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Can anyone point me to a good introductory materials on X509 certificates with examples in C#.

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You can begin here

X509Certificate MSDN Resource

The System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates namespace contains the common language runtime implementation of the Authenticode X.509 v.3 certificate. This certificate is signed with a private key that uniquely and positively identifies the holder of the certificate.

CodeToGlory
Thanks, I've tried that already, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for
ppiotrowicz
What are you looking for mainly? why are you looking at X509? Maybe I can help you if you can shed more information.
CodeToGlory
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I found this C# example pretty helpful in figuring out how to generate new certificates.

Also this blog post covering the more general concepts

Other than that you'll need the platform SDK installed, which does also include several other examples (most in C++, but a couple in C# and VB too).

John Sibly