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System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates

Provides types for reading, exporting and verifying Authenticode X.509 v3 certificates. These certificates are signed with a private key that uniquely and positively identifies the holder of the certificate. Commonly Used Types: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2 System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ContentType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreLocation System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.StoreName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509FindType System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ChainStatus System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2Collection System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509EnhancedKeyUsageExtension System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain When using NuGet 3.x this package requires at least version 3.4.

Total Downloads
2.9B
2,936,846,183
Published
Sep 20, 2017
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates --version 4.1.1
Package Manager Console
Install-Package System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates -Version 4.1.1
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates" Version="4.1.1" />

Frameworks

MonoAndroid1.0 MonoTouch1.0 .NETFramework4.6 .NETFramework4.6.1 .NETCore5.0 .NETStandard1.3 .NETStandard1.4 .NETStandard1.6 Xamarin.iOS1.0 Xamarin.Mac2.0 Xamarin.TVOS1.0 Xamarin.WatchOS1.0

Dependencies

[4.0.0, )
[4.2.0, )
[4.0.0, )
[1.0.2, )
[4.0.11, )
[4.0.11, )
[4.0.1, )
System.IO
.NETCore5.0
[4.1.0, )
[4.0.1, )
System.Runtime
.NETCore5.0
[4.1.0, )
[4.1.0, )
[4.0.1, )
[4.1.0, )
[4.0.1, )
[4.0.11, )
System.Threading
.NETCore5.0
[4.0.11, )
System.Runtime
.NETStandard1.3
[4.1.0, )
System.Runtime.Handles
.NETStandard1.3
[4.0.1, )
[4.0.0, )
System.Runtime
.NETStandard1.4
[4.1.0, )
System.Runtime.Handles
.NETStandard1.4
[4.0.1, )
[4.0.0, )
[1.0.2, )
runtime.native.System
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.0, )
[4.0.1, )
System.Collections
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.11, )
[4.0.11, )
System.Globalization
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.11, )
[4.0.1, )
System.IO
.NETStandard1.6
[4.1.0, )
System.IO.FileSystem
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.1, )
[4.0.1, )
[4.0.1, )
System.Runtime
.NETStandard1.6
[4.1.0, )
[4.1.0, )
System.Runtime.Handles
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.1, )
[4.1.0, )
[4.0.1, )
[4.2.0, )
[4.0.0, )
[4.0.0, )
[4.0.0, )
System.Text.Encoding
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.11, )
System.Threading
.NETStandard1.6
[4.0.11, )

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