---
title: tls.client.cipher
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/client-connection/tls-client-cipher
---

**Type:** STRING  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** recv, hash, deliver, log

The cipher suite used to secure the client TLS connection. The value returned will be consistent with the [OpenSSL Name](https://testssl.sh/openssl-iana.mapping.html).

## Examples

`"ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256"`