Pass a X509 certificate in WCF without using SSL or encryption

Question

Hi All,

Can anyone help me in this? I am calling a internal Web service using the below config file tags

    <identity>

      <dns value="DWR"/>      

    </identity>

  </endpoint>

And Here is the behaviour part ,

      <clientCredentials>            

        <!--certificate storage path in the client -->

        <clientCertificate findValue="4a 1c 14 36 63 3b 5f 1b 23 90 a6 1c aa d0 6a ce 05 57 87 45"

                           storeLocation="LocalMachine"

                           x509FindType="FindByThumbprint"

                           storeName="TrustedPeople">

        </clientCertificate>          

        <serviceCertificate>

          <authentication trustedStoreLocation="LocalMachine" customCertificateValidatorType="" revocationMode="NoCheck" certificateValidationMode="PeerOrChainTrust" />              

          <defaultCertificate findValue="4a 1c 14 36 63 3b 5f 1b 23 90 a6 1c aa d0 6a ce 05 57 87 45"

                           storeLocation="LocalMachine" 

                           x509FindType="FindByThumbprint"

                           storeName="TrustedPeople"/>

        </serviceCertificate>            

      </clientCredentials>

    </behavior>

I have been given a BMS_certificate.cer file which i have to pass to the server.

When i run this , i get error saying "The private key is not present in the X.509 certificate."

Problem is that i cannot use the pvk or pfk files, because i am not dealing with encryption or https protocol.

Can i pass just the certificate in the soap header in this senario.

Please help me in this. Thanks in advance.