public sealed class CertificateDescription : IMessage<CertificateDescription>, IEquatable<CertificateDescription>, IDeepCloneable<CertificateDescription>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Certificate Authority v1 API class CertificateDescription.
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[CertificateDescription][google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateDescription]
describes an X.509 certificate or CSR that has been issued, as an alternative
to using ASN.1 / X.509.
The hash of the pre-signed certificate, which will be signed by the CA.
Corresponds to the TBS Certificate in
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.1.2. The field will always be
populated.
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[1.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/1.0.0/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.CertificateDescription) \n\n public sealed class CertificateDescription : IMessage\u003cCertificateDescription\u003e, IEquatable\u003cCertificateDescription\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cCertificateDescription\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Certificate Authority v1 API class CertificateDescription.\n\nA\n\\[CertificateDescription\\]\\[google.cloud.security.privateca.v1.CertificateDescription\\]\ndescribes an X.509 certificate or CSR that has been issued, as an alternative\nto using ASN.1 / X.509. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e CertificateDescription \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[CertificateDescription](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.CertificateDescription), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[CertificateDescription](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.CertificateDescription), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[CertificateDescription](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.CertificateDescription), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Security.PrivateCA.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### CertificateDescription()\n\n public CertificateDescription()\n\n### CertificateDescription(CertificateDescription)\n\n public CertificateDescription(CertificateDescription other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### AiaIssuingCertificateUrls\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cstring\u003e AiaIssuingCertificateUrls { get; }\n\nDescribes lists of issuer CA certificate URLs that appear in the\n\"Authority Information Access\" extension in the certificate.\n\n### AuthorityKeyId\n\n public CertificateDescription.Types.KeyId AuthorityKeyId { get; set; }\n\nIdentifies the subject_key_id of the parent certificate, per\n\u003chttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.1\u003e\n\n### CertFingerprint\n\n public CertificateDescription.Types.CertificateFingerprint CertFingerprint { get; set; }\n\nThe hash of the x.509 certificate.\n\n### CrlDistributionPoints\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cstring\u003e CrlDistributionPoints { get; }\n\nDescribes a list of locations to obtain CRL information, i.e.\nthe DistributionPoint.fullName described by\n\u003chttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.13\u003e\n\n### PublicKey\n\n public PublicKey PublicKey { get; set; }\n\nThe public key that corresponds to an issued certificate.\n\n### SubjectDescription\n\n public CertificateDescription.Types.SubjectDescription SubjectDescription { get; set; }\n\nDescribes some of the values in a certificate that are related to the\nsubject and lifetime.\n\n### SubjectKeyId\n\n public CertificateDescription.Types.KeyId SubjectKeyId { get; set; }\n\nProvides a means of identifiying certificates that contain a particular\npublic key, per \u003chttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.2.1.2\u003e.\n\n### TbsCertificateDigest\n\n public string TbsCertificateDigest { get; set; }\n\nThe hash of the pre-signed certificate, which will be signed by the CA.\nCorresponds to the TBS Certificate in\n\u003chttps://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-4.1.2\u003e. The field will always be\npopulated.\n\n### X509Description\n\n public X509Parameters X509Description { get; set; }\n\nDescribes some of the technical X.509 fields in a certificate."]]
