Not really. You still have to check if a sslpolicyerror is returned using a callback function. Make sure to test your implementation against url like this https://rootkit.com/ which is using a self-singed cert.
void InitPhase()
{
// Override automatic validation of SSL server certificates.
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback =
ValidateServerCertficate;
}
private static bool ValidateServerCertficate(
object sender,
X509Certificate cert,
X509Chain chain,
SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
{
if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
{
// Good certificate.
return true;
}
log.DebugFormat("SSL certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);
bool certMatch = false; // Assume failure
byte[] certHash = cert.GetCertHash();
if (certHash.Length == apiCertHash.Length)
{
certMatch = true; // Now assume success.
for (int idx = 0; idx < certHash.Length; idx++)
{
if (certHash[idx] != apiCertHash[idx])
{
certMatch = false; // No match
break;
}
}
}
// Return true => allow unauthenticated server,
// false => disallow unauthenticated server.
return certMatch;
}