Monday, March 8, 2010

How to generate self-signed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0?

SelfSSL version 1.0 is a command-line executable tool that you can use to generate and install a self-signed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Because SelfSSL generates a self-signed certificate that does not originate from a commonly trusted source, the tool's usefulness is limited to two specific scenarios:

Download IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools from link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56FC92EE-A71A-4C73-B628-ADE629C89499&displaylang=en

And use

SelfSSL version 1.0

SelfSSL (SelfSSL.exe) can help you generate and install a self-signed SSL certificate. Because the SelfSSL tool generates a self-signed certificate that does not originate from a trusted source, use the SelfSSL tool only in the following scenarios:
• When you have to create a security-enhanced private channel between your server and a limited, known group of users
• When you have to troubleshoot third-party certificate problem

You can find this exe in start->All Programs -> IIS Resources-> SelfSSL-> SelfSSL.exe

More information regarding "IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools " can be found at the below link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840671

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