WIN_CERTIFICATE  AQQ.20

[New - Windows NT]

The WIN_CERTIFICATE structure contains the type and data for a WinTrust certificate. You can use this generic data structure to store certificates for a variety of WinTrust verification operations. A certificate typically contains encrypted information that can be used to identify and verify the authenticity of a subject, such as a software publisher or an executable file.

typedef struct _WIN_CERTIFICATE { 

    DWORD       dwLength;

    WORD        wRevision;

    WORD        wCertificateType;

    BYTE        bCertificate[ANYSIZE_ARRAY];

} WIN_CERTIFICATE, *LPWIN_CERTIFICATE;

Members

dwLength

Specifies the size, in bytes, of the WIN_CERTIFICATE structure, including the data in the bCertificate array.

wRevision

Indicates the revision level of the structure. Currently, this value must be WIN_TRUST_REVISION_1_0.

wCertificateType

Specifies the type of certificate. This member can be one of the following values.

bCertificate

A variable-sized array of bytes that contains the certificate data.

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