Article ID: 216907
Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q216907
We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to obtain Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates for testing purposes.
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To Obtain Test SSL Certificates
Certification authorities do, occasionally, offer short term certificates for testing purposes. Microsoft recommends that you contact the certification authority of your choice to ascertain whether the certification authority offers this service.
For additional information about how to set up your own certificate server to create test certificates, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
299525 HOWTO: Set Up SSL Using IIS 5.0 and Certificate Server 2.0
REFERENCES
For additional information about how to generate a certificate request for SSL from a Certification Authority (CA) by using the Internet Information Services Certificate Wizard, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
228821 Generating a Certificate Request File Using the Certificate Wizard in IIS 5.0
For additional information about how to install a new certificate for use with SSL by using the Internet Information Services Certificate Wizard, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
228836 Installing a New Certificate with Certificate Wizard for Use in SSL/TLS
For additional information about processing a certificate request, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290625 HOWTO: IIS5: How to Configure SSL in a Windows 2000 IIS 5 Test Environment Using Certificate Server 2.0
For information about installing a Root Certification Authority (CA) certificate in the Trusted Root CA list in Internet Explorer, see Appendix B in article Q290625.
Fore more information about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), visit the following Microsoft Web site:
The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
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