Re: Enabling SSL on the server with test certificate

From: Leon Mayne [MVP] (l.rmv.mayne_at_uea.ac.uk)
Date: 09/01/05 

Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:50:10 +0100

Lenn wrote:
> Leon, Wizard in IIS offers 2 options; 1. Create Certificate request
> to be processed by CA. 2. Assign excisting cert.
> I chose option 2.
> What I've done is 1. Generate new cert using makecert.exe, 2. Import
> cert to the server Cert Personal Store through Certificate Mangment
> Console. 3. Install new cert on IIS though their wizard.
> Have you done this before, could you please list steps you followed.

I usually get IIS to create a new cert and a CSR and then send the CSR to
either a certification authority or use Microsoft Certificate Services to
sign the request and then process the cert.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299525/EN-US/ for details about using
certificate services to sign your own cert, or use a CA that will sign a
test cert for you for free, such as IPSCA (as mentioned before) or Thawte:
http://www.thawte.com/ucgi/gothawte.cgi?a=w14100158767049000

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