How to ignore a certificate error with c# 2.0 WebClient - without the certificate

Question

Using Visual Studio 2005 - C# 2.0, System.Net.WebClient.UploadData(Uri address, byte[] data) Windows Server 2003

So here\'s a stripped down version of

Answer 1

This is somewhat the code we're using (not polished yet - I don't think I have the error-handling setup correctly but it should be close) based on thomas's suggestion (this is .NET 4.0 code, though):

var sslFailureCallback = new RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(delegate { return true; });

try
{

    if (ignoreSslErrors)
    {
        ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += sslFailureCallback;
    }

    response = webClient.UploadData(Options.Address, "POST", Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Options.PostData));

}
catch (Exception err)
{
    PageSource = "POST Failed:\r\n\r\n" + err;
    return PageSource;
}
finally
{
    if (ignoreSslErrors)
    {
        ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback -= sslFailureCallback;
    }
}