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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.
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Percentage of IRC SSL/TLS servers with hashing algorithm negotiated as SHA-256 hashing algorithm. Showing percentages by IRC server software.| Software | Sep 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| charybdis | 3% | 9% | 8% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 24% |
| Ergo | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 74% | 85% | 89% |
| Hybrid | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| InspIRCd | 21% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
| ngircd | 14% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Ratbox | 6% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Solanum | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 10% |
| SynchronetIRCd | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| UnrealIRCd | 0% | 4% | 18% | 38% | 57% | 66% | 71% | 76% |