CertificateVerificationMode Enumeration

Assembly: System.Net.Primitives.dll

Specifies the level of certificate validation that the System.Net.Security.SslStream class performs.

Syntax

public enum CertificateVerificationMode

Members

Manual
Certificate validation is handled by the application.
PeerOrChain
Certificate validation is handled by the application, but the peer's certificate is validated against the chain of trust.
ChainTrust
Certificate validation is handled by the application, but the certificate is validated against the certificate chain.

Remarks

When you use the SslStream class, you can specify the CertificateVerificationMode to indicate how certificate validation is performed.

Set this enumeration to Manual to perform all certificate validation yourself.
Set this enumeration to PeerOrChain to allow the SslStream to perform peer validation and validation against the certificate chain.
Set this enumeration to ChainTrust to only validate against the certificate chain.

This enumeration is used by the System.Net.Security.SslClientAuthenticationOptions.CertificateVerificationMode and System.Net.Security.SslServerAuthenticationOptions.CertificateVerificationMode properties.