get SSL support to work again

3 files changed, 536 insertions, 570 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 9a120f2..92855c1 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Wrapper module for _ssl, providing some additional facilities
 # implemented in Python.  Written by Bill Janssen.
 
-raise ImportError("ssl.py is temporarily out of order")
-
 """\
 This module provides some more Pythonic support for SSL.
 
@@ -76,9 +74,11 @@ from _ssl import \
      SSL_ERROR_EOF, \
      SSL_ERROR_INVALID_ERROR_CODE
 
-from socket import socket
+from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, error
 from socket import getnameinfo as _getnameinfo
+from socket import error as socket_error
 import base64        # for DER-to-PEM translation
+_can_dup_socket = hasattr(socket, "dup")
 
 class SSLSocket (socket):
 
@@ -86,10 +86,38 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
     the underlying OS socket in an SSL context when necessary, and
     provides read and write methods over that channel."""
 
-    def __init__(self, sock, keyfile=None, certfile=None,
+    def __init__(self, sock=None, keyfile=None, certfile=None,
                  server_side=False, cert_reqs=CERT_NONE,
-                 ssl_version=PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ca_certs=None):
-        socket.__init__(self, _sock=sock._sock)
+                 ssl_version=PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ca_certs=None,
+                 do_handshake_on_connect=True,
+                 family=AF_INET, type=SOCK_STREAM, proto=0, fileno=None,
+                 suppress_ragged_eofs=True):
+
+        self._base = None
+
+        if sock is not None:
+            # copied this code from socket.accept()
+            fd = sock.fileno()
+            nfd = fd
+            if _can_dup_socket:
+                nfd = os.dup(fd)
+            try:
+                wrapper = socket.__init__(self, family=sock.family, type=sock.type, proto=sock.proto, fileno=nfd)
+            except:
+                if nfd != fd:
+                    os.close(nfd)
+            else:
+                if fd != nfd:
+                    sock.close()
+                    sock = None
+
+        elif fileno is not None:
+            socket.__init__(self, fileno=fileno)
+        else:
+            socket.__init__(self, family=family, type=type, proto=proto)
+
+        self._closed = False
+
         if certfile and not keyfile:
             keyfile = certfile
         # see if it's connected
@@ -100,27 +128,52 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
             self._sslobj = None
         else:
             # yes, create the SSL object
-            self._sslobj = _ssl.sslwrap(self._sock, server_side,
-                                        keyfile, certfile,
-                                        cert_reqs, ssl_version, ca_certs)
+            try:
+                self._sslobj = _ssl.sslwrap(self, server_side,
+                                            keyfile, certfile,
+                                            cert_reqs, ssl_version, ca_certs)
+                if do_handshake_on_connect:
+                    self.do_handshake()
+            except socket_error as x:
+                self.close()
+                raise x
+
+        self._base = sock
         self.keyfile = keyfile
         self.certfile = certfile
         self.cert_reqs = cert_reqs
         self.ssl_version = ssl_version
         self.ca_certs = ca_certs
+        self.do_handshake_on_connect = do_handshake_on_connect
+        self.suppress_ragged_eofs = suppress_ragged_eofs
+
+    def _checkClosed(self, msg=None):
+        # raise an exception here if you wish to check for spurious closes
+        pass
 
-    def read(self, len=1024):
+    def read(self, len=1024, buffer=None):
 
         """Read up to LEN bytes and return them.
         Return zero-length string on EOF."""
 
-        return self._sslobj.read(len)
+        self._checkClosed()
+        try:
+            if buffer:
+                return self._sslobj.read(buffer, len)
+            else:
+                return self._sslobj.read(len)
+        except SSLError as x:
+            if x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_EOF and self.suppress_ragged_eofs:
+                return b''
+            else:
+                raise
 
     def write(self, data):
 
         """Write DATA to the underlying SSL channel.  Returns
         number of bytes of DATA actually transmitted."""
 
+        self._checkClosed()
         return self._sslobj.write(data)
 
     def getpeercert(self, binary_form=False):
@@ -130,26 +183,42 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
         Return None if no certificate was provided, {} if a
         certificate was provided, but not validated."""
 
+        self._checkClosed()
         return self._sslobj.peer_certificate(binary_form)
 
     def cipher (self):
 
+        self._checkClosed()
         if not self._sslobj:
             return None
         else:
             return self._sslobj.cipher()
 
     def send (self, data, flags=0):
+
+        self._checkClosed()
         if self._sslobj:
             if flags != 0:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to send() on %s" %
                     self.__class__)
-            return self._sslobj.write(data)
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    v = self._sslobj.write(data)
+                except SSLError as x:
+                    if x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
+                        return 0
+                    elif x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
+                        return 0
+                    else:
+                        raise
+                else:
+                    return v
         else:
             return socket.send(self, data, flags)
 
     def send_to (self, data, addr, flags=0):
+        self._checkClosed()
         if self._sslobj:
             raise ValueError("send_to not allowed on instances of %s" %
                              self.__class__)
@@ -157,39 +226,95 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
             return socket.send_to(self, data, addr, flags)
 
     def sendall (self, data, flags=0):
+        self._checkClosed()
         if self._sslobj:
-            if flags != 0:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to sendall() on %s" %
-                    self.__class__)
-            return self._sslobj.write(data)
+            amount = len(data)
+            count = 0
+            while (count < amount):
+                v = self.send(data[count:])
+                count += v
+            return amount
         else:
             return socket.sendall(self, data, flags)
 
     def recv (self, buflen=1024, flags=0):
+        self._checkClosed()
         if self._sslobj:
             if flags != 0:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to sendall() on %s" %
+                    "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to recv_into() on %s" %
                     self.__class__)
-            return self._sslobj.read(data, buflen)
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    return self.read(buflen)
+                except SSLError as x:
+                    if x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        raise x
         else:
             return socket.recv(self, buflen, flags)
 
+    def recv_into (self, buffer, nbytes=None, flags=0):
+        self._checkClosed()
+        if buffer and (nbytes is None):
+            nbytes = len(buffer)
+        elif nbytes is None:
+            nbytes = 1024
+        if self._sslobj:
+            if flags != 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to recv_into() on %s" %
+                    self.__class__)
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    v = self.read(nbytes, buffer)
+                    sys.stdout.flush()
+                    return v
+                except SSLError as x:
+                    if x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        raise x
+        else:
+            return socket.recv_into(self, buffer, nbytes, flags)
+
     def recv_from (self, addr, buflen=1024, flags=0):
+        self._checkClosed()
         if self._sslobj:
             raise ValueError("recv_from not allowed on instances of %s" %
                              self.__class__)
         else:
             return socket.recv_from(self, addr, buflen, flags)
 
-    def shutdown(self, how):
+    def pending (self):
+        self._checkClosed()
+        if self._sslobj:
+            return self._sslobj.pending()
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+    def shutdown (self, how):
+        self._checkClosed()
         self._sslobj = None
         socket.shutdown(self, how)
 
