X509Certificate.GetIssuerName Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

X509Certificate.cs

Caution

X509Certificate.GetIssuerName has been deprecated. Use the Issuer property instead.

Returns the name of the certification authority that issued the X.509v3 certificate.

C#

[System.Obsolete("X509Certificate.GetIssuerName has been deprecated. Use the Issuer property instead.")]
public virtual string GetIssuerName();

Returns

String

The name of the certification authority that issued the X.509 certificate.

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

Exceptions

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.

Examples

The following example uses the GetIssuerName method to return the certificate issuer's name and displays it to the console.

C#

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

public class X509
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // The path to the certificate.
        string Certificate =  "Certificate.cer";

        // Load the certificate into an X509Certificate object.
        X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Certificate);

        // Get the value.
        string results = cert.GetIssuerName();

        // Display the value to the console.
        Console.WriteLine(results);
    }
}

Applies to