SignatureOptions.CertificatePolicy Property

Specifies the chain policy used to build an X509 certificate chain.

Namespace: DevExpress.Office.DigitalSignatures

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public X509ChainPolicy CertificatePolicy { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property CertificatePolicy As X509ChainPolicy

Property Value

Type	Description
X509ChainPolicy	An object that contains the X.509 certificate chain policy.

Remarks

C#

SignatureOptions options = new SignatureOptions();
options.Certificate =
 new X509Certificate2("Certificate/SignDemo.pfx", "dxdemo");

X509ChainPolicy policy = new X509ChainPolicy();
policy.RevocationMode = X509RevocationMode.NoCheck;
policy.RevocationFlag = X509RevocationFlag.ExcludeRoot;
policy.VerificationFlags |= X509VerificationFlags.AllowUnknownCertificateAuthority |
  X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown;

options.CertificatePolicy = policy;
options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy;

VB.NET

Private Shared Function CreateSignatureOptions() As SignatureOptions
    Dim options As New SignatureOptions()
    options.Certificate = New X509Certificate2("Certificate/SignDemo.pfx", "dxdemo")

    options.SignatureFlags = options.SignatureFlags And Not SignatureFlags.ValidateCertificate
    options.CertificateKeyUsageFlags = X509KeyUsageFlags.None
    options.DigestMethod = hashAlgorithm

    Dim policy As New X509ChainPolicy()
    policy.RevocationMode = X509RevocationMode.NoCheck
    policy.RevocationFlag = X509RevocationFlag.ExcludeRoot
    policy.VerificationFlags = policy.VerificationFlags 
    Or X509VerificationFlags.AllowUnknownCertificateAuthority Or X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown

    options.CertificatePolicy = policy
    options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy

    Return options
End Function

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-sign-document-and-validate-signature/CS/WordDocumentDigitalSignatureSample/Program.cs#L49

    X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown;
options.CertificatePolicy = policy;
options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy;

spreadsheet-document-api-sign-workbook-and-validate-signature/CS/WorkbookDigitalSignatureSample/Program.cs#L53

    X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown;
options.CertificatePolicy = policy;
options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy;

VB.NET

word-document-api-sign-document-and-validate-signature/VB/WordDocumentDigitalSignatureSample/Program.vb#L44

policy.VerificationFlags = policy.VerificationFlags Or X509VerificationFlags.AllowUnknownCertificateAuthority Or X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown
options.CertificatePolicy = policy
options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy

spreadsheet-document-api-sign-workbook-and-validate-signature/VB/WorkbookDigitalSignatureSample/Program.vb#L48

policy.VerificationFlags = policy.VerificationFlags Or X509VerificationFlags.AllowUnknownCertificateAuthority Or X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreCertificateAuthorityRevocationUnknown
options.CertificatePolicy = policy
options.TimestampCertificatePolicy = policy