-    def close(self):
+    def _real_close (self):
         self._sslobj = None
-        socket.close(self)
+        # self._closed = True
+        if self._base:
+            self._base.close()
+        socket._real_close(self)
+
+    def do_handshake (self):
+
+        """Perform a TLS/SSL handshake."""
+
+        try:
+            self._sslobj.do_handshake()
+        except:
+            self._sslobj = None
+            raise
 
     def connect(self, addr):
 
@@ -201,9 +326,11 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
         if self._sslobj:
             raise ValueError("attempt to connect already-connected SSLSocket!")
         socket.connect(self, addr)
-        self._sslobj = _ssl.sslwrap(self._sock, False, self.keyfile, self.certfile,
+        self._sslobj = _ssl.sslwrap(self, False, self.keyfile, self.certfile,
                                     self.cert_reqs, self.ssl_version,
                                     self.ca_certs)
+        if self.do_handshake_on_connect:
+            self.do_handshake()
 
     def accept(self):
 
@@ -212,260 +339,24 @@ class SSLSocket (socket):
         SSL channel, and the address of the remote client."""
 
         newsock, addr = socket.accept(self)
-        return (SSLSocket(newsock, True, self.keyfile, self.certfile,
-                          self.cert_reqs, self.ssl_version,
-                          self.ca_certs), addr)
-
-
-    def makefile(self, mode='r', bufsize=-1):
-
-        """Ouch.  Need to make and return a file-like object that
-        works with the SSL connection."""
-
-        if self._sslobj:
-            return SSLFileStream(self._sslobj, mode, bufsize)
-        else:
-            return socket.makefile(self, mode, bufsize)
-
-
-class SSLFileStream:
-
-    """A class to simulate a file stream on top of a socket.
-    Most of this is just lifted from the socket module, and
-    adjusted to work with an SSL stream instead of a socket."""
-
-
-    default_bufsize = 8192
-    name = "<SSL stream>"
-
-    __slots__ = ["mode", "bufsize", "softspace",
-                 # "closed" is a property, see below
-                 "_sslobj", "_rbufsize", "_wbufsize", "_rbuf", "_wbuf",
-                 "_close", "_fileno"]
-
-    def __init__(self, sslobj, mode='rb', bufsize=-1, close=False):
-        self._sslobj = sslobj
-        self.mode = mode # Not actually used in this version
-        if bufsize < 0:
-            bufsize = self.default_bufsize
-        self.bufsize = bufsize
-        self.softspace = False
-        if bufsize == 0:
-            self._rbufsize = 1
-        elif bufsize == 1:
-            self._rbufsize = self.default_bufsize
-        else:
-            self._rbufsize = bufsize
-        self._wbufsize = bufsize
-        self._rbuf = "" # A string
-        self._wbuf = [] # A list of strings
-        self._close = close
-        self._fileno = -1
-
-    def _getclosed(self):
-        return self._sslobj is None
-    closed = property(_getclosed, doc="True if the file is closed")
-
-    def fileno(self):
-        return self._fileno
-
-    def close(self):
-        try:
-            if self._sslobj:
-                self.flush()
-        finally:
-            if self._close and self._sslobj:
-                self._sslobj.close()
-            self._sslobj = None
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        try:
-            self.close()
-        except:
-            # close() may fail if __init__ didn't complete
-            pass
-
-    def flush(self):
-        if self._wbuf:
-            buffer = "".join(self._wbuf)
-            self._wbuf = []
-            count = 0
-            while (count < len(buffer)):
-                written = self._sslobj.write(buffer)
-                count += written
-                buffer = buffer[written:]
-
-    def write(self, data):
-        data = str(data) # XXX Should really reject non-string non-buffers
-        if not data:
-            return
-        self._wbuf.append(data)
-        if (self._wbufsize == 0 or
-            self._wbufsize == 1 and '\n' in data or
-            self._get_wbuf_len() >= self._wbufsize):
-            self.flush()
-
-    def writelines(self, list):
-        # XXX We could do better here for very long lists
-        # XXX Should really reject non-string non-buffers
-        self._wbuf.extend(filter(None, map(str, list)))
-        if (self._wbufsize <= 1 or
-            self._get_wbuf_len() >= self._wbufsize):
-            self.flush()
-
-    def _get_wbuf_len(self):
-        buf_len = 0
-        for x in self._wbuf:
-            buf_len += len(x)
-        return buf_len
-
-    def read(self, size=-1):
-        data = self._rbuf
-        if size < 0:
-            # Read until EOF
-            buffers = []
-            if data:
-                buffers.append(data)
-            self._rbuf = ""
-            if self._rbufsize <= 1:
-                recv_size = self.default_bufsize
-            else:
-                recv_size = self._rbufsize
-            while True:
-                data = self._sslobj.read(recv_size)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                buffers.append(data)
-            return "".join(buffers)
-        else:
-            # Read until size bytes or EOF seen, whichever comes first
-            buf_len = len(data)
-            if buf_len >= size:
-                self._rbuf = data[size:]
-                return data[:size]
-            buffers = []
-            if data:
-                buffers.append(data)
-            self._rbuf = ""
-            while True:
-                left = size - buf_len
-                recv_size = max(self._rbufsize, left)
-                data = self._sslobj.read(recv_size)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                buffers.append(data)
-                n = len(data)
-                if n >= left:
-                    self._rbuf = data[left:]
-                    buffers[-1] = data[:left]
-                    break
-                buf_len += n
-            return "".join(buffers)
-
-    def readline(self, size=-1):
-        data = self._rbuf
-        if size < 0:
-            # Read until \n or EOF, whichever comes first
-            if self._rbufsize <= 1:
-                # Speed up unbuffered case
-                assert data == ""
-                buffers = []
-                while data != "\n":
-                    data = self._sslobj.read(1)
-                    if not data:
-                        break
-                    buffers.append(data)
-                return "".join(buffers)
-            nl = data.find('\n')
-            if nl >= 0:
-                nl += 1
-                self._rbuf = data[nl:]
-                return data[:nl]
-            buffers = []
-            if data:
-                buffers.append(data)
-            self._rbuf = ""
-            while True:
-                data = self._sslobj.read(self._rbufsize)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                buffers.append(data)
-                nl = data.find('\n')
-                if nl >= 0:
-                    nl += 1
-                    self._rbuf = data[nl:]
-                    buffers[-1] = data[:nl]
-                    break
-            return "".join(buffers)
-        else:
-            # Read until size bytes or \n or EOF seen, whichever comes first
-            nl = data.find('\n', 0, size)
-            if nl >= 0:
-                nl += 1
-                self._rbuf = data[nl:]
-                return data[:nl]
-            buf_len = len(data)
-            if buf_len >= size:
-                self._rbuf = data[size:]
-                return data[:size]
-            buffers = []
-            if data:
-                buffers.append(data)
-            self._rbuf = ""
-            while True:
-                data = self._sslobj.read(self._rbufsize)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                buffers.append(data)
-                left = size - buf_len
-                nl = data.find('\n', 0, left)
-                if nl >= 0:
-                    nl += 1
-                    self._rbuf = data[nl:]
-                    buffers[-1] = data[:nl]
-                    break
-                n = len(data)
-                if n >= left:
-                    self._rbuf = data[left:]
-                    buffers[-1] = data[:left]
-                    break
-                buf_len += n
-            return "".join(buffers)
-
-    def readlines(self, sizehint=0):
-        total = 0
-        list = []
-        while True:
-            line = self.readline()
-            if not line:
-                break
-            list.append(line)
-            total += len(line)
-            if sizehint and total >= sizehint:
-                break
-        return list
-
-    # Iterator protocols
-
-    def __iter__(self):
-        return self
-
-    def next(self):
-        line = self.readline()
-        if not line:
-            raise StopIteration
-        return line
-
-
+        return (SSLSocket(sock=newsock,
+                          keyfile=self.keyfile, certfile=self.certfile,
+                          server_side=True,
+                          cert_reqs=self.cert_reqs, ssl_version=self.ssl_version,
+                          ca_certs=self.ca_certs,
+                          do_handshake_on_connect=self.do_handshake_on_connect),
+                addr)
 
