CertificateHolderCreate Method (Byte, SecureString)

public static CertificateHolder Create(
	byte[] certBytes,
	SecureString password
)

Public Shared Function Create ( 
	certBytes As Byte(),
	password As SecureString
) As CertificateHolder

public:
static CertificateHolder^ Create(
	array<unsigned char>^ certBytes, 
	SecureString^ password
)

static member Create : 
        certBytes : byte[] * 
        password : SecureString -> CertificateHolder 

// 1: Load a PKCS #12 file into a byte array and apply its password to create the CertificateHolder
byte[] certBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(MyDir + "morzal.pfx");
CertificateHolder.Create(certBytes, "aw");

// 2: Pass a SecureString which contains the password instead of a normal string
SecureString password = new NetworkCredential("", "aw").SecurePassword;
CertificateHolder.Create(certBytes, password);

// 3: If the certificate has private keys corresponding to aliases, we can use the aliases to fetch their respective keys
// First, we'll check for valid aliases like this
using (FileStream certStream = new FileStream(MyDir + "morzal.pfx", FileMode.Open))
{
    Pkcs12Store pkcs12Store = new Pkcs12Store(certStream, "aw".ToCharArray());
    IEnumerator enumerator = pkcs12Store.Aliases.GetEnumerator();

    while (enumerator.MoveNext())
    {
        if (enumerator.Current != null)
        {
            string currentAlias = enumerator.Current.ToString();
            if (pkcs12Store.IsKeyEntry(currentAlias) && pkcs12Store.GetKey(currentAlias).Key.IsPrivate)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Valid alias found: {enumerator.Current}");
            }
        }
    }
}

// For this file, we'll use an alias found above
CertificateHolder.Create(MyDir + "morzal.pfx", "aw", "c20be521-11ea-4976-81ed-865fbbfc9f24");

// If we leave the alias null, then the first possible alias that retrieves a private key will be used
CertificateHolder.Create(MyDir + "morzal.pfx", "aw", null);