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:mod:`ssl` --- TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects
=================================================

.. module:: ssl
   :synopsis: TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects

.. moduleauthor:: Bill Janssen <bill.janssen@gmail.com>
.. sectionauthor::  Bill Janssen <bill.janssen@gmail.com>

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/ssl.py`

.. index:: single: OpenSSL; (use in module ssl)

.. index:: TLS, SSL, Transport Layer Security, Secure Sockets Layer

--------------

This module provides access to Transport Layer Security (often known as "Secure
Sockets Layer") encryption and peer authentication facilities for network
sockets, both client-side and server-side.  This module uses the OpenSSL
library. It is available on all modern Unix systems, Windows, Mac OS X, and
probably additional platforms, as long as OpenSSL is installed on that platform.

.. note::

   Some behavior may be platform dependent, since calls are made to the
   operating system socket APIs.  The installed version of OpenSSL may also
   cause variations in behavior. For example, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 come with
   openssl version 1.0.1.

.. warning::
   Don't use this module without reading the :ref:`ssl-security`.  Doing so
   may lead to a false sense of security, as the default settings of the
   ssl module are not necessarily appropriate for your application.


This section documents the objects and functions in the ``ssl`` module; for more
general information about TLS, SSL, and certificates, the reader is referred to
the documents in the "See Also" section at the bottom.

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.

For more sophisticated applications, the :class:`ssl.SSLContext` class
helps manage settings and certificates, which can then be inherited
by SSL sockets created through the :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket` method.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6

   OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 are deprecated and no longer supported.
   In the future the ssl module will require at least OpenSSL 1.0.2 or
   1.1.0.


Functions, Constants, and Exceptions
------------------------------------


Socket creation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Since Python 3.2 and 2.7.9, it is recommended to use the
:meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket` of an :class:`SSLContext` instance to wrap
sockets as :class:`SSLSocket` objects. The helper functions
:func:`create_default_context` returns a new context with secure default
settings. The old :func:`wrap_socket` function is deprecated since it is
both inefficient and has no support for server name indication (SNI) and
hostname matching.

Client socket example with default context and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack::

    import socket
    import ssl

    hostname = 'www.python.org'
    context = ssl.create_default_context()

    with socket.create_connection((hostname, 443)) as sock:
        with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=hostname) as ssock:
            print(ssock.version())


Client socket example with custom context and IPv4::

    hostname = 'www.python.org'
    # PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT requires valid cert chain and hostname
    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
    context.load_verify_locations('path/to/cabundle.pem')

    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0) as sock:
        with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=hostname) as ssock:
            print(ssock.version())


Server socket example listening on localhost IPv4::

    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER)
    context.load_cert_chain('/path/to/certchain.pem', '/path/to/private.key')

    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0) as sock:
        sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', 8443))
        sock.listen(5)
        with context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True) as ssock:
            conn, addr = ssock.accept()
            ...


Context creation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

A convenience function helps create :class:`SSLContext` objects for common
purposes.

.. function:: create_default_context(purpose=Purpose.SERVER_AUTH, cafile=None, capath=None, cadata=None)

   Return a new :class:`SSLContext` object with default settings for
   the given *purpose*.  The settings are chosen by the :mod:`ssl` module,
   and usually represent a higher security level than when calling the
   :class:`SSLContext` constructor directly.

   *cafile*, *capath*, *cadata* represent optional CA certificates to
   trust for certificate verification, as in
   :meth:`SSLContext.load_verify_locations`.  If all three are
   :const:`None`, this function can choose to trust the system's default
   CA certificates instead.

   The settings are: :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`, :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
      restrictive values anytime without prior deprecation.  The values
      represent a fair balance between compatibility and security.

      If your application needs specific settings, you should create a
      :class:`SSLContext` and apply the settings yourself.

   .. note::
      If you find that when certain older clients or servers attempt to connect
      with a :class:`SSLContext` created by this function that they get an error
      stating "Protocol or cipher suite mismatch", it may be that they only
      support SSL3.0 which this function excludes using the
      :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3`. SSL3.0 is widely considered to be `completely broken
      <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POODLE>`_. If you still wish to continue to
      use this function but still allow SSL 3.0 connections you can re-enable
      them using::

         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
         ctx.options &= ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. versionchanged:: 3.4.4

     RC4 was dropped from the default cipher string.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6

     ChaCha20/Poly1305 was added to the default cipher string.

     3DES was dropped from the default cipher string.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7

     TLS 1.3 cipher suites TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,
     and TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 were added to the default cipher string.


Exceptions
^^^^^^^^^^

.. exception:: SSLError

   Raised to signal an error from the underlying SSL implementation
   (currently provided by the OpenSSL library).  This signifies some
   problem in the higher-level encryption and authentication layer that's
   superimposed on the underlying network connection.  This error
   is a subtype of :exc:`OSError`.  The error code and message of
   :exc:`SSLError` instances are provided by the OpenSSL library.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.3
      :exc:`SSLError` used to be a subtype of :exc:`socket.error`.

   .. attribute:: library

      A string mnemonic designating the OpenSSL submodule in which the error
      occurred, such as ``SSL``, ``PEM`` or ``X509``.  The range of possible
      values depends on the OpenSSL version.

      .. versionadded:: 3.3

   .. attribute:: reason

      A string mnemonic designating the reason this error occurred, for
      example ``CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED``.  The range of possible
      values depends on the OpenSSL version.

      .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLZeroReturnError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised when trying to read or write and
   the SSL connection has been closed cleanly.  Note that this doesn't
   mean that the underlying transport (read TCP) has been closed.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLWantReadError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised by a :ref:`non-blocking SSL socket
   <ssl-nonblocking>` when trying to read or write data, but more data needs
   to be received on the underlying TCP transport before the request can be
   fulfilled.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLWantWriteError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised by a :ref:`non-blocking SSL socket
   <ssl-nonblocking>` when trying to read or write data, but more data needs
   to be sent on the underlying TCP transport before the request can be
   fulfilled.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLSyscallError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised when a system error was encountered
   while trying to fulfill an operation on a SSL socket.  Unfortunately,
   there is no easy way to inspect the original errno number.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLEOFError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised when the SSL connection has been
   terminated abruptly.  Generally, you shouldn't try to reuse the underlying
   transport when this error is encountered.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. exception:: SSLCertVerificationError

   A subclass of :exc:`SSLError` raised when certificate validation has
   failed.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

   .. attribute:: verify_code

      A numeric error number that denotes the verification error.

   .. attribute:: verify_message

      A human readable string of the verification error.

.. exception:: CertificateError

   An alias for :exc:`SSLCertVerificationError`.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      The exception is now an alias for :exc:`SSLCertVerificationError`.


Random generation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. function:: RAND_bytes(num)

   Return *num* cryptographically strong pseudo-random bytes. Raises an
   :class:`SSLError` if the PRNG has not been seeded with enough data or if the
   operation is not supported by the current RAND method. :func:`RAND_status`
   can be used to check the status of the PRNG and :func:`RAND_add` can be used
   to seed the PRNG.

   For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.

   Read the Wikipedia article, `Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number
   generator (CSPRNG)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically_secure_pseudorandom_number_generator>`_,
   to get the requirements of a cryptographically generator.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. function:: RAND_pseudo_bytes(num)

   Return (bytes, is_cryptographic): bytes are *num* pseudo-random bytes,
   is_cryptographic is ``True`` if the bytes generated are cryptographically
   strong. Raises an :class:`SSLError` if the operation is not supported by the
   current RAND method.

   Generated pseudo-random byte sequences will be unique if they are of
   sufficient length, but are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used
   for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic
   protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.

   For almost all applications :func:`os.urandom` is preferable.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has deprecated :func:`ssl.RAND_pseudo_bytes`, use
      :func:`ssl.RAND_bytes` instead.

.. function:: RAND_status()

   Return ``True`` if the SSL pseudo-random number generator has been seeded
   with 'enough' randomness, and ``False`` otherwise.  You can use
   :func:`ssl.RAND_egd` and :func:`ssl.RAND_add` to increase the randomness of
   the pseudo-random number generator.

.. function:: RAND_egd(path)

   If you are running an entropy-gathering daemon (EGD) somewhere, and *path*
   is the pathname of a socket connection open to it, this will read 256 bytes
   of randomness from the socket, and add it to the SSL pseudo-random number
   generator to increase the security of generated secret keys.  This is
   typically only necessary on systems without better sources of randomness.

   See http://egd.sourceforge.net/ or http://prngd.sourceforge.net/ for sources
   of entropy-gathering daemons.

   Availability: not available with LibreSSL and OpenSSL > 1.1.0

.. function:: RAND_add(bytes, entropy)

   Mix the given *bytes* into the SSL pseudo-random number generator.  The
   parameter *entropy* (a float) is a lower bound on the entropy contained in
   string (so you can always use :const:`0.0`).  See :rfc:`1750` for more
   information on sources of entropy.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted.

