X509BasicConstraintsExtension.CreateForCertificateAuthority Method
Definition
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Creates an instance of X509BasicConstraintsExtension appropriate for a certificate authority, optionally including a path length constraint value.
public static System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509BasicConstraintsExtension CreateForCertificateAuthority (int? pathLengthConstraint = default);
static member CreateForCertificateAuthority : Nullable<int> -> System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509BasicConstraintsExtension
Public Shared Function CreateForCertificateAuthority (Optional pathLengthConstraint As Nullable(Of Integer) = Nothing) As X509BasicConstraintsExtension
Parameters
The longest valid length of a certificate chain between the certificate containing this extension and an end-entity certificate.
The default is null
, an unconstrained length.
Returns
The configured basic constraints extension.
Exceptions
pathLengthConstraint
is a non-null
value less than zero.
Remarks
Following the guidance from IETF RFC 3280, the extension returned from this method will have the Critical property set to true
.