Useful links:

The OpenSSL Project: http://www.openssl.org/
OpenSSL for Windows: http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

 
We want to get an official SSL certificate from well-known public Certificate Authority (CA). We have to generate a certificate request, for example using OpenSSL.
 
Steps to request a certificate – to generate a CSR file (Certificate Signing Request)
1. Creating a private key
You need to create a private key [...]