Configure SSL for SharePoint 2013

I am not going to reinvent the wheel here.There is a very nice post on this topic.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fabdulwahab/archive/2013/01/21/configure-ssl-for-sharepoint-2013.aspx
PS: Performed the steps in Windows Server 2008 R2 without any issues even though the post is targeted for Windows Server 2012

Web services extensions option in IIS7

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rakkimk/archive/2007/08/17/iis7-where-is-the-web-services-extensions-option-which-was-there-in-iis6.aspx