Certificate handling
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. testsetup::

   import ssl

.. function:: match_hostname(cert, hostname)

   Verify that *cert* (in decoded format as returned by
   :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`) matches the given *hostname*.  The rules
   applied are those for checking the identity of HTTPS servers as outlined
   in :rfc:`2818`, :rfc:`5280` and :rfc:`6125`.  In addition to HTTPS, this
   function should be suitable for checking the identity of servers in
   various SSL-based protocols such as FTPS, IMAPS, POPS and others.

   :exc:`CertificateError` is raised on failure. On success, the function
   returns nothing::

      >>> cert = {'subject': ((('commonName', 'example.com'),),)}
      >>> ssl.match_hostname(cert, "example.com")
      >>> ssl.match_hostname(cert, "example.org")
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
        File "/home/py3k/Lib/ssl.py", line 130, in match_hostname
      ssl.CertificateError: hostname 'example.org' doesn't match 'example.com'

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

   .. versionchanged:: 3.3.3
      The function now follows :rfc:`6125`, section 6.4.3 and does neither
      match multiple wildcards (e.g. ``*.*.com`` or ``*a*.example.org``) nor
      a wildcard inside an internationalized domain names (IDN) fragment.
      IDN A-labels such as ``www*.xn--pthon-kva.org`` are still supported,
      but ``x*.python.org`` no longer matches ``xn--tda.python.org``.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      Matching of IP addresses, when present in the subjectAltName field
      of the certificate, is now supported.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      The function is no longer used to TLS connections. Hostname matching
      is now performed by OpenSSL.

      Allow wildcard when it is the leftmost and the only character
      in that segment. Partial wildcards like ``www*.example.com`` are no
      longer supported.

   .. deprecated:: 3.7

.. function:: cert_time_to_seconds(cert_time)

   Return the time in seconds since the Epoch, given the ``cert_time``
   string representing the "notBefore" or "notAfter" date from a
   certificate in ``"%b %d %H:%M:%S %Y %Z"`` strptime format (C
   locale).

   Here's an example:

   .. doctest:: newcontext

      >>> import ssl
      >>> timestamp = ssl.cert_time_to_seconds("Jan  5 09:34:43 2018 GMT")
      >>> timestamp  # doctest: +SKIP
      1515144883
      >>> from datetime import datetime
      >>> print(datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp))  # doctest: +SKIP
      2018-01-05 09:34:43

   "notBefore" or "notAfter" dates must use GMT (:rfc:`5280`).

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      Interpret the input time as a time in UTC as specified by 'GMT'
      timezone in the input string. Local timezone was used
      previously. Return an integer (no fractions of a second in the
      input format)

.. function:: get_server_certificate(addr, ssl_version=PROTOCOL_TLS, ca_certs=None)

   Given the address ``addr`` of an SSL-protected server, as a (*hostname*,
   *port-number*) pair, fetches the server's certificate, and returns it as a
   PEM-encoded string.  If ``ssl_version`` is specified, uses that version of
   the SSL protocol to attempt to connect to the server.  If ``ca_certs`` is
   specified, it should be a file containing a list of root certificates, the
   same format as used for the same parameter in
   :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`.  The call will attempt to validate the
   server certificate against that set of root certificates, and will fail
   if the validation attempt fails.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.3
      This function is now IPv6-compatible.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The default *ssl_version* is changed from :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv3` to
      :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` for maximum compatibility with modern servers.

.. function:: DER_cert_to_PEM_cert(DER_cert_bytes)

   Given a certificate as a DER-encoded blob of bytes, returns a PEM-encoded
   string version of the same certificate.

.. function:: PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(PEM_cert_string)

   Given a certificate as an ASCII PEM string, returns a DER-encoded sequence of
   bytes for that same certificate.

.. function:: get_default_verify_paths()

   Returns a named tuple with paths to OpenSSL's default cafile and capath.
   The paths are the same as used by
   :meth:`SSLContext.set_default_verify_paths`. The return value is a
   :term:`named tuple` ``DefaultVerifyPaths``:

   * :attr:`cafile` - resolved path to cafile or ``None`` if the file doesn't exist,
   * :attr:`capath` - resolved path to capath or ``None`` if the directory doesn't exist,
   * :attr:`openssl_cafile_env` - OpenSSL's environment key that points to a cafile,
   * :attr:`openssl_cafile` - hard coded path to a cafile,
   * :attr:`openssl_capath_env` - OpenSSL's environment key that points to a capath,
   * :attr:`openssl_capath` - hard coded path to a capath directory

   Availability: LibreSSL ignores the environment vars
   :attr:`openssl_cafile_env` and :attr:`openssl_capath_env`

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. function:: enum_certificates(store_name)

   Retrieve certificates from Windows' system cert store. *store_name* may be
   one of ``CA``, ``ROOT`` or ``MY``. Windows may provide additional cert
   stores, too.

   The function returns a list of (cert_bytes, encoding_type, trust) tuples.
   The encoding_type specifies the encoding of cert_bytes. It is either
   :const:`x509_asn` for X.509 ASN.1 data or :const:`pkcs_7_asn` for
   PKCS#7 ASN.1 data. Trust specifies the purpose of the certificate as a set
   of OIDS or exactly ``True`` if the certificate is trustworthy for all
   purposes.

   Example::

      >>> ssl.enum_certificates("CA")
      [(b'data...', 'x509_asn', {'1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1', '1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2'}),
       (b'data...', 'x509_asn', True)]

   Availability: Windows.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. function:: enum_crls(store_name)

   Retrieve CRLs from Windows' system cert store. *store_name* may be
   one of ``CA``, ``ROOT`` or ``MY``. Windows may provide additional cert
   stores, too.

   The function returns a list of (cert_bytes, encoding_type, trust) tuples.
   The encoding_type specifies the encoding of cert_bytes. It is either
   :const:`x509_asn` for X.509 ASN.1 data or :const:`pkcs_7_asn` for
   PKCS#7 ASN.1 data.

   Availability: Windows.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. function:: wrap_socket(sock, keyfile=None, certfile=None, \
       server_side=False, cert_reqs=CERT_NONE, ssl_version=PROTOCOL_TLS, \
       ca_certs=None, do_handshake_on_connect=True, \
       suppress_ragged_eofs=True, ciphers=None)

   Takes an instance ``sock`` of :class:`socket.socket`, and returns an instance
   of :class:`ssl.SSLSocket`, a subtype of :class:`socket.socket`, which wraps
   the underlying socket in an SSL context.  ``sock`` must be a
   :data:`~socket.SOCK_STREAM` socket; other socket types are unsupported.

   Internally, function creates a :class:`SSLContext` with protocol
   *ssl_version* and :attr:`SSLContext.options` set to *cert_reqs*. If
   parameters *keyfile*, *certfile*, *ca_certs* or *ciphers* are set, then
   the values are passed to :meth:`SSLContext.load_cert_chain`,
   :meth:`SSLContext.load_verify_locations`, and
   :meth:`SSLContext.set_ciphers`.

   The arguments *server_side*, *do_handshake_on_connect*, and
   *suppress_ragged_eofs* have the same meaning as
   :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`.

   .. deprecated:: 3.7

      Since Python 3.2 and 2.7.9, it is recommended to use the
      :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket` instead of :func:`wrap_socket`. The
      top-level function is limited and creates an insecure client socket
      without server name indication or hostname matching.

Constants
^^^^^^^^^

   All constants are now :class:`enum.IntEnum` or :class:`enum.IntFlag` collections.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: CERT_NONE

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_mode`, or the ``cert_reqs``
   parameter to :func:`wrap_socket`.  In this mode (the default), no
   certificates will be required from the other side of the socket connection.
   If a certificate is received from the other end, no attempt to validate it
   is made.

   See the discussion of :ref:`ssl-security` below.

.. data:: CERT_OPTIONAL

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_mode`, or the ``cert_reqs``
   parameter to :func:`wrap_socket`.  In this mode no certificates will be
   required from the other side of the socket connection; but if they
   are provided, validation will be attempted and an :class:`SSLError`
   will be raised on failure.

   Use of this setting requires a valid set of CA certificates to
   be passed, either to :meth:`SSLContext.load_verify_locations` or as a
   value of the ``ca_certs`` parameter to :func:`wrap_socket`.

.. data:: CERT_REQUIRED

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_mode`, or the ``cert_reqs``
   parameter to :func:`wrap_socket`.  In this mode, certificates are
   required from the other side of the socket connection; an :class:`SSLError`
   will be raised if no certificate is provided, or if its validation fails.

   Use of this setting requires a valid set of CA certificates to
   be passed, either to :meth:`SSLContext.load_verify_locations` or as a
   value of the ``ca_certs`` parameter to :func:`wrap_socket`.

