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+# Ciphers
+
+With curl's options `CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST` and `--ciphers` users can
+control which ciphers to consider when negotiating TLS connections.
+
+The names of the known ciphers differ depending on which TLS backend that
+libcurl was built to use. This is an attempt to list known cipher names.
+
+## OpenSSL
+
+(based on [OpenSSL docs](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/apps/ciphers.html))
+
+### SSL3 cipher suites
+
+`NULL-MD5`
+`NULL-SHA`
+`RC4-MD5`
+`RC4-SHA`
+`IDEA-CBC-SHA`
+`DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DHE-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`ADH-RC4-MD5`
+`ADH-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+
+### TLS v1.0 cipher suites
+
+`NULL-MD5`
+`NULL-SHA`
+`RC4-MD5`
+`RC4-SHA`
+`IDEA-CBC-SHA`
+`DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DHE-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`DHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`ADH-RC4-MD5`
+`ADH-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+
+### AES ciphersuites from RFC3268, extending TLS v1.0
+
+`AES128-SHA`
+`AES256-SHA`
+`DH-DSS-AES128-SHA`
+`DH-DSS-AES256-SHA`
+`DH-RSA-AES128-SHA`
+`DH-RSA-AES256-SHA`
+`DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA`
+`DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA`
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`
+`ADH-AES128-SHA`
+`ADH-AES256-SHA`
+
+### SEED ciphersuites from RFC4162, extending TLS v1.0
+
+`SEED-SHA`
+`DH-DSS-SEED-SHA`
+`DH-RSA-SEED-SHA`
+`DHE-DSS-SEED-SHA`
+`DHE-RSA-SEED-SHA`
+`ADH-SEED-SHA`
+
+### GOST ciphersuites, extending TLS v1.0
+
+`GOST94-GOST89-GOST89`
+`GOST2001-GOST89-GOST89`
+`GOST94-NULL-GOST94`
+`GOST2001-NULL-GOST94`
+
+### Elliptic curve cipher suites
+
+`ECDHE-RSA-NULL-SHA`
+`ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA`
+`ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-NULL-SHA`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA`
+`AECDH-NULL-SHA`
+`AECDH-RC4-SHA`
+`AECDH-DES-CBC3-SHA`
+`AECDH-AES128-SHA`
+`AECDH-AES256-SHA`
+
+### TLS v1.2 cipher suites
+
+`NULL-SHA256`
+`AES128-SHA256`
+`AES256-SHA256`
+`AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`DH-RSA-AES128-SHA256`
+`DH-RSA-AES256-SHA256`
+`DH-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`DH-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`DH-DSS-AES128-SHA256`
+`DH-DSS-AES256-SHA256`
+`DH-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`DH-DSS-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256`
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256`
+`DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA256`
+`DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`DHE-DSS-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`ADH-AES128-SHA256`
+`ADH-AES256-SHA256`
+`ADH-AES128-GCM-SHA256`
+`ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384`
+`AES128-CCM`
+`AES256-CCM`
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-CCM`
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-CCM`
+`AES128-CCM8`
+`AES256-CCM8`
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-CCM8`
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-CCM8`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-CCM`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-CCM`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-CCM8`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-CCM8`
+
+### Camellia HMAC-Based ciphersuites from RFC6367, extending TLS v1.2
+
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA384`
+`ECDHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA256`
+`ECDHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA384`
+
+## NSS
+
+### Totally insecure
+
+`rc4`
+`rc4-md5`
+`rc4export`
+`rc2`
+`rc2export`
+`des`
+`desede3`
+
+### SSL3/TLS cipher suites
+
+`rsa_rc4_128_md5`
+`rsa_rc4_128_sha`
+`rsa_3des_sha`
+`rsa_des_sha`
+`rsa_rc4_40_md5`
+`rsa_rc2_40_md5`
+`rsa_null_md5`
+`rsa_null_sha`
+`fips_3des_sha`
+`fips_des_sha`
+`fortezza`
+`fortezza_rc4_128_sha`
+`fortezza_null`
+
+### TLS 1.0 Exportable 56-bit Cipher Suites
+
+`rsa_des_56_sha`
+`rsa_rc4_56_sha`
+
+### AES ciphers
+
+`dhe_dss_aes_128_cbc_sha`
+`dhe_dss_aes_256_cbc_sha`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_128_cbc_sha`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_256_cbc_sha`
+`rsa_aes_128_sha`
+`rsa_aes_256_sha`
+
+### ECC ciphers
+
+`ecdh_ecdsa_null_sha`
+`ecdh_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha`
+`ecdh_ecdsa_3des_sha`
+`ecdh_ecdsa_aes_128_sha`
+`ecdh_ecdsa_aes_256_sha`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_null_sha`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_3des_sha`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha`
+`ecdh_rsa_null_sha`
+`ecdh_rsa_128_sha`
+`ecdh_rsa_3des_sha`
+`ecdh_rsa_aes_128_sha`
+`ecdh_rsa_aes_256_sha`
+`ecdhe_rsa_null`
+`ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha`
+`ecdhe_rsa_3des_sha`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha`
+`ecdh_anon_null_sha`
+`ecdh_anon_rc4_128sha`
+`ecdh_anon_3des_sha`
+`ecdh_anon_aes_128_sha`
+`ecdh_anon_aes_256_sha`
+
+### HMAC-SHA256 cipher suites
+
+`rsa_null_sha_256`
+`rsa_aes_128_cbc_sha_256`
+`rsa_aes_256_cbc_sha_256`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_128_cbc_sha_256`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_256_cbc_sha_256`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_cbc_sha_256`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_cbc_sha_256`
+
+### AES GCM cipher suites in RFC 5288 and RFC 5289
+
+`rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`dhe_dss_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`ecdh_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+`ecdh_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha_256`
+
+### cipher suites using SHA384
+
+`rsa_aes_256_gcm_sha_384`
+`dhe_rsa_aes_256_gcm_sha_384`
+`dhe_dss_aes_256_gcm_sha_384`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha_384`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha_384`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_gcm_sha_384`
+`ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_gcm_sha_384`
+
+### chacha20-poly1305 cipher suites
+
+`ecdhe_rsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha_256`
+`ecdhe_ecdsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha_256`
+`dhe_rsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha_256`
+
+## GSKit
+
+Ciphers are internally defined as numeric codes (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_73/apis/gsk_attribute_set_buffer.htm),
+but libcurl maps them to the following case-insensitive names.
