2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b026effb..a86d05c0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ fetchmail 6.3.10 (not yet released):
 * Do not overlap source and destination fields in snprintf() in interface.c.
   Courtesy of Nico Golde, Debian.
 
+# CHANGES
+* Make the comparison of the SSL fingerprints case insensitive, to
+  ease its use. Suggested by Daniel Richard G.
 # TRANSLATION UPDATES AND ADDITIONS (ordered by language name):
 * [it] Italian (Vincenzo Campanella)
 
diff --git a/socket.c b/socket.c
index 3a03a6eb..51c15529 100644
--- a/socket.c
+++ b/socket.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static int SSL_verify_callback( int ok_return, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx, int strict )
 			if (outlevel > O_NORMAL)
 			    report(stdout, GT_("%s key fingerprint: %s\n"), _server_label, text);
 			if (_check_digest != NULL) {
-				if (strcmp(text, _check_digest) == 0) {
+				if (strcasecmp(text, _check_digest) == 0) {
 				    if (outlevel > O_NORMAL)
 					report(stdout, GT_("%s fingerprints match.\n"), _server_label);
 				} else {