X509BasicConstraintsExtension.CreateForCertificateAuthority Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates

Assembly:: System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:: X509BasicConstraintsExtension.cs

Source:: X509BasicConstraintsExtension.cs

Source:: X509BasicConstraintsExtension.cs

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Creates an instance of X509BasicConstraintsExtension appropriate for a certificate authority, optionally including a path length constraint value.

public static System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509BasicConstraintsExtension CreateForCertificateAuthority (int? pathLengthConstraint = default);

static member CreateForCertificateAuthority : Nullable<int> -> System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509BasicConstraintsExtension

Public Shared Function CreateForCertificateAuthority (Optional pathLengthConstraint As Nullable(Of Integer) = Nothing) As X509BasicConstraintsExtension

Parameters

pathLengthConstraint: Nullable<Int32>

The longest valid length of a certificate chain between the certificate containing this extension and an end-entity certificate. The default is null, an unconstrained length.

Returns

X509BasicConstraintsExtension

The configured basic constraints extension.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

pathLengthConstraint is a non-null value less than zero.

Remarks

Following the guidance from IETF RFC 3280, the extension returned from this method will have the Critical property set to true.

Applies to