Developing C# webservice code without a valid cert

Question

Is it possible to use the Tridion Docs WCF functions if your server does not have a valid cert? I am running the basic code seen at the link below but it throws an exception about trusting the server. The server does not have a valid certificate. 
 https://docs.sdl.com/806356/347098/sdl-tridion-docs-14-sp3/best-practices-using--svc-web-service-in-c-

Adam Elkins · Accepted Answer

What got the code working for me was adding the server's certificates to my windows Trusted Root Certificate store and using what seems like the older way of accessing the API where you add a service reference to the config and use the following code. 
 var applicationClient = new Application25ServiceReference.ApplicationClient(); //Create a channel from the client and inject the token. applicationClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "eaxmpleuser"; applicationClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "examplepassword"; var version = applicationClient.GetVersion();

Dave De Meyer · Answer

Hi Adam, 
 If this is about the transport certificate, then have a look at https://github.com/sdl/ISHRemote/blob/472f0c7074bf003431b89cf376ecc698e4c1c86b/Source/ISHRemote/Trisoft.ISHRemote/HelperClasses/CertificateValidationHelper.cs which is used in ISHRemote when you run a 
 New-IshSession -WsBaseUrl https://ish.example.com/ISHWS/ -PSCredential admin -IgnoreSslPolicyErrors 
 This is in essence a .NET Framework coding problem, which you can google the internet for. I do feel the above should get you going. 
 -Dave

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