Certificates in C#
The namespace responsible for all concepts is "System.Security" Furthermore, the namespace specific to the certification concept is "System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates". The X509Certificates class is mainly used to generate a certificate for an individual solution.
The System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates namespace contains the common language run time implementation of the Authenticode X.509 v.3 certificate. This certificate is signed with a private key that uniquely identifies the holder of the certificate.
The System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates namespace contains the common language run time implementation of the Authenticode X.509 v.3 certificate. This certificate is signed with a private key that uniquely identifies the holder of the certificate.
Create a quick certificate from one resource file
- /First you need to get the contents of your resource file in which your encrypted data resides.
- private MemoryStream getCertificate()
- {
- String certificateFilePath = < Your resource file path > ;
- var readCertStream = new MemoryStream(File.ReadAllBytes(certificateFilePath));
- return readCertStream;
- }
- //Second call your previous method to generate the actual certificate
- private X509Certificate readCertificate(MemoryStream argInputStream, string argCertificateType)
- {
- X509Certificate certificate = null;
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- private X509Certificate readCertificate(MemoryStream argInputStream, string argCertificateType)
- {
- X509Certificate certificate = null;
- certificate = new X509Certificate(getCertificate().ToArray());
- return certificate;
- }
- }
In the certificate object you should have your actual certificate.
Happy Coding :)

Ryan DavisPosted Jan 13, 2021, 2:34 PM
What if I don't have said resource file? Can I create the certificate manually? If not, How do I create/get the needed resource file?
Sourav Kumar DasPosted Nov 11, 2019, 4:28 AM
Nice useful article Sir.
Mohsin AzamPosted Nov 10, 2019, 7:30 AM
Thanks for sharing,,but it will be good if you specify [What is C# Certificate,Where can we use them ,what are the advantages/disadvantage and why we use them],,it will be good.