Re: Can't get SSL to work locally

From: Jerry Pisk (jerryiii_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/28/04


Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:04:58 -0700

Mark, you can also use the same certificate you purchased. You will get
warnings about the common name not being the same as the address of the site
but if it's just for testing that might be fine. As you can see there are
quite a few options...

Jerry

"Mark Rae" <mark@mark-N-O-S-P-A-M-rae.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OClJfxSXEHA.1656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "David Wang [Msft]" <someone@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eOj2qnPXEHA.1684@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
>> I'm just trying to explain to the user in more pragmatic terms. I do not
>> want them to think that they get SSL "for free" and can go host a
> securable
>> ecommerce site with SelfSSL and get disappointed. Most users really
> cannot
>> distinguish encryption and trust when it comes to SSL, and I do not want
> it
>> to be a barrier to understanding.
>
> Guys,
>
> Like I said, I have purchased a real certificate for my live web site - I
> just need to simulate the SSL functionality on my private, secure
> development machine...
>
>



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