Unfortunately, I would like to make the certs for public use. 
Micro$oft is basically for testing and private use. I currently am 
using Verisign and was wondering if there were other options out 
there. It seems a steep price to pay yearly for the amount of certs 
you need for hosting. Oh well... I just charge the clients anyway. I 
do have a general cert I use for several companies, it's just not 
wrapped to their domain names.

>Yes, NT has a utility to generate your own certificate.  It has been a
>couple of years since I did it, but it should be easy to find on the MS tech
>support web site.  Lookup generating server certificates.
>
>Generating your own certificate works fine if your app is not for the
>general public.  You could actually make an argument that the security is
>better, because no third party has access to your private key.  If a third
>party has your private key, it could be accessed by various agencies legally
>with a warent and you would not know about it.  Just like a telephone wire
>tap.
>
>The problem w/ generating your own cert is that when a user comes to your
>website, and hits your cert, they will get a popup message that says
>something like "This certificate was generated by a source you have not
>chosen to trust".  I think that whole thing is a scam w/ MS and Verisign so
>people buy their certificates.  You can select to trust the site, and the
>message will go away, but if your are trying to sell things to the public,
>it does not look very good.
>
>
>Troy Sosamon
>
>
>--------- Original message.
>
>Are there any free certs for NT?
>
>
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