WCF testing can I use temporarily generated certificates?

Question

Hi
How can i generate temporary certification in windows xp sp3 for IIS 5.1 for hosting WCF services with basicHttpBinding in https?

Will it be valid for testing in https evironment locally?

thanks
nRk

Answer 1

The Patterns and Practices group has an entire write up on how to create and install temporary certificates here. I've used these instructions to get my dev team working locally and it works like a charm.

Answer 2

We use a free utility from PluralSight to create self-signed certificates for testing. Is easier (IMO) than makecert.exe and setting up your own CA. Utility is explained in this blog post. Don't know about hosting within IIS, however, as our services are self-hosted.