.. class:: VerifyMode

   :class:`enum.IntEnum` collection of CERT_* constants.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: VERIFY_DEFAULT

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`. In this mode, certificate
   revocation lists (CRLs) are not checked. By default OpenSSL does neither
   require nor verify CRLs.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. data:: VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_LEAF

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`. In this mode, only the
   peer cert is check but non of the intermediate CA certificates. The mode
   requires a valid CRL that is signed by the peer cert's issuer (its direct
   ancestor CA). If no proper has been loaded
   :attr:`SSLContext.load_verify_locations`, validation will fail.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. data:: VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_CHAIN

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`. In this mode, CRLs of
   all certificates in the peer cert chain are checked.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. data:: VERIFY_X509_STRICT

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags` to disable workarounds
   for broken X.509 certificates.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. data:: VERIFY_X509_TRUSTED_FIRST

   Possible value for :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`. It instructs OpenSSL to
   prefer trusted certificates when building the trust chain to validate a
   certificate. This flag is enabled by default.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4.4

.. class:: VerifyFlags

   :class:`enum.IntFlag` collection of VERIFY_* constants.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLS

   Selects the highest protocol version that both the client and server support.
   Despite the name, this option can select both "SSL" and "TLS" protocols.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT

   Auto-negotiate the highest protocol version like :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`,
   but only support client-side :class:`SSLSocket` connections. The protocol
   enables :data:`CERT_REQUIRED` and :attr:`~SSLContext.check_hostname` by
   default.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER

   Auto-negotiate the highest protocol version like :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`,
   but only support server-side :class:`SSLSocket` connections.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: PROTOCOL_SSLv23

   Alias for data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      Use :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` instead.

.. data:: PROTOCOL_SSLv2

   Selects SSL version 2 as the channel encryption protocol.

   This protocol is not available if OpenSSL is compiled with the
   ``OPENSSL_NO_SSL2`` flag.

   .. warning::

      SSL version 2 is insecure.  Its use is highly discouraged.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has removed support for SSLv2.

.. data:: PROTOCOL_SSLv3

   Selects SSL version 3 as the channel encryption protocol.

   This protocol is not be available if OpenSSL is compiled with the
   ``OPENSSL_NO_SSLv3`` flag.

   .. warning::

      SSL version 3 is insecure.  Its use is highly discouraged.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has deprecated all version specific protocols. Use the default
      protocol :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` with flags like :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` instead.

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLSv1

   Selects TLS version 1.0 as the channel encryption protocol.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has deprecated all version specific protocols. Use the default
      protocol :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` with flags like :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` instead.

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1

   Selects TLS version 1.1 as the channel encryption protocol.
   Available only with openssl version 1.0.1+.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has deprecated all version specific protocols. Use the default
      protocol :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` with flags like :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` instead.

.. data:: PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2

   Selects TLS version 1.2 as the channel encryption protocol. This is the
   most modern version, and probably the best choice for maximum protection,
   if both sides can speak it.  Available only with openssl version 1.0.1+.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      OpenSSL has deprecated all version specific protocols. Use the default
      protocol :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` with flags like :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` instead.

.. data:: OP_ALL

   Enables workarounds for various bugs present in other SSL implementations.
   This option is set by default.  It does not necessarily set the same
   flags as OpenSSL's ``SSL_OP_ALL`` constant.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. data:: OP_NO_SSLv2

   Prevents an SSLv2 connection.  This option is only applicable in
   conjunction with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`.  It prevents the peers from
   choosing SSLv2 as the protocol version.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      SSLv2 is deprecated


.. data:: OP_NO_SSLv3

   Prevents an SSLv3 connection.  This option is only applicable in
   conjunction with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`.  It prevents the peers from
   choosing SSLv3 as the protocol version.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

   .. deprecated:: 3.6

      SSLv3 is deprecated

.. data:: OP_NO_TLSv1

   Prevents a TLSv1 connection.  This option is only applicable in
   conjunction with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`.  It prevents the peers from
   choosing TLSv1 as the protocol version.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

   .. deprecated:: 3.7
      The option is deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0, use the new
      :attr:`SSLContext.minimum_version` and
      :attr:`SSLContext.maximum_version` instead.

.. data:: OP_NO_TLSv1_1

   Prevents a TLSv1.1 connection. This option is only applicable in conjunction
   with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`. It prevents the peers from choosing TLSv1.1 as
   the protocol version. Available only with openssl version 1.0.1+.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. deprecated:: 3.7
      The option is deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0.

.. data:: OP_NO_TLSv1_2

   Prevents a TLSv1.2 connection. This option is only applicable in conjunction
   with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`. It prevents the peers from choosing TLSv1.2 as
   the protocol version. Available only with openssl version 1.0.1+.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. deprecated:: 3.7
      The option is deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0.

.. data:: OP_NO_TLSv1_3

   Prevents a TLSv1.3 connection. This option is only applicable in conjunction
   with :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS`. It prevents the peers from choosing TLSv1.3 as
   the protocol version. TLS 1.3 is available with OpenSSL 1.1.1 or later.
   When Python has been compiled against an older version of OpenSSL, the
   flag defaults to *0*.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

   .. deprecated:: 3.7
      The option is deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0. It was added to 2.7.15,
      3.6.3 and 3.7.0 for backwards compatibility with OpenSSL 1.0.2.

.. data:: OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE

   Use the server's cipher ordering preference, rather than the client's.
   This option has no effect on client sockets and SSLv2 server sockets.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: OP_SINGLE_DH_USE

   Prevents re-use of the same DH key for distinct SSL sessions.  This
   improves forward secrecy but requires more computational resources.
   This option only applies to server sockets.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE

   Prevents re-use of the same ECDH key for distinct SSL sessions.  This
   improves forward secrecy but requires more computational resources.
   This option only applies to server sockets.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: OP_ENABLE_MIDDLEBOX_COMPAT

   Send dummy Change Cipher Spec (CCS) messages in TLS 1.3 handshake to make
   a TLS 1.3 connection look more like a TLS 1.2 connection.

   This option is only available with OpenSSL 1.1.1 and later.

   .. versionadded:: 3.8

.. data:: OP_NO_COMPRESSION

   Disable compression on the SSL channel.  This is useful if the application
   protocol supports its own compression scheme.

   This option is only available with OpenSSL 1.0.0 and later.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. class:: Options

   :class:`enum.IntFlag` collection of OP_* constants.

.. data:: OP_NO_TICKET

   Prevent client side from requesting a session ticket.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: HAS_ALPN

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the *Application-Layer
   Protocol Negotiation* TLS extension as described in :rfc:`7301`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.5

.. data:: HAS_NEVER_CHECK_COMMON_NAME

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support not checking subject
   common name and :attr:`SSLContext.hostname_checks_common_name` is
   writeable.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_ECDH

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the Elliptic Curve-based
   Diffie-Hellman key exchange.  This should be true unless the feature was
   explicitly disabled by the distributor.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: HAS_SNI

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the *Server Name
   Indication* extension (as defined in :rfc:`6066`).

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. data:: HAS_NPN

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the *Next Protocol
   Negotiation* as described in the `Application Layer Protocol
   Negotiation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-Layer_Protocol_Negotiation>`_.
   When true, you can use the :meth:`SSLContext.set_npn_protocols` method to advertise
   which protocols you want to support.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: HAS_SSLv2

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the SSL 2.0 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_SSLv3

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the SSL 3.0 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_TLSv1

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the TLS 1.0 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_TLSv1_1

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the TLS 1.1 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_TLSv1_2

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the TLS 1.2 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: HAS_TLSv1_3

   Whether the OpenSSL library has built-in support for the TLS 1.3 protocol.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. data:: CHANNEL_BINDING_TYPES

   List of supported TLS channel binding types.  Strings in this list
   can be used as arguments to :meth:`SSLSocket.get_channel_binding`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION

   The version string of the OpenSSL library loaded by the interpreter::

    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION
    'OpenSSL 1.0.2k  26 Jan 2017'

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO

   A tuple of five integers representing version information about the
   OpenSSL library::

    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO
    (1, 0, 2, 11, 15)

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER

   The raw version number of the OpenSSL library, as a single integer::

    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
    268443839
    >>> hex(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
    '0x100020bf'

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. data:: ALERT_DESCRIPTION_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE
          ALERT_DESCRIPTION_INTERNAL_ERROR
          ALERT_DESCRIPTION_*

   Alert Descriptions from :rfc:`5246` and others. The `IANA TLS Alert Registry
   <https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xml#tls-parameters-6>`_
   contains this list and references to the RFCs where their meaning is defined.

   Used as the return value of the callback function in
   :meth:`SSLContext.set_servername_callback`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. class:: AlertDescription

   :class:`enum.IntEnum` collection of ALERT_DESCRIPTION_* constants.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. data:: Purpose.SERVER_AUTH

   Option for :func:`create_default_context` and
   :meth:`SSLContext.load_default_certs`.  This value indicates that the
   context may be used to authenticate Web servers (therefore, it will
   be used to create client-side sockets).

