About Certificate and Key Resolution Order
At run time, the web service resolves the locations of the certificates and keys it needs for policy assertions by initiating a series of searches. The locations searched depend upon factors such as:
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Whether the web service is a provider or consumer
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Which policy assertion (for example, signing or encryption) needs the key or certificate
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Whether the policy assertion is for an inbound or outbound message
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The policy attributes and their settings