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What is the difference between the two?
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X509Certificate2(String, String, X509KeyStorageFlags) Initializes a new instance of the X509Certificate2 class using a certificate file name, a password used to access the certificate, and a key storage flag. X509Certificate2(String, SecureString, X509KeyStorageFlags)
The X509Chain object has a global error status called ChainStatus that should be used for certificate validation. The rules governing certificate validation are complex, and it is easy to oversimplify the validation logic by ignoring the error status of one or more of the elements involved.
The x509Certificate was introduced in .NET v1.0/1.1 and was (comparatively) limited in its functionality. It can be used to get information about an existing certificate (valid dates, issuer, etc.). It had simple methods/operations (i.e. reading a cert from disk).
The x509Certificate2 is a subclass of x509Certificate with additional functionality.
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