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Resources » .NET programming » General

Create self-signed certificate with Makecer.exe


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makecer.exe

makecer.exe is the tool comes with Visual Studio, using this tool we can create self-signed certificates.

Steps to create the self signed certificate

1. Open the visual studio command promt

2. Type the following command to check the makecer.exe is installed on your system or not 99.9% it is installed in your system as it is the tool comes with Visual Studio.


makecer


3. If the above command works then use the following command to create a certificate.




makecert -sk "MyContainer" -ss MY -r -n "CN=YourCommonName" mycer.cer




This will creates an RSA key-pair and a matching certificate in the CurrentUser "MY" certificate store, and also give the output as a public certificate to the file mycer.cer.

The matching private key is placed in the CryptoAPI keycontainer named "MyContainer"(which contains the encrypted private key for this certificate).

The cert is self-signed (-r) and is exportable with private key (-pe).


You can use that keycontainer name (MyContainer) to instantiate a .NET CSP instance too.

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Thanks and Regards
Meetu Choudhary
http://msdotnetmentor.com





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Responses to "Create self-signed certificate with Makecer.exe"
Author: Gaurav Arora    07 Apr 2009Member Level: Gold   Points : 3
Hi Meetu,

Its a very good and informative article.

I need code can you please post full code.


Author: Deepika Haridas    11 Apr 2009Member Level: Gold   Points : 1
Hi,

Great Article..
Must try..

Are there any other steps to follow for this..
Then please do let me know..


Author: Dharmaraj Nagarajan    11 Apr 2009Member Level: Gold   Points : 1
Hi Meetu,
Very useful information. Thanks for sharing with us. Please rate the answer If it helps you.
Regards,
Dharma


Author: PHANI HARSHITHA MADALA    16 Apr 2009Member Level: Gold   Points : 1
Hi,

Really a nice article but i have a doubt where this certificates are used.It would have been more helpfull if you have given brief introduction about these certificates for a novice like me in this subject.


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