During
the SSL handshake, the client and server negotiate a common security protocol
via a CipherSuite. Cipher Suites are preferential
lists of key-exchange algorithms, hashing methods, and
encryption methods used by SSL-enabled applications.
For a complete description of Cipher Suites, visit the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) organizationhttp://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt.
By default, the strongest CipherSuite supported by both the client and the server is the CipherSuite that is used for the SSL-based session.
Adaptive Server supports the Cipher Suites that are available with the SSL Plus library API and the cryptographic engine, Security Builder™, both from Certicom Corp.
The Cipher Suites listed conform to the Transport Layer
Specification (TLS). TLS is an enhanced version of SSL 3.0, and
is an alias for the SSL version 3.0 Cipher Suites.
