Hi,

I have a WebService under IIS 5.1.  I want to make the WebService use SSL
with certificates for the server and the client.  Is there a way to generate
some test certificates to try it out?  I tried going through the OpenSSL to
do it but I gave up trying to read the UNIX/OpenSource type documentation.
All I want is a couple of certificates!

Thanks,
Gary

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 01:35:22 GMT, "Gary H"
<nospamharperg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a WebService under IIS 5.1.  I want to make the WebService use SSL
>with certificates for the server and the client.  Is there a way to generat
e
>some test certificates to try it out?  I tried going through the OpenSSL to
>do it but I gave up trying to read the UNIX/OpenSource type documentation.
>All I want is a couple of certificates!
>
>Thanks,
>Gary
>

Gary,

Use SelfSSL from the IIS6 Resource Kit (works on XP). Useful demo can
be found here :

http://www.visualwin.com/SelfSSL/


Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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you can also get a 30 day real certificate from Verisign and I think Thawte
offers a temp trial cert as well.
Mark

"Gary H" <nospamharperg@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a WebService under IIS 5.1.  I want to make the WebService use SSL
> with certificates for the server and the client.  Is there a way to
generate
> some test certificates to try it out?  I tried going through the OpenSSL
to
> do it but I gave up trying to read the UNIX/OpenSource type documentation.
> All I want is a couple of certificates!
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>

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>>I have a WebService under IIS 5.1.  I want to make the WebService use SSL 
>
> Use SelfSSL from the IIS6 Resource Kit (works on XP). Useful demo can
> be found here :
>
> http://www.visualwin.com/SelfSSL/
>

Thanks.  I did that and created a server certificate.  But, I still need a
client certificate because I am using client authentication with client
certificates.  Do you know anything about creating client certificates and
how to install them?  Are client certificates any different than the ones
SelfSSL generates?

Thanks,
Gary

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Thanks.  Actually I did that and received a certificate.  I was able to
install it in IIS.  However, I also need a certificate for the client since
I will use client authentication with client certs.  I don't know how to
get/create a client certificate and how to set that up.  Any idea?

Thanks,
Gary

"mark" <mark(at)texonics(dot)com noSPAMplease> wrote in message
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> you can also get a 30 day real certificate from Verisign and I think
> Thawte
> offers a temp trial cert as well.
> Mark
>
> "Gary H" <nospamharperg@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:uvSsc.3395$F26.1898@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com... 
> generate 
> to 
>
>

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 23:35:15 GMT, "Gary H"
<nospamharperg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Thanks.  Actually I did that and received a certificate.  I was able to
>install it in IIS.  However, I also need a certificate for the client since
>I will use client authentication with client certs.  I don't know how to
>get/create a client certificate and how to set that up.  Any idea?
>
>Thanks,
>Gary

Gary,

You can actually generate your own client certificates with Microsoft
Certificate Services in a test environment. This article takes you
through the process :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...ts.mspx



Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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