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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2015-03-16 17:43:38 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2015-03-16 17:43:38 (GMT)
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versionchanged for rc4 removal (closes #23679)
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@@ -245,14 +245,13 @@ purposes.
:const:`None`, this function can choose to trust the system's default
CA certificates instead.
- The settings in Python 2.7.9 are: :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv23`,
- :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2`, and :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` with high encryption cipher
- suites without RC4 and without unauthenticated cipher suites. Passing
- :data:`~Purpose.SERVER_AUTH` as *purpose* sets
- :data:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` to :data:`CERT_REQUIRED` and either loads CA
- certificates (when at least one of *cafile*, *capath* or *cadata* is given)
- or uses :meth:`SSLContext.load_default_certs` to load default CA
- certificates.
+ The settings are: :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv23`, :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2`, and
+ :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` with high encryption cipher suites without RC4 and
+ without unauthenticated cipher suites. Passing :data:`~Purpose.SERVER_AUTH`
+ as *purpose* sets :data:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` to :data:`CERT_REQUIRED`
+ and either loads CA certificates (when at least one of *cafile*, *capath* or
+ *cadata* is given) or uses :meth:`SSLContext.load_default_certs` to load
+ default CA certificates.
.. note::
The protocol, options, cipher and other settings may change to more
@@ -277,6 +276,10 @@ purposes.
.. versionadded:: 2.7.9
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.7.10
+
+ RC4 was dropped from the default cipher string.
+
Random generation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^