Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate 10.0.5

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See the version list below for details.

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate --version 10.0.5

NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate -Version 10.0.5

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate" Version="10.0.5" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate" Version="10.0.5" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate --version 10.0.5

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate, 10.0.5"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate@10.0.5

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate&version=10.0.5
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate&version=10.0.5
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

About

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate provides ASP.NET Core middleware that enables an application to support certificate authentication.

How to Use

To use Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate, follow these steps:

Installation

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate

Configuration

Acquire an HTTPS certificate, install it, and configure your server to require certificates

Configure the middleware in your APS.NET Core app's Program.cs:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddAuthentication(
        CertificateAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
    .AddCertificate();

var app = builder.Build();

app.UseAuthentication();

Main Types

CertificateAuthenticationOptions: Provides options to configure certificate authentication
ICertificateValidationCache: Provides a cache used to store AuthenticateResult results after the certificate has been validated

Additional Documentation

For additional documentation and examples, refer to the official documentation on certificate authentication in ASP.NET Core.

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Certificate is released as open-source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net10.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory (>= 10.0.5)

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
11.0.0-preview.2.26159.112	155	3/10/2026
11.0.0-preview.1.26104.118	146	2/10/2026
10.0.5	54,296	3/12/2026
10.0.4	9,292	3/10/2026
10.0.3	115,389	2/10/2026
10.0.2	114,896	1/13/2026
10.0.1	74,345	12/9/2025
10.0.0	66,883	11/11/2025
10.0.0-rc.2.25502.107	2,069	10/14/2025
9.0.14	45,889	3/10/2026
9.0.13	46,965	2/10/2026
9.0.12	31,639	1/13/2026
9.0.11	255,117	11/11/2025
9.0.10	154,786	10/14/2025
9.0.9	126,144	9/9/2025
8.0.25	62,373	3/10/2026
8.0.24	15,587	2/10/2026
8.0.23	19,216	1/13/2026
8.0.22	210,515	11/11/2025
8.0.21	52,321	10/14/2025