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Glossary: Cryptography and PKI

Cipher suite

Also written: cipher suites, TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

A named set of algorithms that a TLS connection agrees to use, such as TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384. The client lists the ones it supports and the server picks one.

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Related terms

TLS (Transport Layer Security)Client Hello