Hey guys,
Even though I've been doing some web development over the years, working with SSL and https:// is not something that I have experience with. But this is something I'd like to learn more about, what it actually does, how it works, etc... I've been reading some articles on the net and have discussed the topic over on another forum with some people.

What I am trying to do now is generate my own SSL certificate. I have a directory that is password protected (and the only person who has that password and uses that directory is me). Because I'm the only one who uses it, I can get away with using my own certificate, although within the next year or two (or maybe even sooner) I'm going to need to get an authorized certificate.

So I generated a SSL certificate in cPanel by doing the following:

1. First, I generated a private key.
2. Then I Generated a New Certificate Signing Request. (What is "pass phrase", by the way? I had to enter one at this step, so I just did anything. Will anything work?)
3. Lastly, I generated a new certificate.

That should be all I have to do, right?
Well, I then went to the page I'm using to test the secure connection, and Firefox 3.x returned the following error message:

An error occurred during a connection to [My Domain].

SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.

(Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)

Ok, so I tried to access it in IE 7: "Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage"

So I must be doing something wrong or missing something. Any ideas? I'm googling and looking, but haven't been able to find anything yet. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
David