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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and its successor TLS (Transport Layer Security) are protocols which provide communication security (privacy and integrity) for a bidirectional data channel.

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what is DHE_EXPORT cipher suite

Export ciphers date back to the time when cryptography export was regulated by governments, most notably the US government (see this answer for a good overview of the history of export restrictions). …
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Why does TLS do Authenticate-then-Encrypt instead of Encrypt-then-Authenticate?

The people writing the RFC for TLS 1.2 seem to have been aware of this, but have chosen to use AtE anyway. Is there a reason why this is the case? … Is this a case of "Someone standardized something at some point and now we're stuck with it for backwards compatibility, even though we know it's bad", or is there a good reason why AtE is better for TLS
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