Re: CAPICOM, getting issuer certificate

From: Jerry Bryant [MSFT] (jbryant_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:12:18 -0700

Hi Kiril,

I'm adding the new crypto newsgroup to the post as it is the best place for
this type of question. 

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Regards,
Jerry Bryant - MCSE, MCDBA
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"Kiril" <none@a.com> wrote in message
news:uT8t16TTEHA.1544@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have the following problem - I'm receiving a message signed/encrypted
with
> a certificate on the client, which does not have the certificate's issuer
in
> the local machine trusted root CA store.
>
> I would like the user to decide whether to accept a message signed by an
> untrusted certificate, but I need to add the issuer of this certificate to
> the trusted root CA store to get the message processed.
>
> How can I get the issuer of a certificate on the client? Would I have to
> download it from the server instead?
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Kiril
>
>

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