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RFC 6460
Suite B Profile for Transport Layer Security (TLS),January 2012
- File formats:
- 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 SuiteB Cryptography" that define cryptographic algorithm policy fornational security applications. This document defines a profile ofTransport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2 that is fully compliantwith Suite B. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.