Chapter 18 Certificates
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18.6.3 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.
Figure 137 Certificates on Your Computer
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 138 Certificate Details