Bypass invalid SSL certificate errors when calling web services in .Net

Question

We are setting up a new SharePoint for which we don\'t have a valid SSL certificate yet. I would like to call the Lists web service on it to retrieve some meta data about th

Answer 1

I solved it this way:

Call the following just before calling your ssl webservice that cause that error:

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

/// 

/// solution for exception
/// System.Net.WebException: 
/// The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel. ---> System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.
/// 
public static void BypassCertificateError()
{
    ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback +=

        delegate(
            Object sender1,
            X509Certificate certificate,
            X509Chain chain,
            SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
        {
            return true;
        };
}