property Value

X509CertificateValidator

The custom client certificate validator.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

Attempted to set when credential is read-only.

Examples

The following code shows how to set this property.

// Configure custom certificate validation.
ClientCredentials creds = new ClientCredentials();
creds.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode
    = X509CertificateValidationMode.Custom;
creds.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CustomCertificateValidator
    = new MyCertificateValidator();

' Configure custom certificate validation.
Dim creds As New ClientCredentials()
creds.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode = X509CertificateValidationMode.Custom
creds.ServiceCertificate.Authentication.CustomCertificateValidator = New MyCertificateValidator()

The property can also be set in a configuration file.

Remarks

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) provides a default client certificate validator that verifies the client certificate against the trusted people store and also checks that the certificate is part of a chain that connects to a valid root. A custom validator can be implemented to obtain a different behavior. This property allows a custom validator to be specified.