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docs(ssl): Update TLS/SSL certificate fingerprint instructions#177

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@tyeth tyeth commented Jan 16, 2026

Certificates for IO.adafruit.com are changing to a 6month validity, and it's felt that fingerprinting should no longer be recommended, but instructions updated as a large number of esp8266 users still exist on the IO platform.

Relates to:
https://3.basecamp.com/3732686/buckets/17625714/todos/9458087406

@tyeth tyeth requested a review from brentru January 21, 2026 13:56
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@tyeth Two comments and pls run clang, formatter is failing.

After comment changes and clang, you can pull in. Pre-approving this..

* SSL certificate every year. If adding Secure MQTT to your ESP8266 project is
* important - please switch to using the modern ESP32 (and related models)
* instead of the ESP8266 to avoid updating the SSL fingerprint every year.
* instead of the ESP8266 to avoid updating the SSL fingerprint every 6months.
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"6months" -> "6 months"

// latest fingerprint can be generated with
// echo | openssl s_client -connect io.adafruit.com:443 | openssl x509
// -fingerprint -noout
/* NB: io.adafruit.com TLS/SSL certificate changes every 6months, and pinning
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NB -> NOTE:

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