7.1.13.3. Cryptographic Protection

In the default FIPS mode, the SSH daemon limits the key exchange algorithms to:

  • ecdh-sha2-nistp521
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp384
  • ecdh-sha2-nistp256
  • diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256

In the default FIPS mode, the SSH daemon limits the message authentication code (MAC) algorithms to:

  • hmac-sha2-256
  • hmac-sha1’

In the default FIPS mode, the SSH client limits the key exchange algorithms to:

In the default FIPS mode, the SSH client limits the MAC algorithms to:

  • hmac-sha2-256
  • hmac-sha1’

References: SC-13 : CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTECTION