Suite B Profile for Transport Layer Security (TLS)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Specification
Pages: 14
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.
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Status Note: Historic
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6460
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6460
Author(s): Margaret Salter
Russ Housley
Keyword(s): Cryptographic Algorithm Policy

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NIST FIPS 180-3 [Withdrawn]
NIST FIPS 186-3 [Withdrawn]
NIST FIPS 197 [Superseded]
NIST.SP.800-56A — NIST EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4347 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4492 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5289 [Active*]
RFC5759 — RFC5759 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 6347 [Superseded*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

National Security Agency, "Fact Sheet NSA Suite B Cryptography", November 2010, http://www.nsa.gov/ia/programs/suiteb_cryptography/ . EXTERNAL
Brown, D., "SEC 2: Recommended Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters", http://www.secg.org/download/aid-784/sec2-v2.pdf , February 2010. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4346 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5288 [Active*]
RFC5430 — RFC5430 EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 7525 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 8996 [Active*]