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TLS negotiated hashing algorithm: SHA-256

Percentage of IRC SSL/TLS servers with hashing algorithm negotiated as SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Showing percentages for Ergo servers only.

About this test result: The SHA-256 hashing algorithm is a 256 bit hash function. It is still considered secure today, although there is a tendency to move to SHA-384 or better.
Note on statistics: there is a difference in the gathering of TLS servers between 2017-2019 and 2020-onwards, see SSL/TLS statistics on the data page.

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Percentage of IRC SSL/TLS servers with hashing algorithm negotiated as SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Showing percentages for Ergo servers only.
Version Sep 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023
2.10 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 99% 100%
2.11 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 93% 97%
2.12 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 94%
2.13 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
2.5 0% 0% 0% 0% 11% 33% 100%
2.6 0% 0% 0% 0% 27% 38% 50%
2.7 0% 0% 0% 0% 17% 14% 8%
2.8 0% 0% 0% 0% 85% 83% 100%
2.9 0% 0% 0% 0% 75% 100% 100%
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