Short Version
Once I'd finished suffering from a migraine today, I went on to try to recover some files from a dying virtual machine. Whilst doing so I ran the strings command on a recovered file to see what it might be and uncovered what I believe is an exhaustive list of the words used in the Check Point GUI client to represent the hex values that make up the Management Servers CA fingerprint. Skip to the end for the data.
Eh? What? I don't get it.
As some of you may know, Check Point products are managed by a GUI client that runs on a Windows host, and a management server that runs on a different host, either Linux, Windows or Solaris.
Now, to ensure the GUI client to management server communication is kept secure (authenticated and encrypted) SSL is used. And where you find SSL, you find certificates. The very first time the GUI client connects to management server, before the user types in their credentials I may add, the user is asked to approve the 'finger print' (just a hash) of that management servers certificate.
To make life superduper easy, the GUI client represents that finger print as a list of English words which are much more memorable as, say, the hex values: 73 30 50 58 86 75 0D 34 40 CC 14 C3 B9 09 6E C7 FF D1 FD 31.
The example here shows that the fingerprint of the certificate the GUI received matches the fingerprint of the management servers certificate. In this way, we can be sure a man in the middle attack has not occurred and we are talking to the actual management server (rather than some miscreants approximation of).
However, over the years of being presented with different finger prints, I've seen some really funny combinations. It's only now I wish I'd made note.
Now follows the list. Just to prove the point, I've emphasized the words from my own fingerprint.
As a challenge, see who can come up with the best fingerprint!
Put it in the comments below! If it's real, even better!
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