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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2006-07-30 00:37:56 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2006-07-30 00:37:56 (GMT) |
| commit | ad416d056fdd1aa3754bb5e924d0218112e0e362 (patch) | |
| tree | ef0b986e0e3271d51805d29f3818b0f52af21528 /Doc | |
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[Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/liburllib.tex | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex index 0a84c1a..75ee310 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex @@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ off completely. Its default value is \code{None}, in which case environmental proxy settings will be used if present, as discussed in the definition of \function{urlopen()}, above. -Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, are used for -authentication with the \file{https:} scheme. The keywords -\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported; both are needed to -actually retrieve a resource at an \file{https:} URL. +Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, may be used for +authentication of the client when using the \file{https:} scheme. The keywords +\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported to provide an +SSL key and certificate; both are needed to support client authentication. \class{URLopener} objects will raise an \exception{IOError} exception if the server returns an error code. |