Re: [PHP] Re: Testing HTTPS without certificate

Ken Kixmoeller.com wrote:
> 
> On Apr 23, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Shawn McKenzie wrote:
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>> Ken Kixmoeller wrote:
>>>
>>> I know how to test for the existance of HTTPS, and stuff like that.
>>> So: Can one test https on a local machine? Resources, anyone? I have 
>>> Googled my fingers off.
>>>
>> Why not just generate a free self-signed certificate for use on the 
>> dev server or workstation?
>>
> 
> Thanks, Shawn & Mike --
> 
> I'll research that. Many thanks...
> 
> Ken

May be more involved with IIS 5 (most likely download openssl and go 
thru some gyrations), but IIS 6 and greater you can use the IIS resource 
kit.  Apache on Windows probably requires the same openssl incantations 
plus more, but anything on linux should be fairly easy with just 1 or 
several commands.  No clue on OSX, but will probably be same as linux 
but you'll probably not have the needed libs etc installed so you'll 
need to install some openssl stuff, etc...

-Shawn