I am debugging a vs2008 web application project using the custom web server option and some of the pages are using https. I can debug https pages. Using iis7/Vista.
The way I'm doing it is:
- name of the self signed certificate is assigned to trucks
- custom server url: http://trucks
- hosts file: 127.0.0.1 trucks
- publish to http://trucks
I would think another way to do the same thing is to:
- make a self signed certificate assigned to localhost
- use the Local IIS Server option.
What is the difference between the two in terms of debugging and security?
The way I'm doing it now, I like not having localhost in the url, since http://trucks will more closely simulate the production environment. I also plan to implement custom url rewriting.
Best Answer
There is not difference in terms of debugging and security.
But IMO, your approach (using trucks) is the best way, because with a localhost certificate you could be mistakenly be using other certificate installed to other site in the same machine.