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[Martin Hinks]

What is the exact exception thrown - and where does the stack trace
say it originated - it does indeed sound like a certmgr thing, but
more information would help.

Martin

On 6/17/05, Jeff Tickle <jeff at jefftickle.com> wrote:
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> Not sure if it's a bug or just my lack of understanding of security, but
> the fact is, this code works without fail in .NET, but not in Mono:
> 
> using System;
> using System.IO;
> using System.Net;
> 
> public class Test {
>    public static void Main(string[] args)
>    {
>        try {
>            WebRequest request =
> WebRequest.Create("https://api.safepages.com/process.pl");
>            request.Method = "POST";
>            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
>            byte[] bytes =
> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("action=dialup_add&mode=test");
>            request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
>            Stream s = request.GetRequestStream();
>            s.Write(bytes,0,bytes.Length);
>            s.Close();
>            Console.WriteLine(new
> StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd());
>        } catch (WebException e) {
>            Console.WriteLine(e);
>        }
>    }
> }
> 
> It should return an error saying that the login was invalid.  Instead it
> throws an exception, and the stack trace suggests it has to do with a
> failure to agree on security.
> 
> I did read a bit on certmgr.  I tried importing the certificate of this
> particular site, but it wouldn't go anywhere but the AddressBook and
> didn't seem to make a difference.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> - -Jeff
> 
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Martin Hinks