Self generate SSL Certificate for IIS6?

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Hi guys is it possible to create your own SSL cert for IIS 6? If so does anyone have a link to a good guide on the web?

Thank!

John

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 20 '11 at 10:39

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Yep, its pretty straight forward:

To generate the cert, run selfssl with any of the options you need selected, an example command would be:

selfssl /N:CN=www.site.com /K:1024 /S:2874 /P:443 /V:365

This will create a cert for www.site.com, with a key size of 1024, for site 2874 in IIS, on port 443, valid for one year.

Note that this certificate will not be initially trusted by any browsers, as you are not a trusted authority.

edited Dec 20 '11 at 10:39

dunxd

answered Jul 15 '09 at 08:58

Sam Cogan

Great! I used this answer a few times already. Today I discovered that the link to IIS 6 Resource Kit broke, and I couldn't find any other official download page that works on Microosft's site (even the links inside Microsoft are broken for this...) – sinelaw Aug 20 '12 at 16:43

Zanchey · Answer 2 · 2021-10-22T23:36:46.080

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Do you mean a self-signed cert? You could use the IIS6 Resource Kit's SelfSSL tool: see http://www.somacon.com/p42.php.

edited Oct 22 '21 at 23:36

answered Jul 15 '09 at 08:30

Zanchey

This link should be removed, as it's been hijacked by a spam site. – Sean O Oct 21 '21 at 15:42
Yes, I have done so. Though not sure there's any point in this answer any more anyway? – Zanchey Oct 22 '21 at 23:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 04 '09 at 07:08

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answered Oct 04 '09 at 07:08

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