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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-03-10 01:00:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-03-10 01:00:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 9561ce2f0f8df2104eeafeffaedaf8a09bab2848 (patch) | |
| tree | 33afbde18759c96afec360dab262bccd19142940 | |
| parent | b5ac4d7eaab34ee4cd8697c9bdea8e24838374b4 (diff) | |
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whatsnew: oops, create_default_context doesn't return what the stdlib uses.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 11 |
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 33461eb..45fc654 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -1336,11 +1336,12 @@ server, and certificates for a server to use in verifying client certificates Heimes in :issue:`19292`.) New function :func:`~ssl.create_default_context` provides a standard way to -obtain an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` based on the settings Python uses by -default. These settings are more stringent than the defaults provided by the -:class:`~ssl.SSLContext` constructor, and may be adjusted (without notice) in -the future to maintain a balance between compatibility and security. -(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`19689`.) +obtain an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` whose settings are intended to be a +reasonable balance between compatibility and security. These settings are +more stringent than the defaults provided by the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` +constructor, and may be adjusted in the future, without prior deprecation, if +best-practice security requirements change. (Contributed by Christian Heimes +in :issue:`19689`.) stat |