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13.4.2 Verifying a Certificate
Before you import a certificate into the WiMAX Modem, you should verify that you
have the correct certificate. This is especially true of trusted certificates since the
WiMAX Modem also trusts any valid certificate signed by any of the imported
trusted certificates.

13.4.2.1 Checking the Fingerprint of a Certificate on Your Computer

A certificate’s fingerprints are message digests calculated using the MD5 or SHA1
algorithms. The following procedure describes how to check a certificate’s
fingerprint to verify that you have the actual certificate.
1Browse to where you have the certificate saved on your computer.
2Make sure that the certificate has a “.cer” or “.crt” file nam e extension. (On some
Linux distributions, the file extension may be “.der”.)

Figure 66 Remote Host Certificates