Make your client overlook the certificate name mismatch programmatically. Little variation on code by Ted Graham and msdn. The class must be assigned to System.Net.ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy in the beginning of client code.

Isabelle Therrien — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:22:21 GMT

public class MyPolicy: ICertificatePolicy { enum CertificateProblem : long { CertEXPIRED = 2148204801, CertVALIDITYPERIODNESTING = 2148204802, CertROLE = 2148204803, CertPATHLENCONST = 2148204804, CertCRITICAL = 2148204805, CertPURPOSE = 2148204806, CertISSUERCHAINING = 2148204807, CertMALFORMED = 2148204808, CertUNTRUSTEDROOT = 2148204809, CertCHAINING = 2148204810, CertREVOKED = 2148204812, CertUNTRUSTEDTESTROOT = 2148204813, CertREVOCATION_FAILURE = 2148204814, CertCN_NO_MATCH = 2148204815, CertWRONG_USAGE = 2148204816, CertUNTRUSTEDCA = 2148204818 } ///

/// Implement CheckValidationResult to ignore problems that /// we are willing to accept. In this case, all those concerning Certificates. ///

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Make your client overlook the certificate name mismatch programmatically. Little variation on code by Ted Graham and msdn. The class must be assigned to System.Net.ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy in the beginning of client code.