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Free SSL Trial Certificate |
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Enrollment Step-by-Step
The VeriSign Trial SSL Certificate allows you
to test the benefits of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology in a pre-production
environment. Prior to purchasing one of VeriSign's SSL services, you
can generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), install a trial certificate,
and enable SSL. The trial certificate does not provide authentication.
Purchase one of VeriSign’s SSL
services to obtain an authenticated certificate.
You will receive
your trial certificate within 1 hour of enrolling. |
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| The CSR is a string of text generated by your server software. You provide this string of text to VeriSign during the enrollment process. To generate a CSR, you will need to know what kind of server software is running on your Web server to choose the correct instructions. |
| Complete the online enrollment form for the Trial SSL Certificate. The Trial SSL Certificate is only intended for testing environments. Trial SSL Certificates provide no assurance of your corporate identity. VeriSign recommends using only authenticated SSL Certificates on your production server. You will receive the Trial SSL Certificate by email. |
| A special trial root Certificate Authority is used to digitally sign VeriSign Trial SSL Certificates. You need to install a special Test CA Root on each browser that you will use to test your Trial SSL Certificate. |
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The free trial is only valid for 14 days. The validity period cannot be extended or modified. When you install the trial certificate, a dialog box stating that the browser does not recognize the Certificate Authority that issued the VeriSign Trial SSL Certificate will appear until you purchase and install an authenticated SSL Certificate. |
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Once you have tested your certificate, we encourage you to learn more about VeriSign's SSL services.
- Try our Product Selection Wizard
- Review our SSL Certificates
When you are ready to purchase a certificate, you may need to generate a new CSR. Check your server manual to be sure. |
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Trial Certificate Limitation
The free trial is only available for VeriSign
non-SGC SSL Certificates. These are the certificates offered for VeriSign
Secure Site, Commerce Site, and Managed PKI for SSL—Standard Edition
services. If you are interested in an SGC-enabled service, you can still
use the free trial to test SSL technology on your server. With the non-SGC
SSL Certificate, you will not show 128-bit encryption in all circumstances.
(See SGC:
Strongest SSL Encryption.)
Have questions? Please read the SSL
Trial Certificate FAQ.
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