SSL certificate testing

Is it possible to test a website under HTTPS during the developmen开发者_如何学Got phase, i.e. without actually purchasing an SSL certificate?

Thanks, Mike

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Yes, you can either use self-signed certificates or create your own CA. OpenSSL comes with a test script for doing this (CA.pl, which even has its own man page). You would then have to import that test CA certificate into your test clients.

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For windows developer, If you use IIS 7, you can use self-signed certificates easily. Try ScottGu's blog. If your dev environment is IIS 6, then you can use IIS 6.0 resource kit with this post.