Self-Signed Certificate (MakeCert)

Introduction

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.