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For TLS, Diffie Hellman groups should be used.

  • 13 March 2024
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For TLS, Diffie Hellman groups according to the table below must be used.

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The Diffie Hellman groups is used for key exchange with Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS). Generally, a distinction is made between elliptic curve groups and finite field groups (mod p).

The following table contains the allowed Diffie Hellman groups for use in TLS
 

Diffie Hellman group

IANA-No.

Referenzspezifikation

brainpoolP512r1

33

RFC 7027

secp521r1

25

RFC 8422

brainpoolP384r1

27

RFC 7027

secp384r1

24

RFC 8422

brainpoolP256r1

26

RFC 7027

secp256r1

23

RFC 8422

ffdhe4096

258

RFC 7919

ffdhe3072

257

RFC 7919


Remark on group 256:
Diffie Hellman group 256 (IANA-No.256) has a ley length of 2048 bit [1] and may only be used in legacy systems until the end of the year 2022. The group must be substituted by a stronger method (according to the enumeration above).

 

Please specify IFS compliance 


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