I need to provide a connection between my application and my web service. I own both the application and the web service, and I was wondering if HTTPS could be used for this.
I do not need a certificate to prove to myself who I really am (!), So I do not want to buy an SSL certificate from a certification authority. I just need to make sure that no one can intercept the data that I pass as the parameters of WebMethod; Can I create a free certificate and use it for communication?
One more thing: I do not want to be forced to get a dedicated public IP address for my web service, as it is hosted on a shared web server.
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