configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications

configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications is a skill for Claude Code from 26zl/cybersec-toolkit. It costs 59 tokens per session (1,089 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications, MIT.

A guide to configuring TLS 1.3, the protocol that encrypts connections between applications and servers. It covers server and Python application settings, configuration checks, and tests for common mistakes.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure TLS 1.3 on nginx and Apache, enable it in Python applications, validate the setup, and test for misconfigurations.
Why use it?
It helps protect data in transit and avoid insecure or incompatible encryption settings. TLS 1.3 also reduces connection setup delays compared with older versions.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/.

Part of the cybersec-toolkit plugin — 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to configure TLS 1.3 on nginx and Apache, enable it in Python applications, validate the setup, and test for misconfigurations.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/26zl/cybersec-toolkit/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add 26zl/cybersec-toolkit --skill configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/26zl/cybersec-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install cybersec-toolkit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 197 skills, 2 hooks, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 59 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,089 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 94% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00059 $0.01089
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.00544
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00218
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00109

Measured 8d ago against content hash f98d7ad59b93, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/agent.py, scripts/process.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

94% identical to configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications — 13 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/skills/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications/SKILL.md · 112 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 112 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Configuring TLS 1.3 for Secure Communications

Overview

TLS 1.3 (RFC 8446) is the latest version of the Transport Layer Security protocol, providing significant improvements over TLS 1.2 in both security and performance. It reduces handshake latency to 1-RTT (and 0-RTT for resumed sessions), removes obsolete cipher suites, and mandates perfect forward secrecy. This skill covers configuring TLS 1.3 on servers, validating configurations, and testing for common misconfigurations.

When to Use

  • When deploying or configuring configuring tls 1 3 for secure communications capabilities in your environment
  • When establishing security controls aligned to compliance requirements
  • When building or improving security architecture for this domain
  • When conducting security assessments that require this implementation

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with cryptography concepts and tools
  • Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
  • Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
  • Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Objectives

  • Configure TLS 1.3 on nginx and Apache web servers
  • Implement TLS 1.3 in Python applications using the ssl module
  • Validate TLS configurations with openssl and testssl.sh
  • Understand TLS 1.3 cipher suites and key exchange mechanisms
  • Configure 0-RTT early data with appropriate protections
  • Disable legacy TLS versions (1.0, 1.1) and weak cipher suites

Key Concepts

TLS 1.3 Cipher Suites

Cipher Suite Key Exchange Authentication Encryption Hash
TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 ECDHE/DHE Certificate AES-256-GCM SHA-384
TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 ECDHE/DHE Certificate AES-128-GCM SHA-256
TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 ECDHE/DHE Certificate ChaCha20-Poly1305 SHA-256

TLS 1.3 vs 1.2 Improvements

  • 1-RTT Handshake: Full handshake completes in one round trip (vs 2 in TLS 1.2)
  • 0-RTT Resumption: Resumed connections can send data immediately
  • No RSA Key Exchange: Only ephemeral Diffie-Hellman (mandatory PFS)
  • Simplified Cipher Suites: Removed CBC, RC4, 3DES, static RSA, SHA-1
  • Encrypted Handshake: Server certificate is encrypted after ServerHello

Read the full file on GitHub · 112 lines

Files

What ships with it

7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 112 lines · 59 tokens per session scan A f98d7ad59b93

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configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications is a skill published in the GitHub repository 26zl/cybersec-toolkit (54 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 59 tokens to every session and 1,089 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 94% identical to configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications, differing in 13 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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