RFC 6460

Suite B Profile for Transport Layer Security (TLS), January 2012

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Status:
HISTORIC (changed from INFORMATIONAL)
Obsoletes:
RFC 5430
Updated by:
RFC 8996
Authors:
M. Salter
R. Housley
Stream:
IETF
Source:
NON WORKING GROUP

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6460

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Abstract

The United States government has published guidelines for "NSA Suite B Cryptography" that define cryptographic algorithm policy for national security applications. This document defines a profile of Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2 that is fully compliant with Suite B. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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