'Declaration
 
Function ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificateOrCertificatePack( _
   ByVal certificateSubId As String, _
   ByVal certificateTypeId As UANodeId, _
   ByVal newPrivateKeyPassword As String _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IEasyUAClientServerApplication
Dim certificateSubId As String
Dim certificateTypeId As UANodeId
Dim newPrivateKeyPassword As String
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificateOrCertificatePack(certificateSubId, certificateTypeId, newPrivateKeyPassword)

bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificateOrCertificatePack( 
   string certificateSubId,
   UANodeId certificateTypeId,
   string newPrivateKeyPassword
)

bool ProtectOrUnprotectOwnCertificateOrCertificatePack( 
   String^ certificateSubId,
   UANodeId^ certificateTypeId,
   String^ newPrivateKeyPassword
) 

Parameters

certificateSubId

The sub-id of the certificate. Normally an empty string.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

certificateTypeId

The certificate type Id, or null (Nothing in Visual Basic) for certificate pack.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId has an implicit conversion from System.String, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the expanded text of the nodeId) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC UA node Id will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the UANodeId Constructor(String) constructor instead.

The value of this parameter can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

newPrivateKeyPassword

Empty string to unprotected the certificate, or a non-empty password to use for protection of the certificate's private key.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

When certificate pack is used, this method operates on certificates with certificate type Ids given by PackCertificateTypeIds.

If the specified certificate type Id is Null, the default certificate type Id from DefaultCertificateTypeId is used instead.

A preexisting private key password, if any, must be correctly configured in the application, for this operation to succeed.

If you only need to set or remove the password used to access the certificate private key in subsequent operations, without affecting the certificate, use SetPrivateKeyPassword or RemovePrivateKeyPassword instead.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows