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TLS negotiated hashing algorithm: SHA-256

Percentage of IRC SSL/TLS servers with hashing algorithm negotiated as SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Showing percentages by IRC server software.

About this test result: The SHA-256 hashing algorithm is a 256 bit hash function. It is still considered secure today, although there is a tendency to move to SHA-384 or better.
Note on statistics: there is a difference in the gathering of TLS servers between 2017-2019 and 2020-onwards, see SSL/TLS statistics on the data page.

Table

Percentage of IRC SSL/TLS servers with hashing algorithm negotiated as SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Showing percentages by IRC server software.
Software Sep 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023
charybdis 3% 9% 8% 15% 15% 19% 19%
Ergo 0% 0% 0% 0% 35% 74% 85%
Hybrid 1% 2% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1%
InspIRCd 21% 14% 13% 9% 7% 6% 6%
ngircd 14% 10% 4% 4% 4% 3% 1%
Ratbox 6% 8% 9% 6% 5% 7% 2%
SynchronetIRCd 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100%
UnrealIRCd 0% 4% 18% 38% 57% 66% 71%
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