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Hi sorry for what may be a very ignorant post, however my knowledge of SSL certificates is limited.
Given getting a SSL through a host is very expensive, is there some way you can produce them yourself, and if so are there any limitations doing it this way.
In order for most browsers to accept an SSL Cert, it must be from a trusted authority. eg. Verisign.
While in development, you have produce a "testing" certificate. This certificate is not signed by an authority, but will allow you to test a good deal of the functionality involved with real ones.