X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile - the specified network password is not correct
- by pcampbell
I have a .NET application that I want to use as a client to call an SSL SOAP web service. I have been supplied with a valid client certificate called foo.pfx. There is a password on the certificate itself.
I've located the certificate at the following location: C:\certs\foo.pfx
To call the web service, I need to attach the client certificate. Here's the code:
public X509Certificate GetCertificateFromDisk(){
try{
string certPath = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MyCertPath"].ToString();
//this evaluates to "c:\\certs\\foo.pfx". So far so good.
X509Certificate myCert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(certPath);
// exception is raised here! "The specified network password is not correct"
return cert;
}
catch (Exception ex){
throw;
}
}
It sounds like the exception is around the .NET application trying to read the disk. The method CreateFromCertFile is a static method that should create a new instance of X509Certificate. The method isn't overridden, and has only one argument: the path.
When I inspect the Exception, I find this:
_COMPlusExceptionCode = -532459699
Source=mscorlib
Question: does anyone know what the cause of the exception "The specified network password is not correct" ?