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. data:: Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH

   Option for :func:`create_default_context` and
   :meth:`SSLContext.load_default_certs`.  This value indicates that the
   context may be used to authenticate Web clients (therefore, it will
   be used to create server-side sockets).

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. class:: SSLErrorNumber

   :class:`enum.IntEnum` collection of SSL_ERROR_* constants.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. class:: TLSVersion

   :class:`enum.IntEnum` collection of SSL and TLS versions for
   :attr:`SSLContext.maximum_version` and :attr:`SSLContext.minimum_version`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. attribute:: TLSVersion.MINIMUM_SUPPORTED
.. attribute:: TLSVersion.MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED

   The minimum or maximum supported SSL or TLS version. These are magic
   constants. Their values don't reflect the lowest and highest available
   TLS/SSL versions.

.. attribute:: TLSVersion.SSLv3
.. attribute:: TLSVersion.TLSv1
.. attribute:: TLSVersion.TLSv1_1
.. attribute:: TLSVersion.TLSv1_2
.. attribute:: TLSVersion.TLSv1_3

   SSL 3.0 to TLS 1.3.

SSL Sockets
-----------

.. class:: SSLSocket(socket.socket)

   SSL sockets provide the following methods of :ref:`socket-objects`:

   - :meth:`~socket.socket.accept()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.bind()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.close()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.connect()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.detach()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.fileno()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.getpeername()`, :meth:`~socket.socket.getsockname()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.getsockopt()`, :meth:`~socket.socket.setsockopt()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.gettimeout()`, :meth:`~socket.socket.settimeout()`,
     :meth:`~socket.socket.setblocking()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.listen()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.makefile()`
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.recv()`, :meth:`~socket.socket.recv_into()`
     (but passing a non-zero ``flags`` argument is not allowed)
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.send()`, :meth:`~socket.socket.sendall()` (with
     the same limitation)
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.sendfile()` (but :mod:`os.sendfile` will be used
     for plain-text sockets only, else :meth:`~socket.socket.send()` will be used)
   - :meth:`~socket.socket.shutdown()`

   However, since the SSL (and TLS) protocol has its own framing atop
   of TCP, the SSL sockets abstraction can, in certain respects, diverge from
   the specification of normal, OS-level sockets.  See especially the
   :ref:`notes on non-blocking sockets <ssl-nonblocking>`.

   Instances of :class:`SSLSocket` must be created using the
   :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket` method.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The :meth:`sendfile` method was added.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The :meth:`shutdown` does not reset the socket timeout each time bytes
      are received or sent. The socket timeout is now to maximum total duration
      of the shutdown.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6
      It is deprecated to create a :class:`SSLSocket` instance directly, use
      :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket` to wrap a socket.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      :class:`SSLSocket` instances must to created with
      :meth:`~SSLContext.wrap_socket`. In earlier versions, it was possible
      to create instances directly. This was never documented or officially
      supported.

SSL sockets also have the following additional methods and attributes:

.. method:: SSLSocket.read(len=1024, buffer=None)

   Read up to *len* bytes of data from the SSL socket and return the result as
   a ``bytes`` instance. If *buffer* is specified, then read into the buffer
   instead, and return the number of bytes read.

   Raise :exc:`SSLWantReadError` or :exc:`SSLWantWriteError` if the socket is
   :ref:`non-blocking <ssl-nonblocking>` and the read would block.

   As at any time a re-negotiation is possible, a call to :meth:`read` can also
   cause write operations.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The socket timeout is no more reset each time bytes are received or sent.
      The socket timeout is now to maximum total duration to read up to *len*
      bytes.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6
      Use :meth:`~SSLSocket.recv` instead of :meth:`~SSLSocket.read`.

.. method:: SSLSocket.write(buf)

   Write *buf* to the SSL socket and return the number of bytes written. The
   *buf* argument must be an object supporting the buffer interface.

   Raise :exc:`SSLWantReadError` or :exc:`SSLWantWriteError` if the socket is
   :ref:`non-blocking <ssl-nonblocking>` and the write would block.

   As at any time a re-negotiation is possible, a call to :meth:`write` can
   also cause read operations.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The socket timeout is no more reset each time bytes are received or sent.
      The socket timeout is now to maximum total duration to write *buf*.

   .. deprecated:: 3.6
      Use :meth:`~SSLSocket.send` instead of :meth:`~SSLSocket.write`.

.. note::

   The :meth:`~SSLSocket.read` and :meth:`~SSLSocket.write` methods are the
   low-level methods that read and write unencrypted, application-level data
   and decrypt/encrypt it to encrypted, wire-level data. These methods
   require an active SSL connection, i.e. the handshake was completed and
   :meth:`SSLSocket.unwrap` was not called.

   Normally you should use the socket API methods like
   :meth:`~socket.socket.recv` and :meth:`~socket.socket.send` instead of these
   methods.

.. method:: SSLSocket.do_handshake()

   Perform the SSL setup handshake.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
      The handshake method also performs :func:`match_hostname` when the
      :attr:`~SSLContext.check_hostname` attribute of the socket's
      :attr:`~SSLSocket.context` is true.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      The socket timeout is no more reset each time bytes are received or sent.
      The socket timeout is now to maximum total duration of the handshake.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      Hostname or IP address is matched by OpenSSL during handshake. The
      function :func:`match_hostname` is no longer used. In case OpenSSL
      refuses a hostname or IP address, the handshake is aborted early and
      a TLS alert message is send to the peer.

.. method:: SSLSocket.getpeercert(binary_form=False)

   If there is no certificate for the peer on the other end of the connection,
   return ``None``.  If the SSL handshake hasn't been done yet, raise
   :exc:`ValueError`.

   If the ``binary_form`` parameter is :const:`False`, and a certificate was
   received from the peer, this method returns a :class:`dict` instance.  If the
   certificate was not validated, the dict is empty.  If the certificate was
   validated, it returns a dict with several keys, amongst them ``subject``
   (the principal for which the certificate was issued) and ``issuer``
   (the principal issuing the certificate).  If a certificate contains an
   instance of the *Subject Alternative Name* extension (see :rfc:`3280`),
   there will also be a ``subjectAltName`` key in the dictionary.

   The ``subject`` and ``issuer`` fields are tuples containing the sequence
   of relative distinguished names (RDNs) given in the certificate's data
   structure for the respective fields, and each RDN is a sequence of
   name-value pairs.  Here is a real-world example::

      {'issuer': ((('countryName', 'IL'),),
                  (('organizationName', 'StartCom Ltd.'),),
                  (('organizationalUnitName',
                    'Secure Digital Certificate Signing'),),
                  (('commonName',
                    'StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Server CA'),)),
       'notAfter': 'Nov 22 08:15:19 2013 GMT',
       'notBefore': 'Nov 21 03:09:52 2011 GMT',
       'serialNumber': '95F0',
       'subject': ((('description', '571208-SLe257oHY9fVQ07Z'),),
                   (('countryName', 'US'),),
                   (('stateOrProvinceName', 'California'),),
                   (('localityName', 'San Francisco'),),
                   (('organizationName', 'Electronic Frontier Foundation, Inc.'),),
                   (('commonName', '*.eff.org'),),
                   (('emailAddress', 'hostmaster@eff.org'),)),
       'subjectAltName': (('DNS', '*.eff.org'), ('DNS', 'eff.org')),
       'version': 3}

   .. note::

      To validate a certificate for a particular service, you can use the
      :func:`match_hostname` function.

   If the ``binary_form`` parameter is :const:`True`, and a certificate was
   provided, this method returns the DER-encoded form of the entire certificate
   as a sequence of bytes, or :const:`None` if the peer did not provide a
   certificate.  Whether the peer provides a certificate depends on the SSL
   socket's role:

   * for a client SSL socket, the server will always provide a certificate,
     regardless of whether validation was required;

   * for a server SSL socket, the client will only provide a certificate
     when requested by the server; therefore :meth:`getpeercert` will return
     :const:`None` if you used :const:`CERT_NONE` (rather than
     :const:`CERT_OPTIONAL` or :const:`CERT_REQUIRED`).

   .. versionchanged:: 3.2
      The returned dictionary includes additional items such as ``issuer``
      and ``notBefore``.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
      :exc:`ValueError` is raised when the handshake isn't done.
      The returned dictionary includes additional X509v3 extension items
        such as ``crlDistributionPoints``, ``caIssuers`` and ``OCSP`` URIs.

.. method:: SSLSocket.cipher()

   Returns a three-value tuple containing the name of the cipher being used, the
   version of the SSL protocol that defines its use, and the number of secret
   bits being used.  If no connection has been established, returns ``None``.

.. method:: SSLSocket.shared_ciphers()

   Return the list of ciphers shared by the client during the handshake.  Each
   entry of the returned list is a three-value tuple containing the name of the
   cipher, the version of the SSL protocol that defines its use, and the number
   of secret bits the cipher uses.  :meth:`~SSLSocket.shared_ciphers` returns
   ``None`` if no connection has been established or the socket is a client
   socket.

   .. versionadded:: 3.5

.. method:: SSLSocket.compression()

   Return the compression algorithm being used as a string, or ``None``
   if the connection isn't compressed.

   If the higher-level protocol supports its own compression mechanism,
   you can use :data:`OP_NO_COMPRESSION` to disable SSL-level compression.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. method:: SSLSocket.get_channel_binding(cb_type="tls-unique")

   Get channel binding data for current connection, as a bytes object.  Returns
   ``None`` if not connected or the handshake has not been completed.

   The *cb_type* parameter allow selection of the desired channel binding
   type. Valid channel binding types are listed in the
   :data:`CHANNEL_BINDING_TYPES` list.  Currently only the 'tls-unique' channel
   binding, defined by :rfc:`5929`, is supported.  :exc:`ValueError` will be
   raised if an unsupported channel binding type is requested.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. method:: SSLSocket.selected_alpn_protocol()

   Return the protocol that was selected during the TLS handshake.  If
   :meth:`SSLContext.set_alpn_protocols` was not called, if the other party does
   not support ALPN, if this socket does not support any of the client's
   proposed protocols, or if the handshake has not happened yet, ``None`` is
   returned.

   .. versionadded:: 3.5

.. method:: SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol()

   Return the higher-level protocol that was selected during the TLS/SSL
   handshake. If :meth:`SSLContext.set_npn_protocols` was not called, or
   if the other party does not support NPN, or if the handshake has not yet
   happened, this will return ``None``.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. method:: SSLSocket.unwrap()

   Performs the SSL shutdown handshake, which removes the TLS layer from the
   underlying socket, and returns the underlying socket object.  This can be
   used to go from encrypted operation over a connection to unencrypted.  The
   returned socket should always be used for further communication with the
   other side of the connection, rather than the original socket.

.. method:: SSLSocket.version()

   Return the actual SSL protocol version negotiated by the connection
   as a string, or ``None`` is no secure connection is established.
   As of this writing, possible return values include ``"SSLv2"``,
   ``"SSLv3"``, ``"TLSv1"``, ``"TLSv1.1"`` and ``"TLSv1.2"``.
   Recent OpenSSL versions may define more return values.

   .. versionadded:: 3.5

.. method:: SSLSocket.pending()

   Returns the number of already decrypted bytes available for read, pending on
   the connection.

.. attribute:: SSLSocket.context

   The :class:`SSLContext` object this SSL socket is tied to.  If the SSL
   socket was created using the deprecated :func:`wrap_socket` function
   (rather than :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`), this is a custom context
   object created for this SSL socket.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. attribute:: SSLSocket.server_side

   A boolean which is ``True`` for server-side sockets and ``False`` for
   client-side sockets.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

.. attribute:: SSLSocket.server_hostname

   Hostname of the server: :class:`str` type, or ``None`` for server-side
   socket or if the hostname was not specified in the constructor.

   .. versionadded:: 3.2

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      The attribute is now always ASCII text. When ``server_hostname`` is
      an internationalized domain name (IDN), this attribute now stores the
      A-label form (``"xn--pythn-mua.org"``), rather than the U-label form
      (``"pythön.org"``).

.. attribute:: SSLSocket.session

   The :class:`SSLSession` for this SSL connection. The session is available
   for client and server side sockets after the TLS handshake has been
   performed. For client sockets the session can be set before
   :meth:`~SSLSocket.do_handshake` has been called to reuse a session.

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. attribute:: SSLSocket.session_reused

   .. versionadded:: 3.6


SSL Contexts
------------

.. versionadded:: 3.2

An SSL context holds various data longer-lived than single SSL connections,
such as SSL configuration options, certificate(s) and private key(s).
It also manages a cache of SSL sessions for server-side sockets, in order
to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.

.. class:: SSLContext(protocol=PROTOCOL_TLS)

   Create a new SSL context.  You may pass *protocol* which must be one
   of the ``PROTOCOL_*`` constants defined in this module.  The parameter
   specifies which version of the SSL protocol to use.  Typically, the
   server chooses a particular protocol version, and the client must adapt
   to the server's choice.  Most of the versions are not interoperable
   with the other versions.  If not specified, the default is
   :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`; it provides the most compatibility with other
   versions.

   Here's a table showing which versions in a client (down the side) can connect
   to which versions in a server (along the top):

     .. table::

       ========================  ============  ============  =============  =========  ===========  ===========
        *client* / **server**    **SSLv2**     **SSLv3**     **TLS** [3]_   **TLSv1**  **TLSv1.1**  **TLSv1.2**
       ------------------------  ------------  ------------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -----------
        *SSLv2*                    yes           no            no [1]_        no         no         no
        *SSLv3*                    no            yes           no [2]_        no         no         no
        *TLS* (*SSLv23*) [3]_      no [1]_       no [2]_       yes            yes        yes        yes
        *TLSv1*                    no            no            yes            yes        no         no
        *TLSv1.1*                  no            no            yes            no         yes        no
        *TLSv1.2*                  no            no            yes            no         no         yes
       ========================  ============  ============  =============  =========  ===========  ===========

   .. rubric:: Footnotes
   .. [1] :class:`SSLContext` disables SSLv2 with :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2` by default.
   .. [2] :class:`SSLContext` disables SSLv3 with :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` by default.
   .. [3] TLS 1.3 protocol will be available with :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS` in
      OpenSSL >= 1.1.1. There is no dedicated PROTOCOL constant for just
      TLS 1.3.

   .. seealso::
      :func:`create_default_context` lets the :mod:`ssl` module choose
      security settings for a given purpose.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6

      The context is created with secure default values. The options
      :data:`OP_NO_COMPRESSION`, :data:`OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE`,
      :data:`OP_SINGLE_DH_USE`, :data:`OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE`,
      :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2` (except for :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv2`),
      and :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` (except for :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv3`) are
      set by default. The initial cipher suite list contains only ``HIGH``
      ciphers, no ``NULL`` ciphers and no ``MD5`` ciphers (except for
      :data:`PROTOCOL_SSLv2`).


:class:`SSLContext` objects have the following methods and attributes:

.. method:: SSLContext.cert_store_stats()

   Get statistics about quantities of loaded X.509 certificates, count of
   X.509 certificates flagged as CA certificates and certificate revocation
   lists as dictionary.

   Example for a context with one CA cert and one other cert::

      >>> context.cert_store_stats()
      {'crl': 0, 'x509_ca': 1, 'x509': 2}

   .. versionadded:: 3.4


.. method:: SSLContext.load_cert_chain(certfile, keyfile=None, password=None)

   Load a private key and the corresponding certificate.  The *certfile*
   string must be the path to a single file in PEM format containing the
   certificate as well as any number of CA certificates needed to establish
   the certificate's authenticity.  The *keyfile* string, if present, must
   point to a file containing the private key in.  Otherwise the private
   key will be taken from *certfile* as well.  See the discussion of
   :ref:`ssl-certificates` for more information on how the certificate
   is stored in the *certfile*.

   The *password* argument may be a function to call to get the password for
   decrypting the private key.  It will only be called if the private key is
   encrypted and a password is necessary.  It will be called with no arguments,
   and it should return a string, bytes, or bytearray.  If the return value is
   a string it will be encoded as UTF-8 before using it to decrypt the key.
   Alternatively a string, bytes, or bytearray value may be supplied directly
   as the *password* argument.  It will be ignored if the private key is not
   encrypted and no password is needed.

   If the *password* argument is not specified and a password is required,
   OpenSSL's built-in password prompting mechanism will be used to
   interactively prompt the user for a password.

   An :class:`SSLError` is raised if the private key doesn't
   match with the certificate.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.3
      New optional argument *password*.

.. method:: SSLContext.load_default_certs(purpose=Purpose.SERVER_AUTH)

   Load a set of default "certification authority" (CA) certificates from
   default locations. On Windows it loads CA certs from the ``CA`` and
   ``ROOT`` system stores. On other systems it calls
   :meth:`SSLContext.set_default_verify_paths`. In the future the method may
   load CA certificates from other locations, too.

   The *purpose* flag specifies what kind of CA certificates are loaded. The
   default settings :data:`Purpose.SERVER_AUTH` loads certificates, that are
   flagged and trusted for TLS web server authentication (client side
   sockets). :data:`Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH` loads CA certificates for client
   certificate verification on the server side.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. method:: SSLContext.load_verify_locations(cafile=None, capath=None, cadata=None)

   Load a set of "certification authority" (CA) certificates used to validate
   other peers' certificates when :data:`verify_mode` is other than
   :data:`CERT_NONE`.  At least one of *cafile* or *capath* must be specified.

