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+The :mod:`ssl` module sets more secure cipher suites defaults. Ciphers
+without forward secrecy and with SHA-1 MAC are disabled by default. Security
+level 2 prohibits weak RSA, DH, and ECC keys with less than 112 bits of
+security. :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` defaults to minimum protocol version TLS
+1.2. Settings are based on Hynek Schlawack's research.