 
 def wrap_socket(sock, keyfile=None, certfile=None,
                 server_side=False, cert_reqs=CERT_NONE,
-                ssl_version=PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ca_certs=None):
+                ssl_version=PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ca_certs=None,
+                do_handshake_on_connect=True):
 
-    return SSLSocket(sock, keyfile=keyfile, certfile=certfile,
+    return SSLSocket(sock=sock, keyfile=keyfile, certfile=certfile,
                      server_side=server_side, cert_reqs=cert_reqs,
-                     ssl_version=ssl_version, ca_certs=ca_certs)
+                     ssl_version=ssl_version, ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                     do_handshake_on_connect=do_handshake_on_connect)
 
 # some utility functions
 
@@ -486,16 +377,10 @@ def DER_cert_to_PEM_cert(der_cert_bytes):
     """Takes a certificate in binary DER format and returns the
     PEM version of it as a string."""
 
-    if hasattr(base64, 'standard_b64encode'):
-        # preferred because older API gets line-length wrong
-        f = base64.standard_b64encode(der_cert_bytes)
-        return (PEM_HEADER + '\n' +
-                textwrap.fill(f, 64) +
-                PEM_FOOTER + '\n')
-    else:
-        return (PEM_HEADER + '\n' +
-                base64.encodestring(der_cert_bytes) +
-                PEM_FOOTER + '\n')
+    f = str(base64.standard_b64encode(der_cert_bytes), 'ASCII', 'strict')
+    return (PEM_HEADER + '\n' +
+            textwrap.fill(f, 64) + '\n' +
+            PEM_FOOTER + '\n')
 
 def PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(pem_cert_string):
 
@@ -509,7 +394,7 @@ def PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(pem_cert_string):
         raise ValueError("Invalid PEM encoding; must end with %s"
                          % PEM_FOOTER)
     d = pem_cert_string.strip()[len(PEM_HEADER):-len(PEM_FOOTER)]
-    return base64.decodestring(d)
+    return base64.decodestring(d.encode('ASCII', 'strict'))
 
 def get_server_certificate (addr, ssl_version=PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ca_certs=None):
 
@@ -541,15 +426,3 @@ def get_protocol_name (protocol_code):
         return "SSLv3"
     else:
         return "<unknown>"
-
-
-# a replacement for the old socket.ssl function
-
-def sslwrap_simple (sock, keyfile=None, certfile=None):
-
-    """A replacement for the old socket.ssl function.  Designed
-    for compability with Python 2.5 and earlier.  Will disappear in
-    Python 3.0."""
-
-    return _ssl.sslwrap(sock._sock, 0, keyfile, certfile, CERT_NONE,
-                        PROTOCOL_SSLv23, None)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 81c9c7a..18df3f4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
 import socket
+import select
 import errno
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -36,27 +37,6 @@ def handle_error(prefix):
 
 class BasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def testSSLconnect(self):
-        import os
-        s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                            cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
-        s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
-        c = s.getpeercert()
-        if c:
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("Peer cert %s shouldn't be here!")
-        s.close()
-
-        # this should fail because we have no verification certs
-        s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                            cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-        try:
-            s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
-        except ssl.SSLError:
-            pass
-        finally:
-            s.close()
-
-
     def testCrucialConstants(self):
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
@@ -97,11 +77,31 @@ class BasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
         if (d1 != d2):
             raise test_support.TestFailed("PEM-to-DER or DER-to-PEM translation failed")
 
+class NetworkedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testFetchServerCert(self):
+
+        pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443))
+        if not pem:
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
 
-class NetworkTests(unittest.TestCase):
+        try:
+            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=CERTFILE)
+        except ssl.SSLError as x:
+            #should fail
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % x)
+        else:
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("Got server certificate %s for svn.python.org!" % pem)
+
+        pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=SVN_PYTHON_ORG_ROOT_CERT)
+        if not pem:
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
+        if test_support.verbose:
+            sys.stdout.write("\nVerified certificate for svn.python.org:443 is\n%s\n" % pem)
 
     def testConnect(self):
-        import os
+
         s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
                             cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
         s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
@@ -131,25 +131,29 @@ class NetworkTests(unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             s.close()
 
-    def testFetchServerCert(self):
-
-        pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443))
-        if not pem:
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
-
-        try:
-            pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=CERTFILE)
-        except ssl.SSLError:
-            #should fail
-            pass
-        else:
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("Got server certificate %s for svn.python.org!" % pem)
-
-        pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=SVN_PYTHON_ORG_ROOT_CERT)
-        if not pem:
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
+    def testNonBlockingHandshake(self):
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET)
+        s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
+        s.setblocking(False)
+        s = ssl.wrap_socket(s,
+                            cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
+                            do_handshake_on_connect=False)
+        count = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                count += 1
+                s.do_handshake()
+                break
+            except ssl.SSLError as err:
+                if err.args[0] == ssl.SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
+                    select.select([s], [], [])
+                elif err.args[0] == ssl.SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
+                    select.select([], [s], [])
+                else:
+                    raise
+        s.close()
         if test_support.verbose:
-            sys.stdout.write("\nVerified certificate for svn.python.org:443 is\n%s\n" % pem)
+            sys.stdout.write("\nNeeded %d calls to do_handshake() to establish session.\n" % count)
 
 
 try:
@@ -168,10 +172,11 @@ else:
             with and without the SSL wrapper around the socket connection, so
             that we can test the STARTTLS functionality."""
 
