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Self-signed certificates should only be used for test purposes, because they have to be imported, managed and maintained on each client separately. | |
In order to use SSL (connection encryption) you can create a self-signed certificate.
A self-signed certificate can be created in PARTadmin or via Windows Power Shell. In the following two sections, both methods will be explained.

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