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Gets or sets the AsymmetricAlgorithm object that represents the private key associated with a certificate.
Namespace: System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
Assembly: System.Security (in System.Security.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property PrivateKey As AsymmetricAlgorithm
public AsymmetricAlgorithm PrivateKey { get; }
public:
property AsymmetricAlgorithm^ PrivateKey {
AsymmetricAlgorithm^ get ();
}
member PrivateKey : AsymmetricAlgorithm with get
function get PrivateKey () : AsymmetricAlgorithm
Property Value
Type: System.Security.Cryptography. . :: . .AsymmetricAlgorithm
An AsymmetricAlgorithm object, which is either an RSA or DSA cryptographic service provider.
Remarks
Currently this property supports only RSA or DSA keys, so it returns either an RSACryptoServiceProvider or a DSACryptoServiceProvider object. If no private key is associated with the certificate, it returns null Nothing nullptr unit a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) .
Warning
If you set this property to null Nothing nullptr unit a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or to another key without first deleting it, a private key file is left on the disk.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.