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Combinatorial Coverage Analysis of Subsets of the TLS Cipher Suite Registry

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Author(s)

Dimitris Simos, Kristoffer Kleine, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker

Abstract

We present a combinatorial coverage measurement for (subsets) of the TLS cipher suite registries by analyzing the specified ciphers of IANA, ENISA, BSI, Mozilla and NSA Suite B. Our findings contribute towards the design of quality measures of recommended ciphers for TLS, and also lead to important questions regarding the future development of TLS.
Conference Dates
May 10-12, 2016
Conference Location
Annapolis, MD, US
Conference Title
High Confidence Software and Systems Conference
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

cipher suites, combinatorial testing, coverage measurement, TLS, subsets
Information technology

Citation

Simos, D. , Kleine, K. , Kuhn, D. and Kacker, R. (2016), Combinatorial Coverage Analysis of Subsets of the TLS Cipher Suite Registry, High Confidence Software and Systems Conference, Annapolis, MD, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920193 (Accessed October 24, 2025)

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Created May 11, 2016, Updated April 5, 2022
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