SHA-256

Enables or disables the use of the SHA-256 hashing algorithm.

Changing this setting will have an effect on whether the following ciphers can be selected for use:

TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P521
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P256
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P384
TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256_P521
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P384
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P521
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA256

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Hashes\SHA256
Value NameEnabled
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value4294967295
Disabled Value0

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