Yes, NT has a utility to generate your own certificate. It has been a
couple of years since I did it, but it should be easy to find on the MS tech
support web site. Lookup generating server certificates.
Generating your own certificate works fine if your app is not for the
general public. You could actually make an argument that the security is
better, because no third party has access to your private key. If a third
party has your private key, it could be accessed by various agencies legally
with a warent and you would not know about it. Just like a telephone wire
tap.
The problem w/ generating your own cert is that when a user comes to your
website, and hits your cert, they will get a popup message that says
something like "This certificate was generated by a source you have not
chosen to trust". I think that whole thing is a scam w/ MS and Verisign so
people buy their certificates. You can select to trust the site, and the
message will go away, but if your are trying to sell things to the public,
it does not look very good.
Troy Sosamon
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Are there any free certs for NT?
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