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Nate Hekman

2005-02-03, 5:52 pm

We've installed a certificate and have SSL working fine on our web server,
but we'd like to have it on our developer computers as well. Do we really
have to buy separate certificates for each developer? Is there an easier
and/or cheaper way to get https working in a developer environment where we
don't really need the same level of security we want on the production
server?

Nate Hekman



Tom Kaminski [MVP]

2005-02-03, 5:52 pm

"Nate Hekman" <hekmanATgeo-slopeDOTcom@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:eBpt6bgCFHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> We've installed a certificate and have SSL working fine on our web server,
> but we'd like to have it on our developer computers as well. Do we really
> have to buy separate certificates for each developer? Is there an easier
> and/or cheaper way to get https working in a developer environment where

we
> don't really need the same level of security we want on the production
> server?


Just download the tools for the IIS resource kit tools (SelfSSL), generate
your own test certs, and install them.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&DisplayLang=en


ben

2005-02-03, 5:52 pm

you can download trial SSL cert from Verisign or Entrust web site for a
period of time.

"Nate Hekman" wrote:

> We've installed a certificate and have SSL working fine on our web server,
> but we'd like to have it on our developer computers as well. Do we really
> have to buy separate certificates for each developer? Is there an easier
> and/or cheaper way to get https working in a developer environment where we
> don't really need the same level of security we want on the production
> server?
>
> Nate Hekman
>
>
>
>

Nate Hekman

2005-02-04, 6:00 pm

Thank you! This is exactly what I was hoping existed.

Nate

"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
news:egjrimgCFHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> "Nate Hekman" <hekmanATgeo-slopeDOTcom@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:eBpt6bgCFHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> we
>
> Just download the tools for the IIS resource kit tools (SelfSSL), generate
> your own test certs, and install them.
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&DisplayLang=en
>
>



Oleg Ivanov [MSFT]

2005-02-08, 2:51 am

Also, if you have Windows Advanced Server, there is Certificate Authority
component in it, which you can use to set up your own CA in your dev team
and issue certificates using nice web interface.

Oleg
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"Nate Hekman" <hekmanATgeo-slopeDOTcom@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:eBpt6bgCFHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> We've installed a certificate and have SSL working fine on our web server,
> but we'd like to have it on our developer computers as well. Do we really
> have to buy separate certificates for each developer? Is there an easier
> and/or cheaper way to get https working in a developer environment where

we
> don't really need the same level of security we want on the production
> server?
>
> Nate Hekman
>
>
>



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