-            def __init__(self, server, connsock):
+            def __init__(self, server, connsock, addr):
                 self.server = server
                 self.running = False
                 self.sock = connsock
+                self.addr = addr
                 self.sock.setblocking(1)
                 self.sslconn = None
                 threading.Thread.__init__(self)
@@ -186,8 +191,7 @@ else:
                                                    cert_reqs=self.server.certreqs)
                 except:
                     if self.server.chatty:
-                        handle_error("\n server:  bad connection attempt from " +
-                                     str(self.sock.getpeername()) + ":\n")
+                        handle_error("\n server:  bad connection attempt from " + repr(self.addr) + ":\n")
                     if not self.server.expect_bad_connects:
                         # here, we want to stop the server, because this shouldn't
                         # happen in the context of our test case
@@ -195,6 +199,7 @@ else:
                         # normally, we'd just stop here, but for the test
                         # harness, we want to stop the server
                         self.server.stop()
+                    self.close()
                     return False
 
                 else:
@@ -236,19 +241,21 @@ else:
                 while self.running:
                     try:
                         msg = self.read()
+                        amsg = (msg and str(msg, 'ASCII', 'strict')) or ''
                         if not msg:
                             # eof, so quit this handler
                             self.running = False
                             self.close()
-                        elif msg.strip() == 'over':
+                        elif amsg.strip() == 'over':
                             if test_support.verbose and self.server.connectionchatty:
                                 sys.stdout.write(" server: client closed connection\n")
                             self.close()
                             return
-                        elif self.server.starttls_server and msg.strip() == 'STARTTLS':
+                        elif (self.server.starttls_server and
+                              amsg.strip() == 'STARTTLS'):
                             if test_support.verbose and self.server.connectionchatty:
                                 sys.stdout.write(" server: read STARTTLS from client, sending OK...\n")
-                            self.write("OK\n")
+                            self.write("OK\n".encode("ASCII", "strict"))
                             if not self.wrap_conn():
                                 return
                         else:
@@ -257,8 +264,8 @@ else:
                                 ctype = (self.sslconn and "encrypted") or "unencrypted"
                                 sys.stdout.write(" server: read %s (%s), sending back %s (%s)...\n"
                                                  % (repr(msg), ctype, repr(msg.lower()), ctype))
-                            self.write(msg.lower())
-                    except ssl.SSLError:
+                            self.write(amsg.lower().encode('ASCII', 'strict'))
+                    except socket.error:
                         if self.server.chatty:
                             handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
                         self.close()
@@ -311,8 +318,8 @@ else:
                     newconn, connaddr = self.sock.accept()
                     if test_support.verbose and self.chatty:
                         sys.stdout.write(' server:  new connection from '
-                                         + str(connaddr) + '\n')
-                    handler = self.ConnectionHandler(self, newconn)
+                                         + repr(connaddr) + '\n')
+                    handler = self.ConnectionHandler(self, newconn, connaddr)
                     handler.start()
                 except socket.timeout:
                     pass
@@ -321,11 +328,10 @@ else:
                 except:
                     if self.chatty:
                         handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
+            self.sock.close()
 
         def stop (self):
             self.active = False
-            self.sock.close()
-
 
     class AsyncoreHTTPSServer(threading.Thread):
 
@@ -339,6 +345,12 @@ else:
                 self.active = False
                 self.allow_reuse_address = True
 
+            def __str__(self):
+                return ('<%s %s:%s>' %
+                        (self.__class__.__name__,
+                         self.server_name,
+                         self.server_port))
+
             def get_request (self):
                 # override this to wrap socket with SSL
                 sock, addr = self.socket.accept()
@@ -415,8 +427,8 @@ else:
                 # we override this to suppress logging unless "verbose"
 
                 if test_support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write(" server (%s, %d, %s):\n   [%s] %s\n" %
-                                     (self.server.server_name,
+                    sys.stdout.write(" server (%s:%d %s):\n   [%s] %s\n" %
+                                     (self.server.server_address,
                                       self.server.server_port,
                                       self.request.cipher(),
                                       self.log_date_time_string(),
@@ -433,9 +445,7 @@ else:
             self.setDaemon(True)
 
         def __str__(self):
-            return '<%s %s:%d>' % (self.__class__.__name__,
-                                   self.server.server_name,
-                                   self.server.server_port)
+            return "<%s %s>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.server)
 
         def start (self, flag=None):
             self.flag = flag
@@ -456,7 +466,8 @@ else:
     def badCertTest (certfile):
         server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, CERTFILE,
                                     certreqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
-                                    cacerts=CERTFILE, chatty=False)
+                                    cacerts=CERTFILE, chatty=False,
+                                    connectionchatty=False)
         flag = threading.Event()
         server.start(flag)
         # wait for it to start
@@ -470,7 +481,7 @@ else:
                 s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
             except ssl.SSLError as x:
                 if test_support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write("\nSSLError is %s\n" % x[1])
+                    sys.stdout.write("\nSSLError is %s\n" % x)
             else:
                 raise test_support.TestFailed(
                     "Use of invalid cert should have failed!")
@@ -479,15 +490,16 @@ else:
             server.join()
 
     def serverParamsTest (certfile, protocol, certreqs, cacertsfile,
-                          client_certfile, client_protocol=None, indata="FOO\n",
-                          chatty=True, connectionchatty=False):
+                          client_certfile, client_protocol=None,
+                          indata="FOO\n",
+                          chatty=False, connectionchatty=False):
 
         server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, certfile,
                                     certreqs=certreqs,
                                     ssl_version=protocol,
                                     cacerts=cacertsfile,
                                     chatty=chatty,
-                                    connectionchatty=connectionchatty)
+                                    connectionchatty=False)
         flag = threading.Event()
         server.start(flag)
         # wait for it to start
@@ -496,37 +508,37 @@ else:
         if client_protocol is None:
             client_protocol = protocol
         try:
-            try:
-                s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(),
-                                    certfile=client_certfile,
-                                    ca_certs=cacertsfile,
-                                    cert_reqs=certreqs,
-                                    ssl_version=client_protocol)
-                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
-            except ssl.SSLError as x:
-                raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected SSL error:  " + str(x))
-            except Exception as x:
-                raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected exception:  " + str(x))
-            else:
-                if connectionchatty:
-                    if test_support.verbose:
-                        sys.stdout.write(
-                            " client:  sending %s...\n" % (repr(indata)))
-                s.write(indata)
-                outdata = s.read()
-                if connectionchatty:
-                    if test_support.verbose:
-                        sys.stdout.write(" client:  read %s\n" % repr(outdata))
-                if outdata != indata.lower():
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
-                        "bad data <<%s>> (%d) received; expected <<%s>> (%d)\n"
-                        % (outdata[:min(len(outdata),20)], len(outdata),
-                           indata[:min(len(indata),20)].lower(), len(indata)))
-                s.write("over\n")
-                if connectionchatty:
-                    if test_support.verbose:
-                        sys.stdout.write(" client:  closing connection.\n")
-                s.close()
+            s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(),
+                                certfile=client_certfile,
+                                ca_certs=cacertsfile,
+                                cert_reqs=certreqs,
+                                ssl_version=client_protocol)
+            s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+        except ssl.SSLError as x:
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected SSL error:  " + str(x))
+        except Exception as x:
+            raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected exception:  " + str(x))
+        else:
+            if connectionchatty:
+                if test_support.verbose:
+                    sys.stdout.write(
+                        " client:  sending %s...\n" % (repr(indata)))
+            s.write(indata.encode('ASCII', 'strict'))
+            outdata = s.read()
+            if connectionchatty:
+                if test_support.verbose:
+                    sys.stdout.write(" client:  read %s\n" % repr(outdata))
+            outdata = str(outdata, 'ASCII', 'strict')
+            if outdata != indata.lower():
+                raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                    "bad data <<%s>> (%d) received; expected <<%s>> (%d)\n"
+                    % (repr(outdata[:min(len(outdata),20)]), len(outdata),
+                       repr(indata[:min(len(indata),20)].lower()), len(indata)))
+            s.write("over\n".encode("ASCII", "strict"))
+            if connectionchatty:
+                if test_support.verbose:
+                    sys.stdout.write(" client:  closing connection.\n")
+            s.close()
         finally:
             server.stop()
             server.join()
@@ -553,7 +565,8 @@ else:
                               certtype))
         try:
             serverParamsTest(CERTFILE, server_protocol, certsreqs,
-                             CERTFILE, CERTFILE, client_protocol, chatty=False)
+                             CERTFILE, CERTFILE, client_protocol,
+                             chatty=False, connectionchatty=False)
         except test_support.TestFailed:
             if expectedToWork:
                 raise
@@ -565,47 +578,7 @@ else:
                        ssl.get_protocol_name(server_protocol)))
 
