Ok i have seen this a few times. When i go to some site it says there name the SSL cert. When i go to ours sice we got it from Thawte it has there name.

So how do you make your own Cert.. I am trying to find a site that has done this agian but i can't find nay now i have seen it a lot.. Any ideas would be great.

The ( Issued by: ) is what i am talking about. Also how to make your own and sign your own..

You mean making your own SSL cert without using Thawte or Verisign ?

hmm.. interesting .. that would save a few bucks .. hehe...

The problem is, everytime a users tries to access the SSL part, it will give a popup warning saying that the cert has not been signed by a know company blah blah..

Originally posted by zolbian
The problem is, everytime a users tries to access the SSL part, it will give a popup warning saying that the cert has not been signed by a know company blah blah..

Yeah Thats Right .

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To avoid that error you'd need to install your root certificate(s) into each browser visiting your site, for example to see Thawte's root certificates go to

http://www.thawte.com/certs/trustmap.html

All the main browsers that support HTTPS contain the common root certificates, but it's unlikely you could afford the time and money required to get IE to incorporate your root cert ;)

The best you could do is get your visitors to install the certificate manually. This isn't as bad as it sounds on windows - you simply provide the download, and they open it and click 'install'. It's still a bit messy but it is technically possible to avoid the error.