CertificateStoreName Enumeration

Enumerates the names for commonly used certificate stores.

Members

Member	Description
My	The name used for "Personal Certificates". These certificates usually include a public key (that is exported) and a private key that is used to decrypt received messages.
CA	The name used for Intermediate Certification Authorities".
Root	The name used for "Trusted Root Certification Authorities".
Trust	The name used for "Enterprise Trust".
Request	The name for pending certificate request stores.
Acrs	The name for Automatic Certificate Request Service certificate stores.
Spc	The name for software publisher's certificate stores.
NtAuth	The name for NT authentication certificate stores.
Efs	The name for Windows encrypting file systems certificate stores.
AddressBook	The name of the certificate store holding "Other People". These certificates usually include a public key but no private key, and are used to encrypt outgoing messages.
TrustedPeople	The name used for "Trusted People".
TrustedPublisher	The name used for "Trusted Publishers".
Disallowed	The name used for "Untrusted Certificates".

Remarks

A certificate store is a location on the system (memory, disk, registry, etc.) where certificates are stored for use. Although there are many certificate stores, there are two commonly used system stores.

MY - personal certificates go here
ROOT - certificates for Trusted Root Certificate Authorities

Example

The following example demonstrates accessing a certificate and displaying info about it.

[Visual Basic]

Private Sub DisplayCertificateInfo(ByVal certNum as Integer)



   ' Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store

   Dim store as new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My)



   Try

      ' Get the requested certificate

      Dim cert as Certificate = store(certNum)



      ' Display info about the certificate

      Dim msg as String

      msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available." + vbCrLF + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + vbCrLf

      msg+= "Version: " + cert.Versio

      MessageBox.Show(msg)

   Catch ex as Exception

      MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum)

   End Try

End Sub

[C#]



private void DisplayCertificateInfo(int certNum)

{

  // Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store

  CertificateStore store = new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My);



  try

  {

     // Get the requested certificate

     Certificate cert = store[certNum];



     // Display info about the certificate

     string msg = "";

     msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available.\r\n\r\n";

     msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + "\r\n";

     msg+= "Version: " + cert.Version;

     MessageBox.Show(msg);

  }

  catch(Exception ex)

  {

     MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum);

  }

}

Requirements

Namespace: Dart.PowerTCP.SslSockets

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

Assembly: Dart.PowerTCP.SslSockets (in Dart.PowerTCP.SslSockets.dll)

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CertificateStoreName Enumeration

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