Windows Store App connect to HTTPS with an self-signed SSL certificate

Question

I\'m having a Windows Store App (Metro App) which I want to connect a web service I built through HTTPS. And I am using a self-signed certificate for my web service. But when I

Answer 1

First, you should ideally be using Windows.Web.HttpClient. On that API, you can use httpClient.HttpBaseProtocolFilter.IgnorableServerCertificateErrors to set the cert errors that you're willing to accept. You can choose to ignore the Untrusted error, for example, but you should then manually check the thumbprint before actually sending any data.