The release of SBS 2003 gave us a much-needed feature - SSL Security Certificates at no additional cost. Well, no monetary cost, anyway. These certificates are self-signed. So while the certificate will enable SSL communications on the SBS server (for Outlook Web Access, Remote Web Workplace, and other services) it is not specifically a trusted certificate. In the Windows world, this is not much of a problem. When you connect to a site using a self-signed certificate, you are presented with a warning indicating that the certificate is not valid, specifically pointing out that it is signed by a non-trusted authority. To get past this, you click Yes and go on.
Not surprisingly, this is a little different in the Macintosh world.
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