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We have a shrink wrap type Windows server application where we need to create a self signed certificate on the server to be used by some WCF web services. From our searches on the web, it appears that the makecert utility in the PlatformSDK from Microsoft cannot be distributed with our application, so we're looking for alternatives.
Does anyone know how to use OpenSSL to create a certificate and get it into the Windows LocalMachine certificate store? Or, alternatively is it straight forward to insert the certificate into the store in a .NET application and should we just create the certificate file with openssl? Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
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Import the self-signed certificate to the client Windows computer. On the Windows computer, start MMC (mmc.exe). Add the Certificates snap-in for the computer account and manage certificates for the local computer. Import the self-signed certificate into Trusted Root Certification Authorities > Certificates.
Private Certificate Authority as an alternative to self-signed certificates.
msc in the windows search bar and choosing "Run as administrator." Expand both the "Personal" and "Trusted Root Certification" directories. In the Personal Certificates folder, you will find both the CA and the Self-Signed Certificate that we created in the previous steps.
[Unfortunately, I can't comment on anything yet, so I'll post this as an answer.]
I see that this post is a bit old, but I'm in a similar boat and I found this in the Visual Studio 2008 redist.txt file:
Windows SDK Files
Subject to the license terms for the software, the following files may be distributed unmodified:
MageUI.exe
Mage.exe
Makecert.exe
Not sure if something has changed (and if my interpretation is correct), but it looks like makecert.exe included as part of the Windows SDK, which is in-turn included as part of the VS2008 install can actually be redistributed.
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