July 2018
Beginner
552 pages
13h 18m
English
The method that is least recommended is using self-signed certificates. Using a self-signed certificate has no real value, especially in an enterprise environment, and is only useful when testing (for example, certificate-based authentication or code signing). It basically means that you act as the CA and sign your own certificate. Much like printing your own passport won't get you through customs, a self-signed certificate cannot be used in a production environment.
PowerShell makes it very easy to generate all kinds of certificates to test. Unfortunately, this only works in Windows PowerShell. In PowerShell Core, external tools are the way to go.
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