Well, I can tell you this. We use Novell's certificate server which
comes with nds and issue our own certificate that we use on IIS. It does
bring up a message to users about the certificate, but we warn the users
in advance. Has not seemed to be a problem.
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Unfortunately, I would like to make the certs for public use.
Micro$oft is basically for testing and private use. I currently am
using Verisign and was wondering if there were other options out
there. It seems a steep price to pay yearly for the amount of certs
you need for hosting. Oh well... I just charge the clients anyway. I
do have a general cert I use for several companies, it's just not
wrapped to their domain names.
>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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