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Revision: 4165
at October 29, 2007 16:57 by rengber
Initial Code 
public static X509Certificate2 GetCert(string thumbprint, 
                                       StoreName storeName,
                                       StoreLocation storeLocation)
{
  // The following code gets the cert from the keystore
  X509Store store = new X509Store(storeName, storeLocation);
  store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
  X509Certificate2Collection certCollection = 
    store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
                            thumbprint, 
                            false);
  X509Certificate2Enumerator enumerator = certCollection.GetEnumerator();
  X509Certificate2 cert = null;
  while (enumerator.MoveNext())
  {
    cert = enumerator.Current;
  }
  return cert;
}
Initial URL 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;901183
Initial Description 
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"
Initial Title 
Getting X509 Certificates in and out of the Key Store
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C#