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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-11-03 19:29:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-11-03 19:29:33 (GMT) |
| commit | 4ffb0752710f0c0720d4f2af0c4b7ce1ebb9d2bd (patch) | |
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PEP 476: enable HTTPS certificate verification by default (#22417)
Patch by Alex Gaynor with some modifications by me.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst index 9f6bcd1..35b9355 100644 --- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst +++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst @@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ The module provides the following classes: :func:`ssl.create_default_context` select the system's trusted CA certificates for you. - The recommended way to connect to HTTPS hosts on the Internet is as - follows:: - - context = ssl.create_default_context() - h = client.HTTPSConnection('www.python.org', 443, context=context) - Please read :ref:`ssl-security` for more information on best practices. .. note:: @@ -97,6 +91,12 @@ The module provides the following classes: The *strict* parameter was removed. HTTP 0.9-style "Simple Responses" are no longer supported. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4.3 + This class now performs all the necessary certificate and hostname checks + by default. To revert to the previous, unverified, behavior + :func:`ssl._create_unverified_context` can be passed to the *context* + parameter. + .. class:: HTTPResponse(sock, debuglevel=0, method=None, url=None) |