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A cipher suite specifies one algorithm for each of the following tasks: Key exchangeBulk encryptionMessage authenticationSo you may see something like: PSK-AES-SHA256 Key exchange algorithmsKey exchange algorithms protect information required to create shared keys. These algorithms are asymmetric (public key algorithms) and perform well for relatively small amounts of data.
SSL is the predecessor to TLS SSL 1.0 was never released to publicSSLv2 in 1995, deprecated in 2011 (link)SSL v3 in 1996, deprecated in 2015 (link)TLS 1.1 in 1999TLS 1.2 in 2008TLS 1.3 currently in draft (link)Referenceshttps://www.globalsign.com/en/blog/ssl-vs-tls-difference/