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Ever wanted to create an SSL certificate for your dev box? There's no need for a well known CA like Verisign or Comodo on your dev box. Here are some guides to creating your own CA/signed certificates:

• Setting up SSL with a SelfSSL certificate on Windows Server 2003 - create a self signed certificate with a utility from the IIS Resource Kit.
• Creating a Self-Signed Certificate using OpenSSL for use with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5 - use the open source OpenSSL to create your own CA, and sign requests yourself. Has the advantage that users can trust one CA, and never receive SSL warnings from your dev sites.

Labels: iis, security