still a few glitches in the system...

> if you'll stick with Microsoft's tools the process is as streamlined as they come

Assuming you didn't try it yourself and had a different experience than James Bottomley this is just plain wrong. According to http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/adventures-in-microsoft... he tried the Microsoft tools.

He also says: "Additionally, although I think openssl has a rather confusing interface, the Microsoft tools make it look slick by comparison."