SSL certificate testing

Question

Hi,

Is it possible to test a website under HTTPS during the development phase, i.e. without actually purchasing an SSL certificate?

Thanks, Mike

Answer 1

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.