[Mono-dev] Getting Server Certificate with HttpWebRequest?

[Michał Ziemski]

Hi!

Try setting
System.Net.ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy

There you will have access to the server's cert.

Cheers,
Michał Ziemski

Valon Cross pisze:
>
> Hi, if this question is better posted to a list, please let me know: 
>
>  
>
> I want to query a server’s SSL Certificate so I can test the “Not 
> After” value and see when the cert is about to expire. 
>
>  
>
> I tried the following technique (with my employer’s URL) and can get 
> the HTML  back.  But I need to trap the SSL handshake conversation 
> before the HTML is returned: 
>
>  
>
> sURL = "https://thornburgmortgage.loanadministration.com/";
>
>                 this.webRequest = 
> (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(sURL);
>
>  
>
>                 // BuildReqStream(ref webrequest);
>
>                 HttpWebResponse webresponse;
>
>                 webresponse = 
> (HttpWebResponse)this.webRequest.GetResponse();
>
>  
>
>                 Encoding enc = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
>
>                 StreamReader loResponseStream = new
>
>                 StreamReader(webresponse.GetResponseStream(),enc);
>
>  
>
>                 string Response = loResponseStream.ReadToEnd();
>
>  
>
>                 loResponseStream.Close();
>
>                 webresponse.Close();
>
>                 System.Console.WriteLine("Response Stream: " + Response);
>
>  
>
> Do you know how to get the SSL information?  Is there something like 
> java’s httpCommons for .NET 2005?
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
>  
>
> Valon Cross
>
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