'Declaration<DataMemberAttribute()> Public Property MaximumExpirationDate As Date
'UsageDim instance As CertificateGenerationParameters Dim value As Date instance.MaximumExpirationDate = value value = instance.MaximumExpirationDate
[DataMember()] public DateTime MaximumExpirationDate {get; set;}
[DataMember()] public: property DateTime MaximumExpirationDate { DateTime get(); void set ( DateTime value); }
Use this property is you want to limit the certificate validity by end absolute date in the future.
The resulting lifetime of the certificate is dictated by the earlier of dates implied by MaximumExpirationDate and ValidityPeriodInMonths. Since the default value of ValidityPeriodInMonths is relatively low, if you want to prevent the MaximumExpirationDate from being reduced by the ValidityPeriodInMonths, you may have increase the ValidityPeriodInMonths to a very large value.
The resulting certificate lifetime might be up to 1 month later than what is implied by MaximumExpirationDate, due to the limitations of the underlying certificate generation mechanism.
Use this property with caution. Setting an absolute maximum expiration date influences how the certificate is generated, but it also means that unless this date is changed, after some point in the future, it will not be possible to generate a valid certificate with this setting.