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This structure sets parameters for building a non-default certificate chain engine. The engine determines the ways that certificate chains are built.
typedef struct _CERT_CHAIN_ENGINE_CONFIG {DWORDcbSize;HCERTSTOREhRestrictedRoot;HCERTSTOREhRestrictedTrust;HCERTSTOREhRestrictedOther;DWORDcAdditionalStore;HCERTSTORE* rghAdditionalStore;DWORDdwFlags;DWORDdwUrlRetrievalTimeout;DWORDMaximumCachedCertificates;DWORDCycleDetectionModulus;} CERT_CHAIN_ENGINE_CONFIG, *PCERT_CHAIN_ENGINE_CONFIG;
Members
- cbSize 
 Size of this structure in bytes.
- hRestrictedRoot 
 This parameter can be used to restrict the root store. If used, it can be the handle of any HCERTSTORE containing only a proper subset of the certificates in the root store.
- hRestrictedTrust 
 Store handle. If used, restricts the stores searched to find certificate trust lists (CTLs).
- hRestrictedOther 
 Store handle. If used, restricts the stores searched for certificates.
- cAdditionalStore 
 Count of additional stores to be searched for certificates needed to build chains.
- rghAdditionalStore 
 Pointer to an array of store handles for any additional stores to be searched in building chains.
- dwFlags 
 The following table shows the flags defined for this member.- Value - Description - CERT_CHAIN_CACHE_END_CERT - Information in the end certificate is cached. By default, information in all certificates except the end certificate is cached as a chain is built. Setting this flag extends the caching to the end certificate. - CERT_CHAIN_CACHE_ONLY_URL_RETRIEVAL - Uses only cached URLs in building a certificate chain. The Internet and intranet are not searched for URL-based objects. - CERT_CHAIN_USE_LOCAL_MACHINE_STORE - Builds the chain using the LocalMachine registry location as opposed to the CurrentUser location. 
- dwUrlRetrievalTimeout** 
 Number of microseconds before a time-out for network-based URL object retrievals. Can be set to zero to use the default limit.
- MaximumCachedCertificates 
 Limit on the number of certificates that can be cached as a chain is built. Can be set to zero to use the default limit.
- CycleDetectionModulus 
 Number of certificates added to the chain before a check is made to determine if there is a cycle of certificates in the chain. A cycle may be defined as having the same certificate in two different places in a chain.- The lower the number, the more frequently checks will be made. Extra checking for cycles of certificates will slow the process considerably. This parameter can be set to zero to use the default limit. 
Remarks
The chain-building engine uses four certificate stores in building chains. These are hRoot, hWorld, hTrust, and hOther. The handles of these stores are established using information in this structure when a chain engine is created.
hRoot is the store handle from hRestrictedRoot or, if hRestrictedRoot is NULL, the handle for System Store Root.
hWorld is a collection certificate store including sibling stores hRoot, CA, My, Trust, and any additional stores whose handles are in the array pointed to by rghAdditionalStore.
hTrust is the store handle from hRestrictedTrust or, if hRestrictedTrust is NULL, the store handle is hWorld.
hOther is hRestrictedOther plus hRoot or, if hRestrictedTrust is non-NULL, the hWorld collection store plus the store handle from hRestrictedTrust.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 3.0 and later.
Header: Wincrypt.h.
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