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Cipher Suite

nounid 1815·updated May 9, 2026
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Negotiated algorithm identifiers. Cipher suites are identified in human-readable form using a pneumonic code.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Capability72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Cipher Suites
possessive
Cipher Suite's
pluralpossessive
Cipher Suites'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Negotiated algorithm identifiers. Cipher suites are identified in human-readable form using a pneumonic code.
NIST SP 800-521 senseview framework →
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Negotiated algorithm identifiers. Cipher suites are identified in human-readable form using a pneumonic code.

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