Patrick wrote:
>
> What is the difference between a certificate fingerprint (NSS computes)
> and a certificate thumbprint (IE display this in its Certificate
> Wizard)?
> I initially thought it would be same thing but different name. But after
> checking values for my certificate using NSS/IE/COmmunicator, I'm not
> sure anymore.
IMHO Netscape uses MD-5 and MS IE uses SHA-1 to compute it.
> Finally I tried computing my own certificate fingerprint using Sun's
> MessageDigest class. I computed the digest using the bytes from the DER
> encoded cert. AND I get yet another value!! Help anybody?
Which algorithm did you use?
Ciao, Michael.
