From ad416d056fdd1aa3754bb5e924d0218112e0e362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:37:56 +0000 Subject: [Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication --- Doc/lib/liburllib.tex | 8 ++++---- 1 file 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. -- cgit v0.12