“The credentials supplied to the package were not recognized” error when authenticating as server with certificate generated using BouncyCastle

Question

I\'m trying to create a certificate using the BouncyCastle.Crypto dll, which is then used to authenticate a SslStream as the server in a Windows Service process, which runs

Answer 1

Previously, every time I have run into this issue, I have had to delete the cert out of my local machine cert store and re-import it. Then it all seems happy. I can't see how it could be a global permissions issue or invalid cert if simply re-importing it fixes the issue.

How I finally fixed it was using the winhttpcertcfg tool from the Windows Resource Kit to grant permission to the specific user that was using the cert.

The syntax would be:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\winhttpcertcfg" -i cert.p12 -c LOCAL_MACHINE\My -a UserWhoUsesTheCert -p passwordforp12