client-certificates

I have set of user certificates, I would like to authenticate users using respective user cert. I configured the server to enable user authentication. It works fine from browser. In case of multiple user certs, it prompts me to select the cert need to be used. My question is, how can I do that from java?? I am using RestTemplate to communicate to the server. In case of single user certs I can add that to the java key store and make use of it. How can I use a particular user cert for a particular rest call?? August Lilleaas The standard terminology to use here are "client certificates", so you

I've seen a lot of unsolved questions about this. Apparently many developers have gotten past this issue, but I haven't seen any solutions posted. I'm trying to read a smart card (X.509 CAC) for my ASP.NET MVC 5 web app. When I try to pull the certificate information like this: var request = HttpContext.Request; var cert = request.ClientCertificate; The cert has empty values. The problem appears to be I am not presenting the dialog to request user certificate info like I see on other websites. How do I expose this dialog? I am running it with SSL enabled. My applicationhost.config has this in

I'm trying to figure out if there is any way to have a .NET client use a client certificate without involving the Windows keystore in any way. I have a code snippet like this: test1.Service s = new test1.Service(); X509Certificate c = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(@"C:\test.pem"); s.ClientCertificates.Add(c); int result = s.TestMethod(); However, this only works if I also have the certificate referenced in "test.pem" installed in my certificate store. I assume this is because the key is necessary for the negotiation. If I don't have the cert/key in the store, the cert is not sent with the