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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-09-19 21:30:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-09-19 21:30:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 004c00b7f4e0005cdedf373dc0a183ee98f92c87 (patch) | |
| tree | 940c4e1753a8e7d1c684870eb293736c2fc79d9b /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | a5c85b3f5fc12256680a93dda9d32138d47605de (diff) | |
| parent | cbfaa7b9d3174d6304ec3b5ab165b5c3514c5d34 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index a622496..bb26c76 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -2548,22 +2548,31 @@ with the first of those changes appearing in the Python 2.7.7 release. :pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.7: * :func:`hmac.compare_digest` was backported from Python 3 to make a timing - attack resistant comparison operation broadly available to Python 2 - applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21306`) - -* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1g for the prebuilt Windows installers published - on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21462`) + attack resistant comparison operation available to Python 2 applications. + (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue:`21306`.) +* OpenSSL 1.0.1g was upgraded in the official Windows installers published on + python.org. (Contributed by Zachary Ware; :issue:`21462`.) :pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.8: * :func:`hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac` was backported from Python 3 to make a hashing algorithm suitable for secure password storage broadly available to Python - 2 applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21304`) + 2 applications. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue:`21304`.) + +* OpenSSL 1.0.1h was upgraded for the official Windows installers published on + python.org. (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21671` for CVE-2014-0224) + +:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.9: + +* Most of Python 3.4's :mod:`ssl` module was backported. This means :mod:`ssl` + now supports Server Name Indication, TLS1.x settings, access to the platform + certificate store, the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` class, and other + features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid; :issue:`21308`.) -* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1h for the prebuilt Windows installers published - on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21671` for - CVE-2014-0224) +* :func:`os.urandom` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom`` + instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom`` on every call. (Contributed by Alex + Gaynor; :issue:`21305`.) .. ====================================================================== |