Obtain a certificate reference and store it in a password-protected data vault to use for X.509 certificate authentication.
The difference between importing a certificate from a system store or a file directory is determined by how you obtain the CertificateStore object. In either case, only a label and password are required to import a certificate blob, which is a digitally signed copy of the public X.509 certificate.
//Obtain a reference to the certificate store CertificateStore myStore = CertificateStore.GetDefault(); //List all certificate labels from the certificate store StringList labels = myStore.CertificateLabels(); //List the certificate labels filtered by subject String filter1 = "Sybase"; labels = myStore.CertificateLabels(filter1, null); //Get a LoginCertificate from the certificate store string aLabel = ... //ask user to select a label string password = ... //prompt user for password LoginCertificate lc = myStore.GetSignedCertificate(aLabel, password); //Save/Load/Delete...LoginCertificate //Create or lookup a data vault DataVault vault = null; if (!DataVault.VaultExists("myVault")) { vault = DataVault.CreateVault("myVault", "password", "salt"); } else { vault = DataVault.GetVault("myVault"); }