WSS_X509Client

A dotnet core WS-Security client for signing SOAP message with X.509 Certificate.

Create appsettings.json which provide input parameters to console app.

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "endpoint": "https://ws.x509.gateway.org/Information",
  "SOAPAction": "",
  "base-path": "/path/to/other/files/",
  "client-certificate": "client.pfx",
  "server-certificate": "server.cer",
  "certificate-password": "certpwd",
  "source-xml": "sample.xml"
}

• endpoint : The webservice url
• client certificate/key : Used to sign the SOAP Body
• base path : Directory where all files reside, ending with '/'
• certificate password : The password for the client key
• server certificate : Validate server certificate before establishing TLS session.
• source xml : The XML request that will be wrapped in SOAP Body.

Executing Client

Must be absolute path to the settings file for cross platform compatibility.

 dotnet run --project WSSClient.csproj /Users/dhval/WSSClient/appsettings.json 

 dotnet run --project WSSClient.csproj "c:/Users/dhval/WSSClient/appsettings.json" 

Executing from Visual Studio

Specify Arguments in VS

WS-Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile

• WS-Security X.509 Certificate Token Profile is an OASIS specification that describes the profile (specific mechanisms and procedures) on how the "BinarySecurityToken" element defined in WS-Security standard can be used to include X.509 certificate as a means of identifying the sender of a SOAP message to the receiver.

• An X.509 Certificate is a binding of a public key and its owner certified by a Certificate Authority (CA). It can be used to authenticate the certificate owner if the CA can be trusted..

Here is a SOAP request message example that contains a wsse:BinarySecurityToken element containing an X.509 certificate.

Sample WS-Security Header

References

• SignedXml
• X509Certificate2

Disclaimer

The material embodied in this software is provided to you "as-is" and without warranty of any kind, express, implied or otherwise, including without limitation, any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.