Generate self-signed X509Certificate2 using .NET Standard 2.0

Question

I am trying to generate new X509Certificate2 in .NET Standard 2.0 library, but I can't find any possible way of doing that. I don't mind using NuGet packages unless they break portability.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I have installed Portable.BouncyCastle 1.8.2 from NuGet, which is compatible with .net Standard >= 1.6.1. With the library this solution works: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22237794/2976142

Edit

I've found out, that X509Certificate2.PrivateKey isn't supported in .NET Standard 2.0. So I made my own solution with those libraries. (Just merge of these 2, if you wanted to understand it.):

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/44594578/2976142
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/22237794/2976142

The solution

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Text;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1.Pkcs;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1.X509;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Generators;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Parameters;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Crypto.Prng;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Math;
using Org.BouncyCastle.OpenSsl;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Pkcs;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Security;
using Org.BouncyCastle.Utilities;
using Org.BouncyCastle.X509;

namespace Premy.Chatovatko.Client.Cryptography
{
    public static class X509Certificate2Generator
    {
        
        public static X509Certificate2 GenerateCACertificate(string subjectName = "CN=root ca", int keyStrength = 4096)
        {
            // Generating Random Numbers
            var randomGenerator = new CryptoApiRandomGenerator();
            var random = new SecureRandom(randomGenerator);

            // The Certificate Generator
            var certificateGenerator = new X509V3CertificateGenerator();

            // Serial Number
            var serialNumber = BigIntegers.CreateRandomInRange(BigInteger.One, BigInteger.ValueOf(Int64.MaxValue), random);
            certificateGenerator.SetSerialNumber(serialNumber);

            // Signature Algorithm
            const string signatureAlgorithm = "SHA256WithRSA";
            certificateGenerator.SetSignatureAlgorithm(signatureAlgorithm);

            // Issuer and Subject Name
            var subjectDN = new X509Name(subjectName);
            var issuerDN = subjectDN;
            certificateGenerator.SetIssuerDN(issuerDN);
            certificateGenerator.SetSubjectDN(subjectDN);

            // Valid For
            var notBefore = DateTime.UtcNow.Date;
            var notAfter = notBefore.AddYears(20);

            certificateGenerator.SetNotBefore(notBefore);
            certificateGenerator.SetNotAfter(notAfter);

            // Subject Public Key
            AsymmetricCipherKeyPair subjectKeyPair;
            var keyGenerationParameters = new KeyGenerationParameters(random, keyStrength);
            var keyPairGenerator = new RsaKeyPairGenerator();
            keyPairGenerator.Init(keyGenerationParameters);
            subjectKeyPair = keyPairGenerator.GenerateKeyPair();

            certificateGenerator.SetPublicKey(subjectKeyPair.Public);

            // Generating the Certificate
            var issuerKeyPair = subjectKeyPair;

            // selfsign certificate
            var certificate = certificateGenerator.Generate(issuerKeyPair.Private, random);

            // in-memory PFX stream
            var pkcs12Store = new Pkcs12Store();
            var certEntry = new X509CertificateEntry(certificate);
            pkcs12Store.SetCertificateEntry(subjectName, certEntry);
            pkcs12Store.SetKeyEntry(subjectName, new AsymmetricKeyEntry(subjectKeyPair.Private), new[] { certEntry });
            X509Certificate2 keyedCert;
            using (MemoryStream pfxStream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                pkcs12Store.Save(pfxStream, new char[0], new SecureRandom());
                pfxStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                keyedCert = new X509Certificate2(pfxStream.ToArray(), string.Empty, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
            }

            return keyedCert;

        }

    }
}