Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add Youngmaidainon/Agent-Level-Up --skill configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communicationsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Youngmaidainon/Agent-Level-UpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/youngmaidainon/agent-level-up/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/youngmaidainon/agent-level-up/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/youngmaidainon/agent-level-up/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/youngmaidainon/agent-level-up/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/youngmaidainon/agent-level-up/configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00084 | $0.01115 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00042 | $0.00558 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00017 | $0.00223 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00112 |
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 7d ago.
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.
This is a copy
89% identical to configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications — 14 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 113 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
What ships with it
6 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.
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.
- 7d ago First seen · 113 lines · 84 tokens per session scan A d953d35da739
configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications is a skill published in the GitHub repository Youngmaidainon/Agent-Level-Up (3 stars, last pushed 17d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 84 tokens to every session and 1,115 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 89% identical to configuring-tls-1-3-for-secure-communications, differing in 14 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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