<certificate> Element
Specifies an X.509 certificate to use for signing and encrypting messages for peer-to-peer clients.
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior>
<clientCredentials>
<peer>
<certificate>
Syntax
<certificate findValue="String"
storeLocation="LocalMachine/CurrentUser"
storeName="AddressBook/AuthRoot/CertificateAuthority/Disallowed/My/Root/TrustedPeople/TrustedPublisher"
X509FindType="FindByThumbPrint/FindBySubjectName/FindBySubjectDistinguishedName/FindByIssuerName/FindByIssuerDistinguishedName/FindBySerialNumber/FindByTimeValid/FindByTimeNotYetValid/FindByTemplateName/FindByApplicationPolicy/FindByCertificatePolicy/FindByExtension/FindByKeyUsage/FindBySubjectKeyIdentifier" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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findValue |
A string that contains the value to search for in the X.509 certificate store. The type contained in the attribute must satisfy the requirements of the specified x509FindType . The default is an empty string. |
storeLocation |
Specifies the location of the X.509 certificate store that the client uses to validate the peer's certificate against. Valid values include the following: - LocalMachine: the certificate store assigned to the local machine. - CurrentUser: the certificate store assigned to the current user. The default is LocalMachine. |
storeName |
Specifies the name of the X.509 certificate store to open. Valid values include the following: - AddressBook: Certificate store for other users. - AuthRoot: Certificate store for third-party certification authorities (CAs). - CertificateAuthority: Certificate store for intermediate certification authorities (CAs). - Disallowed: Certificate store for revoked certificates. - My: Certificate store for personal certificates. - Root: Certificate store for trusted root certification authorities (CAs). - TrustedPeople: Certificate store for directly-trusted people and resources. - TrustedPublisher: Certificate store for directly-trusted publishers. The default is My. |
X509FindType |
Defines the type of X.509 search to be executed. Valid values include the following: - FindByThumbPrint - FindBySubjectName - FindBySubjectDistinguishedName - FindByIssuerName - FindByIssuerDistinguishedName - FindBySerialNumber - FindByTimeValid - FindByTimeNotYetValid - FindByTemplateName - FindByApplicationPolicy - FindByCertificatePolicy - FindByExtension - FindByKeyUsage - FindBySubjectKeyIdentifier The type contained in the findValue attribute must satisfy the requirements of the specified X509FindType .The default value is FindBySubjectDistinguishedName. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
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<peer> | Specifies credentials used when authenticating peer-to-peer clients. |
Remarks
This configuration element contains a X509Certificate2 instance used when authenticating neighbors in the peer mesh.
For more information about peer-to-peer programming, see Peer-to-Peer Networking.
Example
The following code specifies how to find the certificate used in a peer-to-peer scenario.
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="MyEndpointBehavior">
<clientCredentials>
<peer>
<certificate findValue="www.contoso.com"
storeLocation="LocalMachine"
x509FindType="FindByIssuerName" />
</peer>
</clientCredentials>
</behavior>
</endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>