   This method can also load certification revocation lists (CRLs) in PEM or
   DER format. In order to make use of CRLs, :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`
   must be configured properly.

   The *cafile* string, if present, is the path to a file of concatenated
   CA certificates in PEM format. See the discussion of
   :ref:`ssl-certificates` for more information about how to arrange the
   certificates in this file.

   The *capath* string, if present, is
   the path to a directory containing several CA certificates in PEM format,
   following an `OpenSSL specific layout
   <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.html>`_.

   The *cadata* object, if present, is either an ASCII string of one or more
   PEM-encoded certificates or a :term:`bytes-like object` of DER-encoded
   certificates. Like with *capath* extra lines around PEM-encoded
   certificates are ignored but at least one certificate must be present.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
      New optional argument *cadata*

.. method:: SSLContext.get_ca_certs(binary_form=False)

   Get a list of loaded "certification authority" (CA) certificates. If the
   ``binary_form`` parameter is :const:`False` each list
   entry is a dict like the output of :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`. Otherwise
   the method returns a list of DER-encoded certificates. The returned list
   does not contain certificates from *capath* unless a certificate was
   requested and loaded by a SSL connection.

   .. note::
      Certificates in a capath directory aren't loaded unless they have
      been used at least once.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. method:: SSLContext.get_ciphers()

   Get a list of enabled ciphers. The list is in order of cipher priority.
   See :meth:`SSLContext.set_ciphers`.

   Example::

       >>> ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
       >>> ctx.set_ciphers('ECDHE+AESGCM:!ECDSA')
       >>> ctx.get_ciphers()  # OpenSSL 1.0.x
       [{'alg_bits': 256,
         'description': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 TLSv1.2 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  '
                        'Enc=AESGCM(256) Mac=AEAD',
         'id': 50380848,
         'name': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
         'protocol': 'TLSv1/SSLv3',
         'strength_bits': 256},
        {'alg_bits': 128,
         'description': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 TLSv1.2 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  '
                        'Enc=AESGCM(128) Mac=AEAD',
         'id': 50380847,
         'name': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256',
         'protocol': 'TLSv1/SSLv3',
         'strength_bits': 128}]

   On OpenSSL 1.1 and newer the cipher dict contains additional fields::

       >>> ctx.get_ciphers()  # OpenSSL 1.1+
       [{'aead': True,
         'alg_bits': 256,
         'auth': 'auth-rsa',
         'description': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 TLSv1.2 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  '
                        'Enc=AESGCM(256) Mac=AEAD',
         'digest': None,
         'id': 50380848,
         'kea': 'kx-ecdhe',
         'name': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
         'protocol': 'TLSv1.2',
         'strength_bits': 256,
         'symmetric': 'aes-256-gcm'},
        {'aead': True,
         'alg_bits': 128,
         'auth': 'auth-rsa',
         'description': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 TLSv1.2 Kx=ECDH     Au=RSA  '
                        'Enc=AESGCM(128) Mac=AEAD',
         'digest': None,
         'id': 50380847,
         'kea': 'kx-ecdhe',
         'name': 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256',
         'protocol': 'TLSv1.2',
         'strength_bits': 128,
         'symmetric': 'aes-128-gcm'}]

   Availability: OpenSSL 1.0.2+

   .. versionadded:: 3.6

.. method:: SSLContext.set_default_verify_paths()

   Load a set of default "certification authority" (CA) certificates from
   a filesystem path defined when building the OpenSSL library.  Unfortunately,
   there's no easy way to know whether this method succeeds: no error is
   returned if no certificates are to be found.  When the OpenSSL library is
   provided as part of the operating system, though, it is likely to be
   configured properly.

.. method:: SSLContext.set_ciphers(ciphers)

   Set the available ciphers for sockets created with this context.
   It should be a string in the `OpenSSL cipher list format
   <https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Manual:Ciphers(1)#CIPHER_LIST_FORMAT>`_.
   If no cipher can be selected (because compile-time options or other
   configuration forbids use of all the specified ciphers), an
   :class:`SSLError` will be raised.

   .. note::
      when connected, the :meth:`SSLSocket.cipher` method of SSL sockets will
      give the currently selected cipher.

.. method:: SSLContext.set_alpn_protocols(protocols)

   Specify which protocols the socket should advertise during the SSL/TLS
   handshake. It should be a list of ASCII strings, like ``['http/1.1',
   'spdy/2']``, ordered by preference. The selection of a protocol will happen
   during the handshake, and will play out according to :rfc:`7301`. After a
   successful handshake, the :meth:`SSLSocket.selected_alpn_protocol` method will
   return the agreed-upon protocol.

   This method will raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` if :data:`HAS_ALPN` is
   False.

   OpenSSL 1.1.0 to 1.1.0e will abort the handshake and raise :exc:`SSLError`
   when both sides support ALPN but cannot agree on a protocol. 1.1.0f+
   behaves like 1.0.2, :meth:`SSLSocket.selected_alpn_protocol` returns None.

   .. versionadded:: 3.5

.. method:: SSLContext.set_npn_protocols(protocols)

   Specify which protocols the socket should advertise during the SSL/TLS
   handshake. It should be a list of strings, like ``['http/1.1', 'spdy/2']``,
   ordered by preference. The selection of a protocol will happen during the
   handshake, and will play out according to the `Application Layer Protocol Negotiation
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-Layer_Protocol_Negotiation>`_. After a
   successful handshake, the :meth:`SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol` method will
   return the agreed-upon protocol.

   This method will raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` if :data:`HAS_NPN` is
   False.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. attribute:: SSLContext.sni_callback

   Register a callback function that will be called after the TLS Client Hello
   handshake message has been received by the SSL/TLS server when the TLS client
   specifies a server name indication. The server name indication mechanism
   is specified in :rfc:`6066` section 3 - Server Name Indication.

   Only one callback can be set per ``SSLContext``.  If *sni_callback*
   is set to ``None`` then the callback is disabled. Calling this function a
   subsequent time will disable the previously registered callback.

   The callback function will be called with three
   arguments; the first being the :class:`ssl.SSLSocket`, the second is a string
   that represents the server name that the client is intending to communicate
   (or :const:`None` if the TLS Client Hello does not contain a server name)
   and the third argument is the original :class:`SSLContext`. The server name
   argument is text. For internationalized domain name, the server
   name is an IDN A-label (``"xn--pythn-mua.org"``).

   A typical use of this callback is to change the :class:`ssl.SSLSocket`'s
   :attr:`SSLSocket.context` attribute to a new object of type
   :class:`SSLContext` representing a certificate chain that matches the server
   name.

   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`.
   :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`, :meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`,
   :meth:`SSLSocket.cipher` and :meth:`SSLSocket.compress` methods require that
   the TLS connection has progressed beyond the TLS Client Hello and therefore
   will not contain return meaningful values nor can they be called safely.

   The *sni_callback* function must return ``None`` to allow the
   TLS negotiation to continue.  If a TLS failure is required, a constant
   :const:`ALERT_DESCRIPTION_* <ALERT_DESCRIPTION_INTERNAL_ERROR>` can be
   returned.  Other return values will result in a TLS fatal error with
   :const:`ALERT_DESCRIPTION_INTERNAL_ERROR`.

   If an exception is raised from the *sni_callback* function the TLS
   connection will terminate with a fatal TLS alert message
   :const:`ALERT_DESCRIPTION_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE`.

   This method will raise :exc:`NotImplementedError` if the OpenSSL library
   had OPENSSL_NO_TLSEXT defined when it was built.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. attribute:: SSLContext.set_servername_callback(server_name_callback)

   This is a legacy API retained for backwards compatibility. When possible,
   you should use :attr:`sni_callback` instead. The given *server_name_callback*
   is similar to *sni_callback*, except that when the server hostname is an
   IDN-encoded internationalized domain name, the *server_name_callback*
   receives a decoded U-label (``"pythön.org"``).

   If there is an decoding error on the server name, the TLS connection will
   terminate with an :const:`ALERT_DESCRIPTION_INTERNAL_ERROR` fatal TLS
   alert message to the client.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

.. method:: SSLContext.load_dh_params(dhfile)

   Load the key generation parameters for Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange.
   Using DH key exchange improves forward secrecy at the expense of
   computational resources (both on the server and on the client).
   The *dhfile* parameter should be the path to a file containing DH
   parameters in PEM format.

   This setting doesn't apply to client sockets.  You can also use the
   :data:`OP_SINGLE_DH_USE` option to further improve security.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

.. method:: SSLContext.set_ecdh_curve(curve_name)

   Set the curve name for Elliptic Curve-based Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key
   exchange.  ECDH is significantly faster than regular DH while arguably
   as secure.  The *curve_name* parameter should be a string describing
   a well-known elliptic curve, for example ``prime256v1`` for a widely
   supported curve.