 
-    class ConnectedTests(unittest.TestCase):
-
-        def testRudeShutdown(self):
-
-            listener_ready = threading.Event()
-            listener_gone = threading.Event()
-
-            # `listener` runs in a thread.  It opens a socket listening on
-            # PORT, and sits in an accept() until the main thread connects.
-            # Then it rudely closes the socket, and sets Event `listener_gone`
-            # to let the main thread know the socket is gone.
-            def listener():
-                s = socket.socket()
-                if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEADDR'):
-                    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-                if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
-                    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
-                s.bind(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
-                s.listen(5)
-                listener_ready.set()
-                s.accept()
-                s = None # reclaim the socket object, which also closes it
-                listener_gone.set()
-
-            def connector():
-                listener_ready.wait()
-                s = socket.socket()
-                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
-                listener_gone.wait()
-                try:
-                    ssl_sock = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
-                except socket.sslerror:
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
-                          'connecting to closed SSL socket should have failed')
-
-            t = threading.Thread(target=listener)
-            t.start()
-            connector()
-            t.join()
+    class ThreadedTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         def testEcho (self):
 
@@ -656,7 +629,7 @@ else:
                     if test_support.verbose:
                         sys.stdout.write(pprint.pformat(cert) + '\n')
                         sys.stdout.write("Connection cipher is " + str(cipher) + '.\n')
-                    if not cert.has_key('subject'):
+                    if 'subject' not in cert:
                         raise test_support.TestFailed(
                             "No subject field in certificate: %s." %
                             pprint.pformat(cert))
@@ -680,6 +653,46 @@ else:
             badCertTest(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
                                      "badkey.pem"))
 
+        def testRudeShutdown(self):
+
+            listener_ready = threading.Event()
+            listener_gone = threading.Event()
+
+            # `listener` runs in a thread.  It opens a socket listening on
+            # PORT, and sits in an accept() until the main thread connects.
+            # Then it rudely closes the socket, and sets Event `listener_gone`
+            # to let the main thread know the socket is gone.
+            def listener():
+                s = socket.socket()
+                if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEADDR'):
+                    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+                if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
+                    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+                s.bind(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+                s.listen(5)
+                listener_ready.set()
+                s.accept()
+                s = None # reclaim the socket object, which also closes it
+                listener_gone.set()
+
+            def connector():
+                listener_ready.wait()
+                s = socket.socket()
+                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+                listener_gone.wait()
+                try:
+                    ssl_sock = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
+                except IOError:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                          'connecting to closed SSL socket should have failed')
+
+            t = threading.Thread(target=listener)
+            t.start()
+            connector()
+            t.join()
+
         def testProtocolSSL2(self):
             if test_support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")
@@ -759,39 +772,47 @@ else:
                     if test_support.verbose:
                         sys.stdout.write("\n")
                     for indata in msgs:
+                        msg = indata.encode('ASCII', 'replace')
                         if test_support.verbose:
                             sys.stdout.write(
-                                " client:  sending %s...\n" % repr(indata))
+                                " client:  sending %s...\n" % repr(msg))
                         if wrapped:
-                            conn.write(indata)
+                            conn.write(msg)
                             outdata = conn.read()
                         else:
-                            s.send(indata)
+                            s.send(msg)
                             outdata = s.recv(1024)
                         if (indata == "STARTTLS" and
-                            outdata.strip().lower().startswith("ok")):
+                            str(outdata, 'ASCII', 'replace').strip().lower().startswith("ok")):
                             if test_support.verbose:
+                                msg = str(outdata, 'ASCII', 'replace')
                                 sys.stdout.write(
                                     " client:  read %s from server, starting TLS...\n"
-                                    % repr(outdata))
+                                    % repr(msg))
                             conn = ssl.wrap_socket(s, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
 
                             wrapped = True
                         else:
                             if test_support.verbose:
+                                msg = str(outdata, 'ASCII', 'replace')
                                 sys.stdout.write(
-                                    " client:  read %s from server\n" % repr(outdata))
+                                    " client:  read %s from server\n" % repr(msg))
                     if test_support.verbose:
                         sys.stdout.write(" client:  closing connection.\n")
                     if wrapped:
-                        conn.write("over\n")
+                        conn.write("over\n".encode("ASCII", "strict"))
                     else:
                         s.send("over\n")
+                if wrapped:
+                    conn.close()
+                else:
                     s.close()
             finally:
                 server.stop()
                 server.join()
 
+    class AsyncoreTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
         def testAsyncore(self):
 
             server = AsyncoreHTTPSServer(TESTPORT, CERTFILE)
@@ -824,6 +845,8 @@ else:
                 raise test_support.TestFailed(msg)
             else:
                 if not (d1 == d2):
+                    print("d1 is", len(d1), repr(d1))
+                    print("d2 is", len(d2), repr(d2))
                     raise test_support.TestFailed(
                         "Couldn't fetch data from HTTPS server")
             finally:
@@ -863,6 +886,7 @@ def test_main(verbose=False):
     if (not os.path.exists(CERTFILE) or
         not os.path.exists(SVN_PYTHON_ORG_ROOT_CERT)):
         raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't read certificate files!")
+
     TESTPORT = findtestsocket(10025, 12000)
     if not TESTPORT:
         raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't find open port to test servers on!")
@@ -870,12 +894,13 @@ def test_main(verbose=False):
     tests = [BasicTests]
 
     if test_support.is_resource_enabled('network'):
-        tests.append(NetworkTests)
+        tests.append(NetworkedTests)
 
     if _have_threads:
         thread_info = test_support.threading_setup()
         if thread_info and test_support.is_resource_enabled('network'):
-            tests.append(ConnectedTests)
+            tests.append(ThreadedTests)
+            tests.append(AsyncoreTests)
 
     test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
 
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index b680c41..64f4578 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
    SSL support based on patches by Brian E Gallew and Laszlo Kovacs.
    Re-worked a bit by Bill Janssen to add server-side support and
-   certificate decoding.
+   certificate decoding.  Chris Stawarz contributed some non-blocking
+   patches.
 
