private/helper_functions.psm1
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Function Invoke-IgnoreCertForPS5 { <# .SYNOPSIS Function to bypass self-signed/internally signed certs. .DESCRIPTION On PS 6.0 and up you can just use -SkipCertificateCheck. Unfortunately PS 5.1 doesn't have this flag. So i fell back to this model. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS None. .EXAMPLE Invoke-IgnoreCertForPS5 .LINK https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36456104/invoke-restmethod-ignore-self-signed-certs #> if (-not ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'ServerCertificateValidationCallback').Type){ $certCallback = @" using System; using System.Net; using System.Net.Security; using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates; public class ServerCertificateValidationCallback { public static void Ignore() { if(ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback ==null) { ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += delegate ( Object obj, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors errors ) { return true; }; } } } "@ Add-Type $certCallback } [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; [ServerCertificateValidationCallback]::Ignore() } function Convert-SecureStringtoBase64 { <# .SYNOPSIS Function accepts a credential object and returns a base64 encoded string of the password. .DESCRIPTION Function accepts a credential object and returns a base64 encoded string of the password. .PARAMETER Credential Specifies the credential to convert. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS System.String. Base64encoded string representing the password. .EXAMPLE $EncodedPassword = Convert-SecureStringtoBase64 -credential $credential .LINK https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74143120/convert-system-security-securestring-to-base64string #> param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [pscredential]$credential ) $binary_string = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($($credential.password)) $plain_text_string = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringBSTR($binary_string) $EncodedPassword = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($plain_text_string)) write-output $EncodedPassword } |