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Certificate Example
It's easy to find out about the certificates sent by a server:
connect to a secure site (see later), and the "document info"
option under the View menu. For example:
Security: This is a secure document that uses a medium-grade encryption
key suited for U.S. export (RC4-40, 128 bit with 40 secret).
Certificate: This Certificate belongs to:
certs.netscape.com
Netscape Communications Corp.
501 E. Middlefield Rd., Mountain View, California, US
This Certificate was issued by:
Secure Server Certification Authority
RSA Data Security, Inc.
US
Serial Number: 0A:03:D9:06:5E:A5:E7:F0:F2:48:E2:EA:F4:7D:BC:CA
This Certificate is valid from Sun May 23, 1999 to Tue
May 23, 2000
Certificate Fingerprint:
83:B3:5D:50:73:21:C7:D9:E0:0D:AC:F1:42:31:68:B1
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