Getting started with plugins: "self-signing"

[flippout]

So I'm getting this error with my newly created test plugin when trying to export a project that uses it:

[+ Warning ] {Import/Export }Skipping plugin com.flippfly.rendertovideo : failed to generate self-signing certificate (C:/Documents and Settings/Aaron/My Documents/Projects/ShivaProject/Plugins/com.flippfly.rendertovideo/S3DKey.cer).

I've been searching through the documentation and these forums for a couple hours now, and I can't seem to find any definitive answer on how this is supposed to work.
To be clear: we don't own a Verisign certificate, and don't intend to buy one since we're not targetting web apps at this time.

This is the closest thing I could find to a solution:
http://www.stonetrip.com/developer/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=23538&p=35117&hilit=.pem#p35117

Are these steps all necessary just to get a functioning plugin for windows/linux/iOS, or am I missing something here?

[giggsy]

Here's what I did:

1) download http://developer.stonetrip.com/Download/Misc/openssl.cfg
2) rename to openssl.cnf
3) copy to C:/usr/local/ssl
4) Verify with double click on /ShiVa Editor Advanced/Tools/openssl.exe >> should then say "OpenSSL" and not something like "Couldn’t find config".
5) re-export >> "failed to generate self-signing certificate" should be gone.

[flippout]

Thanks giggsy, I did something similar after finding another thread on the topic, and I've managed to successfully export!

Would be great if the error were more informative, or better yet, if this could just work out of the box with the Advanced install. Compared to the rest of my experience with the Shiva pipeline, it was surprisingly obtuse