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2018-11-13
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Choosing a preferred cipher suite for your HTTPS application

{: #choosing-a-preferred-cipher-suite-for-your-https-application} {: help} {: support}

Cipher algorithms help the {{site.data.keyword.loadbalancer_full}} form secure connections with its HTTP clients. IBM offers a suite of approved ciphers for you to choose from so that you can secure the communication between your load balancer and your clients. {: shortdesc}

To choose a preferred cipher suite for an existing load balancer:

  1. Access the Cipher table from the Protocols tab.

    There must be at least one existing HTTPS protocol. {: note}

  2. Click Edit to enable editing, and select (or clear) the required ciphers.

  3. When you're done, click Save to save your changes.

    If you defined an HTTPS protocol when you create your load balancer, it has all ciphers in the suite enabled. The selection of a particular set of ciphers can be done only after the load balancer is provisioned. {: note}

    For a list of supported ciphers, refer to SSL offload. {: note}