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is valid without the need for any additional information. A self-signed certificate
is only known to be valid by clients that have added the certificate to their
trusted list. Users can still access a server using a self-signed certificate, but
they lose the ability to verify that no one is operating as an imposter
somewhere on the network between them and the server.
To create a self-signed certificate
1. Open a command prompt window by selecting the Start menu, selecting
Programs, then Command Prompt.
2. From the command prompt, type "genslfcert CN=<unique identifier>".
You may specify a unique identifier of your choice, such as machine
name, machine location, or IP address in place of unique identifier.
3. A self-signed certificate is created in the My Certificates section of the
certificates Control Panel.
This will create a self-signed certificate in the My Certificates section of
the certificates control panel and a SelfSigned.cer file in My Computer
which can be transferred to FTP Clients as a trusted source. Certificates
may be managed through snap-ins to the Microsoft® Management
Console or other third party management consoles.
A Backup should be performed after configuring the FTP server and/or
creating the self-signed certificate.
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