X500DistinguishedName.Name Property
Definition
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Gets the comma-delimited distinguished name from an X500 certificate.
public:
property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };
public string Name { get; }
member this.Name : string
Public ReadOnly Property Name As String
Property Value
The comma-delimited distinguished name of the X509 certificate.
Examples
The following code example shows how to use the X500DistinguishedName class.
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
class X500Sample
{
static void Main()
{
try
{
X509Store store = new("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly | OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly);
X509Certificate2Collection collection = store.Certificates;
X509Certificate2Collection fcollection = collection.Find(
X509FindType.FindByTimeValid,
DateTime.Now, false
);
X509Certificate2Collection scollection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(
fcollection,
"Test Certificate Select",
"Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate",
X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection
);
Console.WriteLine($"Number of certificates: {scollection.Count}{Environment.NewLine}");
foreach (X509Certificate2 x509 in scollection)
{
X500DistinguishedName dname = new(
x509.SubjectName.Name,
X500DistinguishedNameFlags.Reversed | X500DistinguishedNameFlags.UseSemicolons
);
Console.WriteLine("X500DistinguishedName: {0}{1}", dname.Name, Environment.NewLine);
x509.Reset();
}
store.Close();
}
catch (CryptographicException)
{
Console.WriteLine("Information could not be written out for this certificate.");
}
}
}
Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Class X500Sample
Shared s_msg As String
Shared Sub Main()
Try
Dim store As New X509Store("MY", StoreLocation.CurrentUser)
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly Or OpenFlags.OpenExistingOnly)
Dim collection As X509Certificate2Collection = store.Certificates
Dim fcollection As X509Certificate2Collection = collection.Find(X509FindType.FindByTimeValid, Date.Now, False)
Dim scollection As X509Certificate2Collection = X509Certificate2UI.SelectFromCollection(
fcollection,
"Test Certificate Select",
"Select a certificate from the following list to get information on that certificate",
X509SelectionFlag.MultiSelection
)
s_msg = "Number of certificates: " & scollection.Count & Environment.NewLine
Console.WriteLine(s_msg)
Dim x509 As X509Certificate2
For Each x509 In scollection
Dim dname As New X500DistinguishedName(
x509.SubjectName.Name,
X500DistinguishedNameFlags.Reversed Or X500DistinguishedNameFlags.UseSemicolons
)
s_msg = "X500DistinguishedName: " & dname.Name & Environment.NewLine
Console.WriteLine(s_msg)
x509.Reset()
Next x509
store.Close()
Catch e As Exception
s_msg = "Error: Information could not be written out for this certificate."
Console.WriteLine(s_msg)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Remarks
The distinguished name uses the following format:
[X500:/C=CountryCode/O=Organization/OU=OrganizationUnit/CN=CommonName]