   This setting doesn't apply to client sockets.  You can also use the
   :data:`OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE` option to further improve security.

   This method is not available if :data:`HAS_ECDH` is ``False``.

   .. versionadded:: 3.3

   .. seealso::
      `SSL/TLS & Perfect Forward Secrecy <https://vincent.bernat.im/en/blog/2011-ssl-perfect-forward-secrecy>`_
         Vincent Bernat.

.. method:: SSLContext.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=False, \
      do_handshake_on_connect=True, suppress_ragged_eofs=True, \
      server_hostname=None, session=None)

   Wrap an existing Python socket *sock* and return an instance of
   :attr:`SSLContext.sslsocket_class` (default :class:`SSLSocket`). The
   returned SSL socket is tied to the context, its settings and certificates.
   *sock* must be a :data:`~socket.SOCK_STREAM` socket; other
   socket types are unsupported.

   The parameter ``server_side`` is a boolean which identifies whether
   server-side or client-side behavior is desired from this socket.

   For client-side sockets, the context construction is lazy; if the
   underlying socket isn't connected yet, the context construction will be
   performed after :meth:`connect` is called on the socket.  For
   server-side sockets, if the socket has no remote peer, it is assumed
   to be a listening socket, and the server-side SSL wrapping is
   automatically performed on client connections accepted via the
   :meth:`accept` method. The method may raise :exc:`SSLError`.

   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 *server_side* is true.

   The parameter ``do_handshake_on_connect`` specifies whether to do the SSL
   handshake automatically after doing a :meth:`socket.connect`, or whether the
   application program will call it explicitly, by invoking the
   :meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake` method.  Calling
   :meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake` explicitly gives the program control over the
   blocking behavior of the socket I/O involved in the handshake.

   The parameter ``suppress_ragged_eofs`` specifies how the
   :meth:`SSLSocket.recv` method should signal unexpected EOF from the other end
   of the connection.  If specified as :const:`True` (the default), it returns a
   normal EOF (an empty bytes object) in response to unexpected EOF errors
   raised from the underlying socket; if :const:`False`, it will raise the
   exceptions back to the caller.

   *session*, see :attr:`~SSLSocket.session`.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
      Always allow a server_hostname to be passed, even if OpenSSL does not
      have SNI.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
      *session* argument was added.

    .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      The method returns on instance of :attr:`SSLContext.sslsocket_class`
      instead of hard-coded :class:`SSLSocket`.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.sslsocket_class

   The return type of :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_sockets`, defaults to
   :class:`SSLSocket`. The attribute can be overridden on instance of class
   in order to return a custom subclass of :class:`SSLSocket`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. method:: SSLContext.wrap_bio(incoming, outgoing, server_side=False, \
                                server_hostname=None, session=None)

   Wrap the BIO objects *incoming* and *outgoing* and return an instance of
   attr:`SSLContext.sslobject_class` (default :class:`SSLObject`). The SSL
   routines will read input data from the incoming BIO and write data to the
   outgoing BIO.

   The *server_side*, *server_hostname* and *session* parameters have the
   same meaning as in :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
      *session* argument was added.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      The method returns on instance of :attr:`SSLContext.sslobject_class`
      instead of hard-coded :class:`SSLObject`.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.sslobject_class

   The return type of :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_bio`, defaults to
   :class:`SSLObject`. The attribute can be overridden on instance of class
   in order to return a custom subclass of :class:`SSLObject`.

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

.. method:: SSLContext.session_stats()

   Get statistics about the SSL sessions created or managed by this context.
   A dictionary is returned which maps the names of each `piece of information <https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/ssl/SSL_CTX_sess_number.html>`_ to their
   numeric values.  For example, here is the total number of hits and misses
   in the session cache since the context was created::

      >>> stats = context.session_stats()
      >>> stats['hits'], stats['misses']
      (0, 0)

.. attribute:: SSLContext.check_hostname

   Whether to match the peer cert's hostname with :func:`match_hostname` in
   :meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake`. The context's
   :attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` must be set to :data:`CERT_OPTIONAL` or
   :data:`CERT_REQUIRED`, and you must pass *server_hostname* to
   :meth:`~SSLContext.wrap_socket` in order to match the hostname.  Enabling
   hostname checking automatically sets :attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` from
   :data:`CERT_NONE` to :data:`CERT_REQUIRED`.  It cannot be set back to
   :data:`CERT_NONE` as long as hostname checking is enabled.

   Example::

      import socket, ssl

      context = ssl.SSLContext()
      context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
      context.check_hostname = True
      context.load_default_certs()

      s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
      ssl_sock = context.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname='www.verisign.com')
      ssl_sock.connect(('www.verisign.com', 443))

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7

      :attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` is now automatically changed
      to :data:`CERT_REQUIRED`  when hostname checking is enabled and
      :attr:`~SSLContext.verify_mode` is :data:`CERT_NONE`. Previously
      the same operation would have failed with a :exc:`ValueError`.

   .. note::

     This features requires OpenSSL 0.9.8f or newer.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.maximum_version

   A :class:`TLSVersion` enum member representing the highest supported
   TLS version. The value defaults to :attr:`TLSVersion.MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED`.
   The attribute is read-only for protocols other than :attr:`PROTOCOL_TLS`,
   :attr:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT`, and :attr:`PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER`.

   The attributes :attr:`~SSLContext.maximum_version`,
   :attr:`~SSLContext.minimum_version` and
   :attr:`SSLContext.options` all affect the supported SSL
   and TLS versions of the context. The implementation does not prevent
   invalid combination. For example a context with
   :attr:`OP_NO_TLSv1_2` in :attr:`~SSLContext.options` and
   :attr:`~SSLContext.maximum_version` set to :attr:`TLSVersion.TLSv1_2`
   will not be able to establish a TLS 1.2 connection.

   .. note::

     This attribute is not available unless the ssl module is compiled
     with OpenSSL 1.1.0g or newer.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.minimum_version

   Like :attr:`SSLContext.maximum_version` except it is the lowest
   supported version or :attr:`TLSVersion.MINIMUM_SUPPORTED`.

   .. note::

     This attribute is not available unless the ssl module is compiled
     with OpenSSL 1.1.0g or newer.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.options

   An integer representing the set of SSL options enabled on this context.
   The default value is :data:`OP_ALL`, but you can specify other options
   such as :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2` by ORing them together.

   .. note::
      With versions of OpenSSL older than 0.9.8m, it is only possible
      to set options, not to clear them.  Attempting to clear an option
      (by resetting the corresponding bits) will raise a ``ValueError``.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
      :attr:`SSLContext.options` returns :class:`Options` flags:

         >>> ssl.create_default_context().options  # doctest: +SKIP
         <Options.OP_ALL|OP_NO_SSLv3|OP_NO_SSLv2|OP_NO_COMPRESSION: 2197947391>

.. attribute:: SSLContext.protocol

   The protocol version chosen when constructing the context.  This attribute
   is read-only.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.hostname_checks_common_name

   Whether :attr:`~SSLContext.check_hostname` falls back to verify the cert's
   subject common name in the absence of a subject alternative name
   extension (default: true).

   .. versionadded:: 3.7

   .. note::
      Only writeable with OpenSSL 1.1.0 or higher.

.. attribute:: SSLContext.verify_flags

   The flags for certificate verification operations. You can set flags like
   :data:`VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_LEAF` by ORing them together. By default OpenSSL
   does neither require nor verify certificate revocation lists (CRLs).
   Available only with openssl version 0.9.8+.

   .. versionadded:: 3.4

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
      :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags` returns :class:`VerifyFlags` flags:

         >>> ssl.create_default_context().verify_flags  # doctest: +SKIP
         <VerifyFlags.VERIFY_X509_TRUSTED_FIRST: 32768>

.. attribute:: SSLContext.verify_mode

   Whether to try to verify other peers' certificates and how to behave
   if verification fails.  This attribute must be one of
   :data:`CERT_NONE`, :data:`CERT_OPTIONAL` or :data:`CERT_REQUIRED`.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.6
      :attr:`SSLContext.verify_mode` returns :class:`VerifyMode` enum:

         >>> ssl.create_default_context().verify_mode
         <VerifyMode.CERT_REQUIRED: 2>

.. index:: single: certificates

.. index:: single: X509 certificate

.. _ssl-certificates:

Certificates
------------

Certificates in general are part of a public-key / private-key system.  In this
system, each *principal*, (which may be a machine, or a person, or an
organization) is assigned a unique two-part encryption key.  One part of the key
is public, and is called the *public key*; the other part is kept secret, and is
called the *private key*.  The two parts are related, in that if you encrypt a
message with one of the parts, you can decrypt it with the other part, and
**only** with the other part.

