X509.MakeCert Method

Create a new X.509 certificate using subject's public key and issuer's private key files with signature options.

Syntax

public static int MakeCert(
	string certFile,
	string issuerCert,
	string subjectPubKeyFile,
	string issuerPriKeyFile,
	int certNum,
	int yearsValid,
	string distName,
	string extensions,
	X509.KeyUsageOptions keyUsageOptions,
	string password,
	SigAlgorithm sigAlg,
	X509.CertOptions options
)

Public Shared Function MakeCert ( _
	certFile As String, _
	issuerCert As String, _
	subjectPubKeyFile As String, _
	issuerPriKeyFile As String, _
	certNum As Integer, _
	yearsValid As Integer, _
	distName As String, _
	extensions As String, _
	keyUsageOptions As X509.KeyUsageOptions, _
	password As String, _
	sigAlg As SigAlgorithm, _
	options As X509.CertOptions _
) As Integer

Parameters

certFile

Name of file to be created

issuerCert

Name of issuer's certificate file

subjectPubKeyFile

File containing subjects public key data

issuerPriKeyFile

File containing issuer's private key data

certNum

Issue number for new certificate

yearsValid

How many years to be valid

distName

Distinguished name string. See Distinguished Names in the main manual.

extensions

Extensions: a list of attribute-value pairs separated by semicolons (;). See X.509 Extensions Parameter in the main manual.

keyUsageOptions

Type: X509.KeyUsageOptions
Key usage options

password

For issuer's private key, if encrypted.

sigAlg

Type: SigAlgorithm
Signature algorithm to sign certificate.

options

Type: X509.CertOptions
Option flags: set as zero for defaults.

Return Value

Remarks

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: X509_MakeCert

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