Patent ID: 8775316

Claim:
A method of configuring a security mechanism at a wagering game machine, the method comprising: accessing, from one or more memory devices in the wagering game machine, an unauthenticated wagering game certificate; determining, by at least one of one or more processors in the wagering game machine, a first hash value of the unauthenticated wagering game certificate; presenting, via a display device of the wagering game machine, the first hash value to a wagering game machine operator; presenting, to the wagering game machine operator via the display device of the wagering game machine, a prompt to confirm that the first hash value matches a second hash value of a trusted wagering game certificate previously calculated by a wagering game server: receiving, from the wagering game machine operator via an input device of the wagering game machine, a confirmation that the first hash value matches the second hash value; authenticating, via at least one of the one or more processors, the unauthenticated wagering game certificate based on the confirmation received from the wagering game operator; and enabling, via at least one of the one or more processors and based on authenticating the unauthenticated wagering game certificate, the wagering game machine to communicate securely over a communications network.