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SSLs

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:54 am
by thesimon
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.

Thanks,
Simon

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:10 pm
by feyd
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.