<defaultCertificate> Element

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07/03/2007

Specifies an X.509 certificate to be used when a service or STS does not provide one via a negotiation protocol.

<system.serviceModel>

                                    
                                    <defaultCertificate findValue="String" 
                                
                                    
                                    storeLocation=" CurrentUser/LocalMachine"
                                
                                    
                                    storeName="AddressBook/AuthRoot/CertificateAuthority/Disallowed/My/Root/TrustedPeople/TrustedPublisher" 
                                
                                    
                                    x509FindType="FindByThumbPrint/FindBySubjectName/FindBySubjectDistinguishedName/FindByIssuerName/FindByIssuerDistinguishedName/FindBySerialiNumber/FindByTimeValid/FindByTimeNotYetValid/FindByTimeExpired/FindByTemplateName/FindByApplicationPolicy/FindByCertificatePolicy/FindByExtension/FindByKeyUsage/FindBySubjectKeyIdentifier" />

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description
findValue	String. The value to search for.
x509FindType	Enumeration. One of the certificate fields to search.
storeLocation	Enumeration. One of the two system store locations to search.
storeName	Enumeration. One of the system stores to search.

findValue Attribute

Value	Description
String	The value depends on the field (specified by the X509FindType attribute) being searched. For example, if searching for a thumbprint, the value must be a string of hexadecimal numbers.

x509FindType Attribute

Value	Description
Enumeration	Values include: FindByThumbprint, FindBySubjectName, FindBySubjectDistinguishedName, FindByIssuerName, FindByIssuerDistinguishedName, FindBySerialNumber, FindByTimeValid, FindByTimeNotYetValid, FindBySerialNumber, FindByTimeExpired, FindByTemplateName, FindByApplicationPolicy, FindByCertificatePolicy, FindByExtension, FindByKeyUsage, FindBySubjectKeyIdentifier.

storeLocation Attribute

Value	Description
Enumeration	CurrentUser or LocalMachine.

storeName Attribute

Value	Description
Enumeration	Values include: AddressBook, AuthRoot, CertificateAuthority, Disallowed, My, Root, TrustedPeople, and TrustedPublisher.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<serviceCertificate> of <clientCredentials> Element	Specifies a certificate to use when authenticating a service to the client.

Example

The following example specifies a certificate to use for endpoints whose URI begins with https://www.contoso.com and a certificate to use for all other endpoints that do not perform certificate negotiation.

<serviceCertificate>
  <defaultCertificate findValue="www.contoso.com" 
                      storeLocation="LocalMachine"
                      storeName="TrustedPeople" 
                      x509FindType="FindByIssuerDistinguishedName" />
  <scopedCertificates>
     <add targetUri="https://www.contoso.com" 
          findValue="www.contoso.com" storeLocation="LocalMachine"
                  storeName="Root" x509FindType="FindByIssuerName" />
  </scopedCertificates>
  <authentication revocationMode="Online" 
   trustedStoreLocation="LocalMachine" />
</serviceCertificate>

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