SSL connectng from WPF

[Pablo Meyer]

I have my socket running using ssl (wss).  I'm connecting to that socket from a https page and WPF form. On the WPF form I'm able to connect to the socket without specifying the certificate.

Meaning I don't have this line:

ws.AddClientCertificate(new X509Certificate2(@"C:\slasken\localhost_client_cert.cer"));

How is it that my wpf application connects, I was under the impression that I needed to specify the certificate.  Is is possible for the socket to be doing both normal and ssl connections using wss?

Thanks,

Pablo

[Ulf Björklund]

In the current version of XSockets you can choose to use SSL/TLS. When/If you do so the server will need a certificate, but the client can choose to not load a certificate.

Traffic will still be encrypted!

In the next release you can choose to force the client to use a certificate when you use SSL/TLS, and you will also be able to get information about that certificate on the server-side.

Regards

Uffe

[Pablo Meyer]

Uffe,

Good to know... out of curiosity... hows does the client decrypt the data
if its not certificate aware?

Thanks,

Pablo

[Ulf Björklund]

Hi

/*

Called by clients to begin an asynchronous operation to authenticate the server and optionally the client.

*/

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms145068(v=vs.110).aspx

The client will get a "RemotecertificateValidationCallback" with the certificate from the server.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.security.remotecertificatevalidationcallback%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

Regards

Uffe