Cipher Suites break down
Cipher Suites
Choosing ciphers suites can be difficult and their names may look complex but they can be easily broken down into their components. Take the following suite:
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
The components are:
TLS - the protocol used
ECDHE - the key exchange mechanism
ECDSA - the algorithm of the authentication key
AES - the symmetric encryption algorithm
128 - the key size of the above
GCM - the mode of the above
SHA256 - the MAC used by the algorithm