Sukanta Panigrahi wrote:
> I have a basic question here:
> Is it mandatory to have the server configured with ciphers/certificates
> for SSL handshake?
> 
> Thanks / Sukant

well, ciphers - yes. If you don't do it, openssl gives you a default
cipher list.

certificates - not all the time. If you're using a ADH cipher,
certificates are not needed, but then most of the time you need identity
verification which means you need to use certs.

-jb
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