The quantity of bits in the encryption key used to encrypt data during an SSL transaction is known as encryption strength. The more data there is, the longer it takes for machines to decrypt it. At present, SHA-256 is used mainly in SSL certificates. Earlier, encryption was 128-bit, but now it was a weak algorithm and replaced by 256-bit encryption.

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