On Fri, July 27, 2007 4:01 pm, carlton.whitehead@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > If you have IIS (like my test environment), you can use the SelfSSL > tool to make a self-signed SSL certificate. Generally these aren't so > great for a production environment, but you said *easiest*. SelfSSL is > part of the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit: > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56FC92EE-A71A-4C73-B628-ADE629C89499&displaylang=en > > I imagine there's a similar utility for Apache... Yes. > To get a "real" SSL certificate, you probably need to buy one from a > reputable Certificate Authority. It should be noted that a "real" SSL Cert is no more (nor less) secure than a self-generated one. The "real" cert only means that somebody somewhere was paid money to do some sort of minimal background check and paid-off entity is "satisfied" that you are who you say you are. The browser message regarding an unsigned-cert in most browsers is wildly inaccurate and misleading. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
