Here are some quick reminders on extracting fingerprints from various encryption keys. With [[GNU Privacy Guard|gpg]] ([[OpenPGP|PGP]] keys): $ gpg --fingerprint /path/to/pubring.gpg ------------------------------ pub 1024D/12345678 2008-08-09 [expires: 2011-08-08] Key fingerprint = 1234 5678 90AB CDEF 1234 5678 90AB CDEF 1234 5678 uid John Doe ... (other accounts in your keyring) ... With OpenSSH ([[SSH]] keys): $ ssh-keygen -lf some-key.pub 2048 12:34:56:78:90:ab:cd:ef:12:34:56:78:90:ab:12:34 some-key.pub (RSA) With OpenSSL ([[SSL]] keys): $ openssl x509 -noout -in cert.pem -fingerprint SHA1 Fingerprint=12:34:56:78:90:AB:CD:EF:12:34:56:78:90:AB:CD:EF:12:34:56:78