The minimal setup is not the most secure setup of SSL.
3. Using SSL API
3 Using SSL API
To see relevant version information for ssl, call ssl:versions/0 .
To see all supported cipher suites, call ssl:cipher_suites(all). The available cipher suites for a connection depend on your certificate. Specific cipher suites that you want your connection to use can also be specified. Default is to use the strongest available.
3.1 Setting up Connections
This section shows a small example of how to set up client/server connections using the Erlang shell. The returned value of the sslsocket is abbreviated with [...] as it can be fairly large and is opaque.
Minimal Example
Note
To set up client/server connections: