
Chapter 9 Certificates
P-660R-F1 Series User’s Guide
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Trusted Remote Host Certificate Fingerprints
A certificate’s fingerprints are message digests calculated using the MD5 or SHA1 algorithms. The
following procedure describes how to use a certificate’s fingerprint to verify that you have the
remote host’s correct certificate.
1 Browse to where you have the remote host’s certificate saved on your computer.
2 Make sure that the certificate has a “.cer” or “.crt” file name extension.
Figure 83 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 84 Certificate Details
4 Verify (over the phone for example) that the remote host has the same information in the
Thumbprint Algorithm and Thumbprint fields.
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