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5 changes: 1 addition & 4 deletions doc/api/tls.md
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The default curve name to use for ECDH key agreement in a tls server. The
default value is `'prime256v1'` (NIST P-256). Consult [RFC 4492] and
[FIPS.186-4] for more details.
default value is `'auto'`. See [`tls.createSecureContext()`] for further information.


## Deprecated APIs
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[Chrome's 'modern cryptography' setting]: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/education/tls#TOC-Cipher-Suites
[DHE]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange
[ECDHE]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman
[FIPS.186-4]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.186-4.pdf
[Forward secrecy]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_forward_secrecy
[OCSP request]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCSP_stapling
[OpenSSL Options]: crypto.html#crypto_openssl_options
[OpenSSL cipher list format documentation]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/apps/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT
[Perfect Forward Secrecy]: #tls_perfect_forward_secrecy
[RFC 4492]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4492.txt
[SSL_CTX_set_timeout]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_timeout.html
[SSL_METHODS]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/ssl/ssl.html#DEALING-WITH-PROTOCOL-METHODS
[Stream]: stream.html#stream_stream
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/tls.js
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exports.DEFAULT_CIPHERS =
process.binding('constants').crypto.defaultCipherList;

exports.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE = 'prime256v1';
exports.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE = 'auto';

exports.getCiphers = internalUtil.cachedResult(
() => internalUtil.filterDuplicateStrings(binding.getSSLCiphers(), true)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion test/parallel/test-tls-client-getephemeralkeyinfo.js
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}

function testECDHE256() {
test(256, 'ECDH', tls.DEFAULT_ECDH_CURVE, testECDHE512);
test(256, 'ECDH', 'prime256v1', testECDHE512);
ntests++;
}

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