    This module is imported by ssl.py. It should *not* be used
    directly.
 
    XXX should partial writes be enabled, SSL_MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE?
 
-   XXX what about SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY
+   XXX what about SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY?
 */
 
 #include "Python.h"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
 #include "pythread.h"
 #define PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS { \
-			PyThreadState *_save;  \
+			PyThreadState *_save = NULL;  \
 			if (_ssl_locks_count>0) {_save = PyEval_SaveThread();}
 #define PySSL_BLOCK_THREADS	if (_ssl_locks_count>0){PyEval_RestoreThread(_save)};
 #define PySSL_UNBLOCK_THREADS	if (_ssl_locks_count>0){_save = PyEval_SaveThread()};
@@ -114,8 +115,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	SSL_CTX*	ctx;
 	SSL*		ssl;
 	X509*		peer_cert;
-	char		server[X509_NAME_MAXLEN];
-	char		issuer[X509_NAME_MAXLEN];
 
 } PySSLObject;
 
@@ -265,15 +264,11 @@ newPySSLObject(PySocketSockObject *Sock, char *key_file, char *cert_file,
 	PySSLObject *self;
 	char *errstr = NULL;
 	int ret;
-	int err;
-	int sockstate;
 	int verification_mode;
 
 	self = PyObject_New(PySSLObject, &PySSL_Type); /* Create new object */
 	if (self == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	memset(self->server, '\0', sizeof(char) * X509_NAME_MAXLEN);
-	memset(self->issuer, '\0', sizeof(char) * X509_NAME_MAXLEN);
 	self->peer_cert = NULL;
 	self->ssl = NULL;
 	self->ctx = NULL;
@@ -388,57 +383,6 @@ newPySSLObject(PySocketSockObject *Sock, char *key_file, char *cert_file,
 		SSL_set_accept_state(self->ssl);
 	PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
-	/* Actually negotiate SSL connection */
-	/* XXX If SSL_connect() returns 0, it's also a failure. */
-	sockstate = 0;
-	do {
-		PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-		if (socket_type == PY_SSL_CLIENT)
-			ret = SSL_connect(self->ssl);
-		else
-			ret = SSL_accept(self->ssl);
-		err = SSL_get_error(self->ssl, ret);
-		PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-		if(PyErr_CheckSignals()) {
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		if (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ) {
-			sockstate = check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(Sock, 0);
-		} else if (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
-			sockstate = check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(Sock, 1);
-		} else {
-			sockstate = SOCKET_OPERATION_OK;
-		}
-		if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
-				ERRSTR("The connect operation timed out"));
-			goto fail;
-		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_BEEN_CLOSED) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
-				ERRSTR("Underlying socket has been closed."));
-			goto fail;
-		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_TOO_LARGE_FOR_SELECT) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
-			  ERRSTR("Underlying socket too large for select()."));
-			goto fail;
-		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_IS_NONBLOCKING) {
-			break;
-		}
-	} while (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ || err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE);
-	if (ret < 1) {
-		PySSL_SetError(self, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-		goto fail;
-	}
-	self->ssl->debug = 1;
-
-	PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-	if ((self->peer_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(self->ssl))) {
-		X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_subject_name(self->peer_cert),
-				  self->server, X509_NAME_MAXLEN);
-		X509_NAME_oneline(X509_get_issuer_name(self->peer_cert),
-				  self->issuer, X509_NAME_MAXLEN);
-	}
-	PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 	self->Socket = Sock;
 	Py_INCREF(self->Socket);
 	return self;
@@ -488,16 +432,58 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(ssl_doc,
 
 /* SSL object methods */
 
-static PyObject *
-PySSL_server(PySSLObject *self)
+static PyObject *PySSL_SSLdo_handshake(PySSLObject *self)
 {
-	return PyUnicode_FromString(self->server);
-}
+	int ret;
+	int err;
+	int sockstate;
 
-static PyObject *
-PySSL_issuer(PySSLObject *self)
-{
-	return PyUnicode_FromString(self->issuer);
+	/* Actually negotiate SSL connection */
+	/* XXX If SSL_do_handshake() returns 0, it's also a failure. */
+	sockstate = 0;
+	do {
+		PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+		ret = SSL_do_handshake(self->ssl);
+		err = SSL_get_error(self->ssl, ret);
+		PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+		if(PyErr_CheckSignals()) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		if (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ) {
+			sockstate = check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(self->Socket, 0);
+		} else if (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE) {
+			sockstate = check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(self->Socket, 1);
+		} else {
+			sockstate = SOCKET_OPERATION_OK;
+		}
+		if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+				ERRSTR("The handshake operation timed out"));
+			return NULL;
+		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_BEEN_CLOSED) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+				ERRSTR("Underlying socket has been closed."));
+			return NULL;
+		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_TOO_LARGE_FOR_SELECT) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+			  ERRSTR("Underlying socket too large for select()."));
+			return NULL;
+		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_IS_NONBLOCKING) {
+			break;
+		}
+	} while (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ || err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE);
+	if (ret < 1)
+		return PySSL_SetError(self, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+	self->ssl->debug = 1;
+
+	if (self->peer_cert)
+		X509_free (self->peer_cert);
+        PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+	self->peer_cert = SSL_get_peer_certificate(self->ssl);
+	PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -515,7 +501,7 @@ _create_tuple_for_attribute (ASN1_OBJECT *name, ASN1_STRING *value) {
 		_setSSLError(NULL, 0, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		goto fail;
 	}
-	name_obj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(namebuf, buflen);
+	name_obj = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(namebuf, buflen);
 	if (name_obj == NULL)
 		goto fail;
 	
@@ -681,21 +667,24 @@ _get_peer_alt_names (X509 *certificate) {
 		/* now decode the altName */
 		ext = X509_get_ext(certificate, i);
 		if(!(method = X509V3_EXT_get(ext))) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
-					ERRSTR("No method for internalizing subjectAltName!"));
+			PyErr_SetString
+                          (PySSLErrorObject,
+                           ERRSTR("No method for internalizing subjectAltName!"));
 			goto fail;
 		}
 
 		p = ext->value->data;
 		if(method->it)
-			names = (GENERAL_NAMES*) (ASN1_item_d2i(NULL,
-								&p,
-								ext->value->length,
-								ASN1_ITEM_ptr(method->it)));
+			names = (GENERAL_NAMES*)
+                          (ASN1_item_d2i(NULL,
+                                         &p,
+                                         ext->value->length,
+                                         ASN1_ITEM_ptr(method->it)));
 		else
-			names = (GENERAL_NAMES*) (method->d2i(NULL,
-							      &p,
-							      ext->value->length));
+			names = (GENERAL_NAMES*)
+                          (method->d2i(NULL,
+                                       &p,
+                                       ext->value->length));
 
 		for(j = 0; j < sk_GENERAL_NAME_num(names); j++) {
 
@@ -704,14 +693,15 @@ _get_peer_alt_names (X509 *certificate) {
 			name = sk_GENERAL_NAME_value(names, j);
 			if (name->type == GEN_DIRNAME) {
 
-				/* we special-case DirName as a tuple of tuples of attributes */
+				/* we special-case DirName as a tuple of
+                                   tuples of attributes */
 
 				t = PyTuple_New(2);
 				if (t == NULL) {
 					goto fail;
 				}
 
-				v = PyString_FromString("DirName");
+				v = PyUnicode_FromString("DirName");
 				if (v == NULL) {
 					Py_DECREF(t);
 					goto fail;
@@ -742,13 +732,14 @@ _get_peer_alt_names (X509 *certificate) {
 				t = PyTuple_New(2);
 				if (t == NULL)
 					goto fail;
-				v = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, (vptr - buf));
+				v = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(buf, (vptr - buf));
 				if (v == NULL) {
 					Py_DECREF(t);
 					goto fail;
 				}
 				PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t, 0, v);
-				v = PyString_FromStringAndSize((vptr + 1), (len - (vptr - buf + 1)));
+				v = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize((vptr + 1),
+                                                                (len - (vptr - buf + 1)));
 				if (v == NULL) {
 					Py_DECREF(t);
 					goto fail;
@@ -849,7 +840,7 @@ _decode_certificate (X509 *certificate, int verbose) {
 			_setSSLError(NULL, 0, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 			goto fail1;
 		}
-		sn_obj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
+		sn_obj = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
 		if (sn_obj == NULL)
 			goto fail1;
 		if (PyDict_SetItemString(retval, "serialNumber", sn_obj) < 0) {
@@ -866,7 +857,7 @@ _decode_certificate (X509 *certificate, int verbose) {
 			_setSSLError(NULL, 0, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 			goto fail1;
 		}
-		pnotBefore = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
+		pnotBefore = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
 		if (pnotBefore == NULL)
 			goto fail1;
 		if (PyDict_SetItemString(retval, "notBefore", pnotBefore) < 0) {
@@ -884,7 +875,7 @@ _decode_certificate (X509 *certificate, int verbose) {
 		_setSSLError(NULL, 0, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 		goto fail1;
 	}
-	pnotAfter = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
+	pnotAfter = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
 	if (pnotAfter == NULL)
 		goto fail1;
 	if (PyDict_SetItemString(retval, "notAfter", pnotAfter) < 0) {
@@ -928,22 +919,26 @@ PySSL_test_decode_certificate (PyObject *mod, PyObject *args) {
 	BIO *cert;
 	int verbose = 1;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|i:test_decode_certificate", &filename, &verbose))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s|i:test_decode_certificate",
+                              &filename, &verbose))
 		return NULL;
 
 	if ((cert=BIO_new(BIO_s_file())) == NULL) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject, "Can't malloc memory to read file");
+		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+                                "Can't malloc memory to read file");
 		goto fail0;
 	}
 
 	if (BIO_read_filename(cert,filename) <= 0) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject, "Can't open file");
+		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+                                "Can't open file");
 		goto fail0;
 	}
 
 	x = PEM_read_bio_X509_AUX(cert,NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	if (x == NULL) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject, "Error decoding PEM-encoded file");
+		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
+                                "Error decoding PEM-encoded file");
 		goto fail0;
 	}
 
@@ -981,7 +976,9 @@ PySSL_peercert(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
 			PySSL_SetError(self, len, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		retval = PyString_FromStringAndSize((const char *) bytes_buf, len);
+                /* this is actually an immutable bytes sequence */
+		retval = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
+                  ((const char *) bytes_buf, len);
 		OPENSSL_free(bytes_buf);
 		return retval;
 
@@ -1028,7 +1025,7 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_cipher (PySSLObject *self) {
 	if (cipher_name == NULL) {
 		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(retval, 0, Py_None);
 	} else {
-		v = PyString_FromString(cipher_name);
+		v = PyUnicode_FromString(cipher_name);
 		if (v == NULL)
 			goto fail0;
 		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(retval, 0, v);
@@ -1037,7 +1034,7 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_cipher (PySSLObject *self) {
 	if (cipher_protocol == NULL) {
 		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(retval, 1, Py_None);
 	} else {
-		v = PyString_FromString(cipher_protocol);
+		v = PyUnicode_FromString(cipher_protocol);
 		if (v == NULL)
 			goto fail0;
 		PyTuple_SET_ITEM(retval, 1, v);
@@ -1127,7 +1124,9 @@ check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(PySocketSockObject *s, int writing)
 		rc = select(s->sock_fd+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
 	PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 
+#ifdef HAVE_POLL
 normal_return:
+#endif
 	/* Return SOCKET_TIMED_OUT on timeout, SOCKET_OPERATION_OK otherwise
 	   (when we are able to write or when there's something to read) */
 	return rc == 0 ? SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT : SOCKET_OPERATION_OK;
@@ -1140,10 +1139,16 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_SSLwrite(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	int count;
 	int sockstate;
 	int err;
+        int nonblocking;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#:write", &data, &count))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "y#:write", &data, &count))
 		return NULL;
 
+        /* just in case the blocking state of the socket has been changed */
+	nonblocking = (self->Socket->sock_timeout >= 0.0);
+        BIO_set_nbio(SSL_get_rbio(self->ssl), nonblocking);
+        BIO_set_nbio(SSL_get_wbio(self->ssl), nonblocking);
+
 	sockstate = check_socket_and_wait_for_timeout(self->Socket, 1);
 	if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
@@ -1200,19 +1205,58 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(PySSL_SSLwrite_doc,
 Writes the string s into the SSL object.  Returns the number\n\
 of bytes written.");
 
-static PyObject *PySSL_SSLread(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
+static PyObject *PySSL_SSLpending(PySSLObject *self)
 {
-	PyObject *buf;
 	int count = 0;
+
+	PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+	count = SSL_pending(self->ssl);
+	PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+	if (count < 0)
+		return PySSL_SetError(self, count, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+	else
+		return PyInt_FromLong(count);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(PySSL_SSLpending_doc,
+"pending() -> count\n\
+\n\
+Returns the number of already decrypted bytes available for read,\n\
+pending on the connection.\n");
+
+static PyObject *PySSL_SSLread(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	PyObject *buf = NULL;
+	int buf_passed = 0;
+	int count = -1;
 	int len = 1024;
 	int sockstate;
 	int err;
+        int nonblocking;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i:read", &len))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|Oi:read", &buf, &count))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (!(buf = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *) 0, len)))
-		return NULL;
+        if ((buf == NULL) || (buf == Py_None)) {
+		if (!(buf = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *) 0, len)))
+			return NULL;
+        } else if (PyInt_Check(buf)) {
+		len = PyInt_AS_LONG(buf);
+		if (!(buf = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *) 0, len)))
+			return NULL;
+	} else {
+		if (!PyBytes_Check(buf))
+			return NULL;
+		len = PyBytes_Size(buf);
+		if ((count > 0) && (count <= len))
+			len = count;
+		buf_passed = 1;
+	}
+
+        /* just in case the blocking state of the socket has been changed */
+	nonblocking = (self->Socket->sock_timeout >= 0.0);
+        BIO_set_nbio(SSL_get_rbio(self->ssl), nonblocking);
+        BIO_set_nbio(SSL_get_wbio(self->ssl), nonblocking);
 
