易于SSL服务器进行测试

Question

I'm new to the world of networking but I'm working on creating an application that will make an SSL connection to a server. Right now the server is not yet setup but I'd like to begin testing on my application I'm building.

Is there an easy way that I can set up a local Apache server and configure it for SSL?

I'm new to networking so be gentle with me.

Edit:
I'm looking more for how to set up the server functionality. I can set up a VM but how do I make it so it accepts incoming socket connections?

Answer 1

If you don't care about the content returned by the server, I'd suggest openssl s_server -www . You'll need a certificate, but Dave G's answer describes how to do that (s_server will need to know where the cert is also, but openssl s_server help will show you the appropriate flags).

Answer 2

Depending on which platform you on the tools may already be at your disposal.

this is how to create a "self-signed" certificate

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/selfsign.html

You will get security warnings but you can establish and utilize an SSL connection.