Seconded (although I admit I haven't tried cperciva's suggestion). This would make it quicker to view the SSH fingerprint of a new instance. AWS has added a web

Seconded (although I admit I haven't tried cperciva's suggestion). This would make it quicker to view the SSH fingerprint of a new instance. AWS has added a web-based SSH client, which is quicker than waiting for the serial console output, but you need to dig out the relevant command to show the fingerprint. Aside: I may be one of very few people who bother to verify fingerprints. Why it seems to be the norm to hold SSH security to a much lower standard than HTTPS, by blindly trusting on first use, I don't know. I recently tried out Microsoft Azure, which appears to offer no way to view the RDP thumbprint of a new Windows Server instance. It's not that it's buried somewhere in the web UI, it simply isn't there. (If I'm mistaken on that point, a correction would of course be welcome.)