Read Remote Machine Certificate

Question

We can use the X509store to load the store and find the certificates in local machine but how to do the same for a certificate sitting on remote server?

I know we can configure a network account to have permissions on the certificate in remote machine but how to use this network account to read certificate details?

X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.LocalMachine);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
X509Certificate2Collection results = store.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindBySubjectName, "CertName", false);

Answer 1

You can use this X509Store overload: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f07btzah(v=vs.110).aspx

where you can specify remote server path: \\RemoteServerName\My in the storeName parameter.