@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ changes:
17871787 See [ OpenSSL man pages] ( https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man3/SSL_CTX_set1_sigalgs_list.html )
17881788 for more info.
17891789 * ` ciphers ` {string} Cipher suite specification, replacing the default. For
1790- more information, see [ modifying the default cipher suite] [ ] . Permitted
1790+ more information, see [ Modifying the default TLS cipher suite] [ ] . Permitted
17911791 ciphers can be obtained via [ ` tls.getCiphers() ` ] [ ] . Cipher names must be
17921792 uppercased in order for OpenSSL to accept them.
17931793 * ` clientCertEngine ` {string} Name of an OpenSSL engine which can provide the
@@ -2089,6 +2089,9 @@ Returns an array with the names of the supported TLS ciphers. The names are
20892089lower-case for historical reasons, but must be uppercased to be used in
20902090the ` ciphers ` option of [ ` tls.createSecureContext() ` ] [ ] .
20912091
2092+ Not all supported ciphers are enabled by default. See
2093+ [ Modifying the default TLS cipher suite] [ ] .
2094+
20922095Cipher names that start with ` 'tls_' ` are for TLSv1.3, all the others are for
20932096TLSv1.2 and below.
20942097
@@ -2157,6 +2160,7 @@ added: v11.4.0
21572160[ Chrome's 'modern cryptography' setting ] : https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/education/tls#TOC-Cipher-Suites
21582161[ DHE ] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman_key_exchange
21592162[ ECDHE ] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_Diffie%E2%80%93Hellman
2163+ [ Modifying the default TLS cipher suite ] : #modifying-the-default-tls-cipher-suite
21602164[ Mozilla's publicly trusted list of CAs ] : https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/tip/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt
21612165[ OCSP request ] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCSP_stapling
21622166[ OpenSSL Options ] : crypto.md#openssl-options
@@ -2208,6 +2212,5 @@ added: v11.4.0
22082212[ certificate object ] : #certificate-object
22092213[ cipher list format ] : https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man1/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT
22102214[ forward secrecy ] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_forward_secrecy
2211- [ modifying the default cipher suite ] : #modifying-the-default-tls-cipher-suite
22122215[ perfect forward secrecy ] : #perfect-forward-secrecy
22132216[ specific attacks affecting larger AES key sizes ] : https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/another_new_aes.html
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