ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback not being hit

c# servicepointmanager
coolblue2000 picture coolblue2000 · Dec 20, 2012 · Viewed 11k times · Source

I have the following code.

public void Submit(string XML)
{
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = ValidateCertificate;
TestWS.CW serv = new TestWS.CW();
string s = serv.Check(XML);
}

private static bool ValidateCertificate(object sender, X509Certificate cert, X509Chain chain, System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
{
return true;
}

However the code never enters the ValidateCertificate method.... It does if I submit a standard HttpsWebRequest but if I use a webservice it does not work. What am I doing wrong?

Answer

LarryF picture LarryF · May 3, 2013

Stick this in your startup code for your HTTP processing somewhere...

ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = delegate { return true; };

That does it for me, but I only do THIS for debug builds...

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