I want to use SSL for client to server communication. The server is W2K. I don't care about server authentication, I just want to encrypt the connection. Do I still have to create and install a dummy certificate for the server, or is there a way to bypass it? It appears the SSL/TLS standard does not require the server authentication step during the handshake, but how is it implemented on W2K? I browsed through the MS Knowledgebase but couldn't find the answer. MS