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Q216907: HOW TO: Obtain a Test or Test Client Authentication Certificate

Article: Q216907
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbAudDeveloper kbAudITPro kbHOWTOmaster
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 
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IN THIS TASK
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- SUMMARY

   - To Obtain Test SSL Certificates

- REFERENCES

SUMMARY
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This step-by-step article describes how to obtain Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
certificates for testing purposes.

To Obtain Test SSL Certificates
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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:

  Q299525 HOWTO: Set Up SSL Using IIS 5.0 and Certificate Server 2.0


REFERENCES
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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:

  Q228821 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:

  Q228836 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:

  Q290625 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:

  Public Key Infrastructure
  (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/prodtech/pubkey/default.asp)

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.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbAudDeveloper kbAudITPro kbHOWTOmaster 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis500 kbiis400
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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