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I don't want to buy an SSL certificate yet, but still want to test SSL on my development server.
Is there a way to generate a temporary certificate, for testing purposes, albeit with warnings from browsers upon page load?
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Chrome has made it simple for any site visitor to get certificate information with just a few clicks: Click the padlock icon in the address bar for the website. Click on Certificate (Valid) in the pop-up. Check the Valid from dates to validate the SSL certificate is current.
To check an SSL certificate on any website, all you need to do is follow two simple steps. First, check if the URL of the website begins with HTTPS, where S indicates it has an SSL certificate. Second, click on the padlock icon on the address bar to check all the detailed information related to the certificate.
Enter the URL you wish to check in the browser. Right-click the page or select the Page drop-down menu, and select Properties. In the new window, look for the Connection section. This will describe the version of TLS or SSL used.
You can generate a self sign certificate and install it on your web server. If you are using apache, then you can use openssl to generate a self-signed certificate. If you care using Java, then you can use keytool to generate a self-signed certificate. If you are using .NET, then you can use makecert.
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http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/certificates.txt
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