IIS Aid

If you are wanting to secure web data transmission for your own personal use, then self signed certificates are the way to go. Unlike the certificates offered to businesses by 3rd party providers such as Verisign that can cost up to $1500 a year, self signed certificates have zero financial cost using free tools. This making them good candidates for securing your personal webmail system, or the login page for your CMS. In this guide we'll discuss three methods you can use to create your own self signed certificates for use with IIS 6 & IIS 7.