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diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst index 5d6bc82..92cf3de 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst @@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ This module provides a class, :class:`ssl.SSLSocket`, which is derived from the :class:`socket.socket` type, and provides a socket-like wrapper that also encrypts and decrypts the data going over the socket with SSL. It supports additional methods such as :meth:`getpeercert`, which retrieves the -certificate of the other side of the connection, and :meth:`cipher`, which -retrieves the cipher being used for the secure connection. +certificate of the other side of the connection, :meth:`cipher`, which +retrieves the cipher being used for the secure connection or +:meth:`get_verified_chain`, :meth:`get_unverified_chain` which retrieves +certificate chain. For more sophisticated applications, the :class:`ssl.SSLContext` class helps manage settings and certificates, which can then be inherited @@ -1210,6 +1212,22 @@ SSL sockets also have the following additional methods and attributes: .. versionchanged:: 3.9 IPv6 address strings no longer have a trailing new line. +.. method:: SSLSocket.get_verified_chain() + + Returns verified certificate chain provided by the other + end of the SSL channel as a list of DER-encoded bytes. + If certificate verification was disabled method acts the same as + :meth:`~SSLSocket.get_unverified_chain`. + + .. versionadded:: 3.13 + +.. method:: SSLSocket.get_unverified_chain() + + Returns raw certificate chain provided by the other + end of the SSL channel as a list of DER-encoded bytes. + + .. versionadded:: 3.13 + .. method:: SSLSocket.cipher() Returns a three-value tuple containing the name of the cipher being used, the @@ -1656,8 +1674,9 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients. Due to the early negotiation phase of the TLS connection, only limited methods and attributes are usable like :meth:`SSLSocket.selected_alpn_protocol` and :attr:`SSLSocket.context`. - The :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`, - :meth:`SSLSocket.cipher` and :meth:`SSLSocket.compression` methods require that + The :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`, :meth:`SSLSocket.get_verified_chain`, + :meth:`SSLSocket.get_unverified_chain` :meth:`SSLSocket.cipher` + and :meth:`SSLSocket.compression` methods require that the TLS connection has progressed beyond the TLS Client Hello and therefore will not return meaningful values nor can they be called safely. @@ -2414,6 +2433,8 @@ provided. - :meth:`~SSLSocket.read` - :meth:`~SSLSocket.write` - :meth:`~SSLSocket.getpeercert` + - :meth:`~SSLSocket.get_verified_chain` + - :meth:`~SSLSocket.get_unverified_chain` - :meth:`~SSLSocket.selected_alpn_protocol` - :meth:`~SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol` - :meth:`~SSLSocket.cipher` |