Re: Examining server certificates using HttpWebRequest/HttpWebResponse

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From: Adarsh Khare [ MS ] (adarshk_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:00:04 -0700

Currently there is no straight forward way in HttpWebResponse.

But there is a workaround to examine server certificate, you need to
implement your ICertificatePolicy interface and set the
ServicePointManager.CertifcatePolicy, your check validation method would be
invoked with the request and corresponding X509Certificate.

adarshk

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"Nebraska" <Nebraska@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7569BEFD-BAB8-4242-8821-8909CB8A1E8F@microsoft.com...
> I see that it is possible to examine client certificates using
HttpWebRequest class. Is there any way to see server side certificates in a
similar manner - assuming a successfully authenticated HTTPS
request/response? I notice there is no certificate collection in the
HttpWebResponse class.

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