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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-03-09 23:58:17 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2014-03-09 23:58:17 (GMT) |
| commit | f20cfb2081cb95560028996333948b2d7604e637 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a40ed6b9083071e6b09e883be60945e48e57970 | |
| parent | e7fa1204e2dd52ed9705a9fcbd545ba970c23bf7 (diff) | |
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whatsnew: ssl.create_default_context (#19689).
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index b0ba659..d079b3c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -1327,6 +1327,13 @@ server, and certificates for a server to use in verifying client certificates (``purpose=``:data:`~ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH`). (Contributed by Christian 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`.) + stat ---- |