Prerequisites

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a cryptographic protocol that provides security and data integrity for data communications over a network. By encrypting your ERP Web service with SSL, you make your data and your network more secure and more reliable.

This guide will walk you through creating and setting up the self-signed SSL certificate. This procedure creates a public and private key pair for digital signatures and stores it in a certificate file.

To Complete This Walkthrough, You Will Need

• The makecert.exe utility.

  The makecert.exe utility is installed with Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Windows SDK. For more information, see MakeCert in the MSDN Library.

• The Certificates snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC).