Chapter 18 Certificates

18.6.3Checking 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 name extension.

Figure 137 Certificates on Your Computer

3Double-click the certificate’s icon to open the Certificate window. Click the Details tab and scroll down to the Thumbprint Algorithm and Thumbprint fields.

Figure 138 Certificate Details

 

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