RFC 6460 · HISTORIC · 2012

Suite B Profile for Transport Layer Security

Overview

RFC 6460, “Suite B Profile for Transport Layer Security”, is a Historic document published in January 2012 by M. Salter, R. Housley. It obsoletes RFC 5430. It has since been updated by RFC 8996. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

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.

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What “Historic” means

A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.

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This RFC obsoletes
RFC 5430
Updated by
RFC 8996
Other RFCs from 2012

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