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

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.

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.