Cipher Suite

• A cipher suite is a set of cryptographic algorithms.
  • The SSL handshake protocol determines how the client and server negotiate which cipher suites they will use.

• The most commonly used cipher suites are:
  • DES (Data Encryption Standard)
  • DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm)
  • KEA (Key Exchange Algorithm)
  • MD5
  • RC2
  • RC4
  • RSA
  • SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm)
  • SKIPJACK
  • Triple DES

Let us review this chapter.

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© 2006 John Michael Pierobon

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