Using pfx certificate to authenticate a webrequest

From: Nelson R. (n)
Date: 11/29/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:34:13 +0000

    Hi,

    i need to get some info from a website page that requires an
    certificate.

    Ive got the provided certificate installed in IE, and when accessing
    the website page, it shows a window to select the client certificate
    and then shows the page correctly.

    Im trying to do this by code (C# aspnet), using webrequest.

    The certificate is in an pfx file and does not require password. I've
    exported the file using IE to DER encoded binary X.509 (.cer).

    My code:

    X509Certificate certificate =
    X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(Server.MapPath("file.cer"));
    HttpWebRequest req =
    (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://websiteurl");
    req.Method="POST";
    req.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate);

    HttpWebResponse result = (HttpWebResponse) req.GetResponse();
    ReceiveStream = result.GetResponseStream();
    // ...
    // ...

    I got this error:

    System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: Could
    not establish secure channel for SSL/TLS. --->
    System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The message received was
    unexpected or badly formatted at
    System.Net.TlsStream.EndRead(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at
    System.Net.Connection.ReadCallback(IAsyncResult asyncResult) --- End
    of inner exception stack trace --- at
    System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus() at
    System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at
    System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()....

    Can anyone help me about this subject?

    Best regards,
            Nelson R.

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