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Getting X509 Certificates in and out of the Key Store

Published in: C# 

URL: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;901183

Generate the Cert: makecert -sy 3 -n "cn=FooCorp" -ss my -sr LocalMachine

Grant Permissions to the Cert: winHttpCertCfg -g -c LOCAL_MACHINE\MY -s "FooCorp" -a "domain\YourMomma"

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  1. public static X509Certificate2 GetCert(string thumbprint, 
  2.                                        StoreName storeName,
  3.                                        StoreLocation storeLocation)
  4. {
  5.   // The following code gets the cert from the keystore
  6.   X509Store store = new X509Store(storeName, storeLocation);
  7.   store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
  8.   X509Certificate2Collection certCollection = 
  9.     store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
  10.                             thumbprint, 
  11.                             false);
  12.   X509Certificate2Enumerator enumerator = certCollection.GetEnumerator();
  13.   X509Certificate2 cert = null;
  14.   while (enumerator.MoveNext())
  15.   {
  16.     cert = enumerator.Current;
  17.   }
  18.   return cert;
  19. }

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