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# HOW TO : Generate MD5 fingerprint of SSL cert
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-generate-md5-fingerprint-of-ssl-cert/
- Published: 2012-03-17T20:10:11.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-17T20:10:11.000Z
- Description: Quick onliner on generating a MD5 fingerprint for a SSL certificate using openssl [code]openssl x509 -noout -md5 -fingerprint -in NAME_OF_CERTIFICATE_FILE [/code] If you don’t specify the...
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Quick onliner on generating a MD5 fingerprint for a SSL certificate using openssl

```
openssl x509 -noout -md5 -fingerprint -in NAME_OF_CERTIFICATE_FILE
```

If you don’t specify the -md5 option, you will get a SHA1 fingerprint.