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doc: Using ciphers with tls.connect()
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Refs #25270,#25271

Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <mhdawsonibm@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #25325
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on the format.

`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`, `DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256` and
`AES128-GCM-SHA256` are TLS v1.2 ciphers and used when node.js is
`AES128-GCM-SHA256` are TLS v1.2 ciphers and used when Node.js is
linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1 or newer, such as the bundled version
of OpenSSL. Note that it is still possible for a TLS v1.2 client
to negotiate a weaker cipher unless `honorCipherOrder` is enabled.
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- `path`: Creates unix socket connection to path. If this option is
specified, `host` and `port` are ignored.

- `ciphers`: A string describing the ciphers to use or exclude.

Defaults to
`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:AES128-GCM-SHA256:HIGH:!RC4:!MD5:!aNULL`.
Consult the [OpenSSL cipher list format documentation] for details
on the format.

The full list of available ciphers can be obtained via [tls.getCiphers][].

`ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`, `DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256` and
`AES128-GCM-SHA256` are TLS v1.2 ciphers and used when Node.js is
linked against OpenSSL 1.0.1 or newer, such as the bundled version
of OpenSSL.

- `pfx`: A string or `Buffer` containing the private key, certificate and
CA certs of the client in PFX or PKCS12 format.

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[OpenSSL cipher list format documentation]: http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/ciphers.html#CIPHER_LIST_FORMAT
[BEAST attacks]: http://blog.ivanristic.com/2011/10/mitigating-the-beast-attack-on-tls.html
[tls.getCiphers]: #tls_tls_getciphers
[tls.createServer]: #tls_tls_createserver_options_secureconnectionlistener
[tls.createSecurePair]: #tls_tls_createsecurepair_credentials_isserver_requestcert_rejectunauthorized
[tls.TLSSocket]: #tls_class_tls_tlssocket
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