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diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst index 6599f88..3015664 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst @@ -680,8 +680,7 @@ Constants .. data:: HAS_SNI Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the *Server Name - Indication* extension (as defined in :rfc:`4366`). When true, you can - use the *server_hostname* argument to :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`. + Indication* extension (as defined in :rfc:`4366`). .. versionadded:: 3.2 @@ -1259,11 +1258,12 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients. On client connections, the optional parameter *server_hostname* specifies the hostname of the service which we are connecting to. This allows a single server to host multiple SSL-based services with distinct certificates, - quite similarly to HTTP virtual hosts. Specifying *server_hostname* - will raise a :exc:`ValueError` if the OpenSSL library doesn't have support - for it (that is, if :data:`HAS_SNI` is :const:`False`). Specifying - *server_hostname* will also raise a :exc:`ValueError` if *server_side* - is true. + quite similarly to HTTP virtual hosts. Specifying *server_hostname* will + raise a :exc:`ValueError` if *server_side* is true. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Always allow a server_hostname to be passed, even if OpenSSL does not + have SNI. .. method:: SSLContext.wrap_bio(incoming, outgoing, server_side=False, \ server_hostname=None) |