IIS 5.0 SSL option greyed out? 1

[skotman]

I'm trying to set up an SSL site for some testing (trying to learn how it works etc). I used to have this SSL option available then I got a temp cert from veriscrew (one of those 14 day trial things) then I got busy and 2 weeks passed with out me getting it working. Any ideas?
Thanks!

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[skotman]

I just installed IIS on a fresh system and it's still greyed out. Is there something I need to install?

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[epohl]

Did you generate a certificate request and install the certificate on the fresh system?

 

[skotman]

Have done neither...do I need to do that first? I can't even put in the port number.

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[epohl]

Yes you must have a server certificate installed before the option to enable SSL is available.

 

[skotman]

That helps, I'll try it tonight with a 14 day trial cert from veriscrew. What will happen when the cert expires?

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[epohl]

You should just receive a warning in the browser that it is an expired certificate on the site. If you are just testing to learn more about it you might even consider using certificate server to generate your own certificate.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q290625

 

[skotman]

Gotcha, Thanks. I installed cert server before but could never figure out how to use it. This is going to become more of an issue when I start dealing with secure pages for web hosting customers. As I'm just getting started I dont have anyone that needs it right now, but I hope to soon.

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[skotman]

Go it working, Thanks. A star for you!

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288