Client Certificate issues

[Luke Eccleston]

Can tell me what in the world I'm doing wrong with trying to create my certificate so  I can store it in app settings?

This line works fine

var cert = new X509Certificate2("client.certificate.pfx");

However, when I try to just get the raw data, by just using this certificate

var stringOfCert = Convert.ToBase64String(cert.RawData);

Certificate = new X509Certificate2(Convert.FromBase64String( stringOfCert  ), password)

I get the following error

{"Type":"InvalidAuth","Message":"This server requires client certificate for authentication, but none was provided by the client."}

The password is from the "PASSWORD" file downloaded as part of the certificate

There doesn't seem to any documentation on this that doesn't involve me having to commit a .pfx file.

Any idea why it can't just use connection strings like MongoDb ect?

[Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)]

In most cases, that means that there is something in the middle between your application and the server that does TLS termination, or the like.

Are you running in a corporate environment? Is there a network appliance that may be doing that?

I outlined the reasoning behind the X509 decision here: https://ayende.com/blog/178977/ravendb-4-0-securing-the-keys-to-the-kingdom

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