C# Ignore TLS/SSL certificate errors

Hello,

today I encountered the following error:

Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel. ---> System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.

In my Code I opened a WebClient an tried to download a file from an https website.
You get the error when you try to open a page with invalid or self signed certificate.
Maybe you already know this error from your web browser.
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To ignore this certificate error just add the following code:

ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true;

Now all certificates are marked as valid.


Posted May 18 2015, 01:20 PM by Holger Vetter
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