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Checking the Fingerprint of a Certificate on Your Computer,
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Chapter 15 The Certificates Screens 15.4.2.1 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. 1 Browse to where you have the certificate saved on your computer. 2 Make sure that the certificate has a ".cer" or ".crt" file name extension. (On some Linux distributions, the file extension may be ".der".) Figure 90 Remote Host Certificates 3 Double-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 91 Certificate Details 4 Use a secure method to verify that the certificate owner has the same information in the Thumbprint Algorithm and Thumbprint fields. The secure method may very based on your situation. Possible examples would be over the telephone or through an HTTPS connection. User's Guide 201