On Saturday, November 2, 2013 7:03:18 PM UTC-4, ruben.de.smet wrote:
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> Hello there, 
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> If I've got an RSA::PrivateKey and PublicKey, what is a/the correct 
> way of fingerprinting the Public key for visual recognision? Should I 
> BER/DER encode it and hash it via sha1/md5? 
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In addition to David's answer, you might also read up on "Short 
Authentication Strings" (SAS). Its being used by protocols like ZRTP.

Its a tad bit weak for the cryptographers, but it works really well in 
practice.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Short+Authentication+Strings

Jeff

Jeff

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