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I'd like to generate a certificate for development purposes, but I don't want to install the certificate in the store.
makecert with the switch -pe doesn't create the private key if you specify an output file.
When I tried to create a .pfx file by exporting the certificate created with makecert, it asks for a password to protect the private key; I guess I can't use it with my WCF service since the config file has no information about the password...
Why in the hell is it so complicated? Do you know a simple tool to create a certificate with private key inside a file without password in one simple step?
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A self-signed certificate is a certificate that is signed with its own private key. Self-signed certificates can be used to encrypt data just as well as CA-signed certificates, but your users will be displayed a warning that says that the certificate is not trusted by their computer or browser.
Enter the following command to begin generating a certificate and private key: req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout privateKey. key -out certificate.
makecert -r -pe -n "CN=CompanyXYZ Server" -b 01/01/2007 -e 01/01/2010 -sky exchange Server.cer -sv Server.pvk pvk2pfx.exe -pvk Server.pvk -spc Server.cer -pfx Server.pfx from here.
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