ServiceCredentials.ClientCertificate Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Description

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.dll

Gets the current client certificate authentication and provisioning settings for this service.

public:
 property System::ServiceModel::Security::X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential ^ ClientCertificate { System::ServiceModel::Security::X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential ^ get(); };

public System.ServiceModel.Security.X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential ClientCertificate { get; }

member this.ClientCertificate : System.ServiceModel.Security.X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential

Public ReadOnly Property ClientCertificate As X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential

Property Value

X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential

An X509CertificateInitiatorServiceCredential instance.

Examples

The following code shows how to access this property and use it to set additional properties.

serviceHost.Credentials.ClientCertificate.Authentication.CertificateValidationMode =
    X509CertificateValidationMode.Custom;
serviceHost.Credentials.ClientCertificate.Authentication.CustomCertificateValidator =
    new MyX509CertificateValidator("CN=Contoso.com");

serviceHost.Credentials.ClientCertificate.Authentication. _
    CertificateValidationMode = X509CertificateValidationMode.Custom
serviceHost.Credentials.ClientCertificate.Authentication. _
   CustomCertificateValidator = New MyX509CertificateValidator("CN=Contoso.com")

Remarks

You can specify a client certificate authentication model using the Authentication property. In the mutual certificate duplex scenario, you can specify an X.509 certificate to use in a response or callback using the Certificate property.