 	/* first check if there are bytes ready to be read */
 	PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
@@ -1224,27 +1268,38 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_SSLread(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
 		if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
 					"The read operation timed out");
-			Py_DECREF(buf);
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				Py_DECREF(buf);
+			}
 			return NULL;
 		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_TOO_LARGE_FOR_SELECT) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
 				"Underlying socket too large for select().");
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				Py_DECREF(buf);
+			}
 			Py_DECREF(buf);
 			return NULL;
 		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_BEEN_CLOSED) {
 			/* should contain a zero-length string */
-			_PyString_Resize(&buf, 0);
-			return buf;
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				PyBytes_Resize(buf, 0);
+				return buf;
+			} else {
+				return PyInt_FromLong(0);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	do {
 		err = 0;
 		PySSL_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-		count = SSL_read(self->ssl, PyBytes_AS_STRING(buf), len);
+		count = SSL_read(self->ssl, PyBytes_AsString(buf), len);
 		err = SSL_get_error(self->ssl, count);
 		PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 		if(PyErr_CheckSignals()) {
-			Py_DECREF(buf);
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				Py_DECREF(buf);
+			}
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		if (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ) {
@@ -1257,44 +1312,55 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_SSLread(PySSLObject *self, PyObject *args)
 			   (SSL_get_shutdown(self->ssl) ==
 			    SSL_RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN))
 		{
-			_PyString_Resize(&buf, 0);
-			return buf;
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				PyBytes_Resize(buf, 0);
+				return buf;
+			} else {
+				return PyInt_FromLong(0);
+			}
 		} else {
 			sockstate = SOCKET_OPERATION_OK;
 		}
 		if (sockstate == SOCKET_HAS_TIMED_OUT) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
 					"The read operation timed out");
-			Py_DECREF(buf);
+			if (!buf_passed) {
+				Py_DECREF(buf);
+			}
 			return NULL;
 		} else if (sockstate == SOCKET_IS_NONBLOCKING) {
 			break;
 		}
 	} while (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ || err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE);
 	if (count <= 0) {
-		Py_DECREF(buf);
+		if (!buf_passed) {
+			Py_DECREF(buf);
+		}
 		return PySSL_SetError(self, count, __FILE__, __LINE__);
 	}
-	if (count != len)
-		if (PyBytes_Resize(buf, count) < 0) {
-                        Py_DECREF(buf);
-                        return NULL;
-                }
-	return buf;
+	if (!buf_passed) {
+		if (count != len) {
+			PyBytes_Resize(buf, count);
+		}
+		return buf;
+	} else {
+		return PyInt_FromLong(count);
+	}
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(PySSL_SSLread_doc,
-"read([len]) -> bytes\n\
+"read([len]) -> string\n\
 \n\
 Read up to len bytes from the SSL socket.");
 
 static PyMethodDef PySSLMethods[] = {
+	{"do_handshake", (PyCFunction)PySSL_SSLdo_handshake, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"write", (PyCFunction)PySSL_SSLwrite, METH_VARARGS,
 	 PySSL_SSLwrite_doc},
 	{"read", (PyCFunction)PySSL_SSLread, METH_VARARGS,
 	 PySSL_SSLread_doc},
-	{"server", (PyCFunction)PySSL_server, METH_NOARGS},
-	{"issuer", (PyCFunction)PySSL_issuer, METH_NOARGS},
+	{"pending", (PyCFunction)PySSL_SSLpending, METH_NOARGS,
+	 PySSL_SSLpending_doc},
 	{"peer_certificate", (PyCFunction)PySSL_peercert, METH_VARARGS,
 	 PySSL_peercert_doc},
 	{"cipher", (PyCFunction)PySSL_cipher, METH_NOARGS},
@@ -1350,26 +1416,26 @@ bound on the entropy contained in string.  See RFC 1750.");
 static PyObject *
 PySSL_RAND_status(PyObject *self)
 {
-    return PyBool_FromLong(RAND_status());
+    return PyInt_FromLong(RAND_status());
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(PySSL_RAND_status_doc,
 "RAND_status() -> 0 or 1\n\
 \n\
-Returns True if the OpenSSL PRNG has been seeded with enough data and\n\
-False if not.  It is necessary to seed the PRNG with RAND_add()\n\
-on some platforms before using the ssl() function.");
+Returns 1 if the OpenSSL PRNG has been seeded with enough data and 0 if not.\n\
+It is necessary to seed the PRNG with RAND_add() on some platforms before\n\
+using the ssl() function.");
 
 static PyObject *
 PySSL_RAND_egd(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
 {
     int bytes;
 
-    if (!PyString_Check(arg))
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(arg))
 	return PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 			    "RAND_egd() expected string, found %s",
 			    Py_Type(arg)->tp_name);
-    bytes = RAND_egd(PyString_AS_STRING(arg));
+    bytes = RAND_egd(PyUnicode_AsString(arg));
     if (bytes == -1) {
 	PyErr_SetString(PySSLErrorObject,
 			"EGD connection failed or EGD did not return "
@@ -1418,16 +1484,17 @@ static unsigned long _ssl_thread_id_function (void) {
 	return PyThread_get_thread_ident();
 }
 
-static void _ssl_thread_locking_function (int mode, int n, const char *file, int line) {
+static void _ssl_thread_locking_function
+        (int mode, int n, const char *file, int line) {
 	/* this function is needed to perform locking on shared data
 	   structures. (Note that OpenSSL uses a number of global data
-	   structures that will be implicitly shared whenever multiple threads
-	   use OpenSSL.) Multi-threaded applications will crash at random if
-	   it is not set.
+	   structures that will be implicitly shared whenever multiple
+	   threads use OpenSSL.) Multi-threaded applications will
+	   crash at random if it is not set.
 
-	   locking_function() must be able to handle up to CRYPTO_num_locks()
-	   different mutex locks. It sets the n-th lock if mode & CRYPTO_LOCK, and
-	   releases it otherwise.
+	   locking_function() must be able to handle up to
+	   CRYPTO_num_locks() different mutex locks. It sets the n-th
+	   lock if mode & CRYPTO_LOCK, and releases it otherwise.
 
 	   file and line are the file number of the function setting the
 	   lock. They can be useful for debugging.
@@ -1454,7 +1521,8 @@ static int _setup_ssl_threads(void) {
 			malloc(sizeof(PyThread_type_lock) * _ssl_locks_count);
 		if (_ssl_locks == NULL)
 			return 0;
-		memset(_ssl_locks, 0, sizeof(PyThread_type_lock) * _ssl_locks_count);
+		memset(_ssl_locks, 0,
+                       sizeof(PyThread_type_lock) * _ssl_locks_count);
 		for (i = 0;  i < _ssl_locks_count;  i++) {
 			_ssl_locks[i] = PyThread_allocate_lock();
 			if (_ssl_locks[i] == NULL) {