+
+### SSL2 cipher suites (insecure: disabled by default)
+
+`rc2-md5`
+`rc4-md5`
+`exp-rc2-md5`
+`exp-rc4-md5`
+`des-cbc-md5`
+`des-cbc3-md5`
+
+### SSL3 cipher suites
+
+`null-md5`
+`null-sha`
+`rc4-md5`
+`rc4-sha`
+`exp-rc2-cbc-md5`
+`exp-rc4-md5`
+`exp-des-cbc-sha`
+`des-cbc3-sha`
+
+### TLS v1.0 cipher suites
+
+`null-md5`
+`null-sha`
+`rc4-md5`
+`rc4-sha`
+`exp-rc2-cbc-md5`
+`exp-rc4-md5`
+`exp-des-cbc-sha`
+`des-cbc3-sha`
+`aes128-sha`
+`aes256-sha`
+
+### TLS v1.1 cipher suites
+
+`null-md5`
+`null-sha`
+`rc4-md5`
+`rc4-sha`
+`exp-des-cbc-sha`
+`des-cbc3-sha`
+`aes128-sha`
+`aes256-sha`
+
+### TLS v1.2 cipher suites
+
+`null-md5`
+`null-sha`
+`null-sha256`
+`rc4-md5`
+`rc4-sha`
+`des-cbc3-sha`
+`aes128-sha`
+`aes256-sha`
+`aes128-sha256`
+`aes256-sha256`
+`aes128-gcm-sha256`
+`aes256-gcm-sha384`
+
+## WolfSSL
+
+`RC4-SHA`,
+`RC4-MD5`,
+`DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`AES128-SHA`,
+`AES256-SHA`,
+`NULL-SHA`,
+`NULL-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`PSK-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`PSK-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA384`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256`,
+`PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA384`,
+`PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256`,
+`PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA`,
+`PSK-AES256-CBC-SHA`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES128-CCM`,
+`DHE-PSK-AES256-CCM`,
+`PSK-AES128-CCM`,
+`PSK-AES256-CCM`,
+`PSK-AES128-CCM-8`,
+`PSK-AES256-CCM-8`,
+`DHE-PSK-NULL-SHA384`,
+`DHE-PSK-NULL-SHA256`,
+`PSK-NULL-SHA384`,
+`PSK-NULL-SHA256`,
+`PSK-NULL-SHA`,
+`HC128-MD5`,
+`HC128-SHA`,
+`HC128-B2B256`,
+`AES128-B2B256`,
+`AES256-B2B256`,
+`RABBIT-SHA`,
+`NTRU-RC4-SHA`,
+`NTRU-DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`NTRU-AES128-SHA`,
+`NTRU-AES256-SHA`,
+`AES128-CCM-8`,
+`AES256-CCM-8`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-CCM`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-CCM-8`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-CCM-8`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-RC4-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`AES128-SHA256`,
+`AES256-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES128-SHA`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES256-SHA`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-SHA`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-SHA`,
+`ECDH-RSA-RC4-SHA`,
+`ECDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-RC4-SHA`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`,
+`AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`,
+`CAMELLIA128-SHA`,
+`DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA`,
+`CAMELLIA256-SHA`,
+`DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA`,
+`CAMELLIA128-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA128-SHA256`,
+`CAMELLIA256-SHA256`,
+`DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES128-SHA256`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`,
+`ECDH-RSA-AES256-SHA384`,
+`ECDH-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305-OLD`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305-OLD`,
+`DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305-OLD`,
+`ADH-AES128-SHA`,
+`QSH`,
+`RENEGOTIATION-INFO`,
+`IDEA-CBC-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-ECDSA-NULL-SHA`,
+`ECDHE-PSK-NULL-SHA256`,
+`ECDHE-PSK-AES128-CBC-SHA256`,
+`PSK-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`ECDHE-PSK-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`DHE-PSK-CHACHA20-POLY1305`,
+`EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA`,