Chapter 1 Overview of CSS SSL
SSL Cryptography Overview
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SSL Module Cryptography Capabilities
Table 1-1 provides information on the SSL cryptography capabilities of the SSL
module.
Table 1-1 SSL Module SSL Cryptography Capabilities
SSL Cryptography
Function Functions Supported by the SSL Module
SSL versions SSL version 3.0 and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
version 1.0
Public key exchange and
key agreement
algorithms
• RSA - 512-bit, 768-bit, 1024-bit, and 2048-bit
(key exchange and key agreement algorithm)
• DSA - 512-bit, 768-bit, and 1024-bit (certificate
signing algorithm)
• Diffie-Hellman - 512-bit, 768-bit, 1024-bit, and
2048-bit (key agreement algorithm)
Encryption types
• Data Encryption Standard (DES)
• Triple-Strength Data Encryption Standard
(3DES)
• RC4
See Table 4-1 in Chapter 4, Configuring SSL
Termination for a list of supported cipher suites and
key encryption types.
Hash types
• SSL MAC-MD5
• SSL MAC-SHA1
See Table 4-1 in Chapter 4, Configuring SSL
Termination for a list of supported cipher suites and
hash types.