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Glossary: Network Attacks, Social Engineering and Indicators

cipher suite

Also written: Ciphersuite, cipher names, weak cipher

The set of cryptographic methods a TLS connection agrees to use, such as TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384. Weak cipher names in logs can point to a downgrade.

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Related terms

TLS (Transport Layer Security)protocol downgradeTLS_FALLBACK_SCSV (signaling cipher suite value)