Applies ToWindows 8.1 Enterprise Windows 8.1 Pro Windows 8.1 Windows RT 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Introduction

This article describes an update in which new TLS cipher suites are added and cipher suite priorities are changed in Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. All new cipher suites operate in Galois/counter mode (GCM), and two of them offer perfect forward secrecy (PFS) by using DHE key exchange together with RSA authentication.

Resolution

Update information

To enable this feature, install update 2919355. For more information about how to obtain this update rollup package, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2919355 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 Update April, 2014

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is an update in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about cipher suites, go to the following Microsoft website:

Cipher Suites in Schannel

PFS is a property of key-agreement protocols that makes sure that a session key derived from a set of long-term keys will not be compromised if one of the long-term keys is compromised in the future. For more information about PFS, go to the Wikipedia website.

Cipher suite

FIPS mode enabled

Protocols

Exchange

Encryption

Hash

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

Yes

TLS 1.2

DH

AES

SHA384

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Yes

TLS 1.2

DH

AES

SHA256

TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

Yes

TLS 1.2

RSA

AES

SHA384

TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Yes

TLS 1.2

RSA

AES

SHA256

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHATLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHATLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P256TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA_P384TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHATLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHATLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHATLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHATLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHATLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHASSL_CK_RC4_128_WITH_MD5SSL_CK_DES_192_EDE3_CBC_WITH_MD5 

References

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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