![]() ![]() You must therefore add the root CA to your machine’s Trusted Root Certification Authorities Store through the Microsoft Management Console. When you do this, the certificates are not trusted by default. (For example ssl certificates for servers and clients). Instead you can create your own self signed certificates, starting with a root CA that can be used to sign other certificates. Normally most companies would just buy their certificates from a trusted third party certificate authority such as GoDaddy or Verisign, but for development and testing, this might not be the first thing one wants to do. I’m using a PC with Windows 8.1 Pro and Visual Studio Premium 2013. I will be going through the basics of creating self signed X.509 certificates (Root, server & client) using makecert.exe.įor the complete makecert.exe parameter reference click here. If you’ve ever had the need of creating self signed certificates you may start out feeling like it’s not a straightforward stroll in the park, so here is a blog post that might help you to get started. ![]()
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