A certificate contains information about two principals.  It contains the name
of a *subject*, and the subject's public key.  It also contains a statement by a
second principal, the *issuer*, that the subject is who he claims to be, and
that this is indeed the subject's public key.  The issuer's statement is signed
with the issuer's private key, which only the issuer knows.  However, anyone can
verify the issuer's statement by finding the issuer's public key, decrypting the
statement with it, and comparing it to the other information in the certificate.
The certificate also contains information about the time period over which it is
valid.  This is expressed as two fields, called "notBefore" and "notAfter".

In the Python use of certificates, a client or server can use a certificate to
prove who they are.  The other side of a network connection can also be required
to produce a certificate, and that certificate can be validated to the
satisfaction of the client or server that requires such validation.  The
connection attempt can be set to raise an exception if the validation fails.
Validation is done automatically, by the underlying OpenSSL framework; the
application need not concern itself with its mechanics.  But the application
does usually need to provide sets of certificates to allow this process to take
place.

Python uses files to contain certificates.  They should be formatted as "PEM"
(see :rfc:`1422`), which is a base-64 encoded form wrapped with a header line
and a footer line::

      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Certificate chains
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Python files which contain certificates can contain a sequence of
certificates, sometimes called a *certificate chain*.  This chain should start
with the specific certificate for the principal who "is" the client or server,
and then the certificate for the issuer of that certificate, and then the
certificate for the issuer of *that* certificate, and so on up the chain till
you get to a certificate which is *self-signed*, that is, a certificate which
has the same subject and issuer, sometimes called a *root certificate*.  The
certificates should just be concatenated together in the certificate file.  For
example, suppose we had a three certificate chain, from our server certificate
to the certificate of the certification authority that signed our server
certificate, to the root certificate of the agency which issued the
certification authority's certificate::

      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      ... (certificate for your server)...
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      ... (the certificate for the CA)...
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
      ... (the root certificate for the CA's issuer)...
      -----END CERTIFICATE-----

CA certificates
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you are going to require validation of the other side of the connection's
certificate, you need to provide a "CA certs" file, filled with the certificate
chains for each issuer you are willing to trust.  Again, this file just contains
these chains concatenated together.  For validation, Python will use the first
chain it finds in the file which matches.  The platform's certificates file can
be used by calling :meth:`SSLContext.load_default_certs`, this is done
automatically with :func:`.create_default_context`.

Combined key and certificate
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Often the private key is stored in the same file as the certificate; in this
case, only the ``certfile`` parameter to :meth:`SSLContext.load_cert_chain`
and :func:`wrap_socket` needs to be passed.  If the private key is stored
with the certificate, it should come before the first certificate in
the certificate chain::

   -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
   ... (private key in base64 encoding) ...
   -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
   -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
   ... (certificate in base64 PEM encoding) ...
   -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Self-signed certificates
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you are going to create a server that provides SSL-encrypted connection
services, you will need to acquire a certificate for that service.  There are
many ways of acquiring appropriate certificates, such as buying one from a
certification authority.  Another common practice is to generate a self-signed
certificate.  The simplest way to do this is with the OpenSSL package, using
something like the following::

  % openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out cert.pem -keyout cert.pem
  Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
  .......++++++
  .............................++++++
  writing new private key to 'cert.pem'
  -----
  You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
  into your certificate request.
  What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
  There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
  For some fields there will be a default value,
  If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
  -----
  Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US
  State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:MyState
  Locality Name (eg, city) []:Some City
  Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:My Organization, Inc.
  Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:My Group
  Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:myserver.mygroup.myorganization.com
  Email Address []:ops@myserver.mygroup.myorganization.com
  %

The disadvantage of a self-signed certificate is that it is its own root
certificate, and no one else will have it in their cache of known (and trusted)
root certificates.


Examples
--------

Testing for SSL support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To test for the presence of SSL support in a Python installation, user code
should use the following idiom::

   try:
       import ssl
   except ImportError:
       pass
   else:
       ...  # do something that requires SSL support

Client-side operation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This example creates a SSL context with the recommended security settings
for client sockets, including automatic certificate verification::

   >>> context = ssl.create_default_context()

If you prefer to tune security settings yourself, you might create
a context from scratch (but beware that you might not get the settings
right)::

   >>> context = ssl.SSLContext()
   >>> context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
   >>> context.check_hostname = True
   >>> context.load_verify_locations("/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt")

(this snippet assumes your operating system places a bundle of all CA
certificates in ``/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt``; if not, you'll get an
error and have to adjust the location)

When you use the context to connect to a server, :const:`CERT_REQUIRED`
validates the server certificate: it ensures that the server certificate
was signed with one of the CA certificates, and checks the signature for
correctness::

   >>> conn = context.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
   ...                            server_hostname="www.python.org")
   >>> conn.connect(("www.python.org", 443))

You may then fetch the certificate::

   >>> cert = conn.getpeercert()

Visual inspection shows that the certificate does identify the desired service
(that is, the HTTPS host ``www.python.org``)::

   >>> pprint.pprint(cert)
   {'OCSP': ('http://ocsp.digicert.com',),
    'caIssuers': ('http://cacerts.digicert.com/DigiCertSHA2ExtendedValidationServerCA.crt',),
    'crlDistributionPoints': ('http://crl3.digicert.com/sha2-ev-server-g1.crl',
                              'http://crl4.digicert.com/sha2-ev-server-g1.crl'),
    'issuer': ((('countryName', 'US'),),
               (('organizationName', 'DigiCert Inc'),),
               (('organizationalUnitName', 'www.digicert.com'),),
               (('commonName', 'DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA'),)),
    'notAfter': 'Sep  9 12:00:00 2016 GMT',
    'notBefore': 'Sep  5 00:00:00 2014 GMT',
    'serialNumber': '01BB6F00122B177F36CAB49CEA8B6B26',
    'subject': ((('businessCategory', 'Private Organization'),),
                (('1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3', 'US'),),
                (('1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2', 'Delaware'),),
                (('serialNumber', '3359300'),),
                (('streetAddress', '16 Allen Rd'),),
                (('postalCode', '03894-4801'),),
                (('countryName', 'US'),),
                (('stateOrProvinceName', 'NH'),),
                (('localityName', 'Wolfeboro,'),),
                (('organizationName', 'Python Software Foundation'),),
                (('commonName', 'www.python.org'),)),
    'subjectAltName': (('DNS', 'www.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'pypi.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'docs.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'testpypi.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'bugs.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'wiki.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'hg.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'mail.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'packaging.python.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'pythonhosted.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'www.pythonhosted.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'test.pythonhosted.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'us.pycon.org'),
                       ('DNS', 'id.python.org')),
    'version': 3}

Now the SSL channel is established and the certificate verified, you can
proceed to talk with the server::

   >>> conn.sendall(b"HEAD / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: linuxfr.org\r\n\r\n")
   >>> pprint.pprint(conn.recv(1024).split(b"\r\n"))
   [b'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
    b'Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:27:20 GMT',
    b'Server: nginx',
    b'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
    b'X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN',
    b'Content-Length: 45679',
    b'Accept-Ranges: bytes',
    b'Via: 1.1 varnish',
    b'Age: 2188',
    b'X-Served-By: cache-lcy1134-LCY',
    b'X-Cache: HIT',
    b'X-Cache-Hits: 11',
    b'Vary: Cookie',
    b'Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains',
    b'Connection: close',
    b'',
    b'']

See the discussion of :ref:`ssl-security` below.


Server-side operation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

For server operation, typically you'll need to have a server certificate, and
private key, each in a file.  You'll first create a context holding the key
and the certificate, so that clients can check your authenticity.  Then
you'll open a socket, bind it to a port, call :meth:`listen` on it, and start
waiting for clients to connect::

   import socket, ssl

   context = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
   context.load_cert_chain(certfile="mycertfile", keyfile="mykeyfile")

   bindsocket = socket.socket()
   bindsocket.bind(('myaddr.mydomain.com', 10023))
   bindsocket.listen(5)

When a client connects, you'll call :meth:`accept` on the socket to get the
new socket from the other end, and use the context's :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_socket`
method to create a server-side SSL socket for the connection::

   while True:
       newsocket, fromaddr = bindsocket.accept()
       connstream = context.wrap_socket(newsocket, server_side=True)
       try:
           deal_with_client(connstream)
       finally:
           connstream.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
           connstream.close()

Then you'll read data from the ``connstream`` and do something with it till you
are finished with the client (or the client is finished with you)::

   def deal_with_client(connstream):
       data = connstream.recv(1024)
       # empty data means the client is finished with us
       while data:
           if not do_something(connstream, data):
               # we'll assume do_something returns False
               # when we're finished with client
               break
           data = connstream.recv(1024)
       # finished with client

And go back to listening for new client connections (of course, a real server
would probably handle each client connection in a separate thread, or put
the sockets in :ref:`non-blocking mode <ssl-nonblocking>` and use an event loop).


.. _ssl-nonblocking:

Notes on non-blocking sockets
-----------------------------

SSL sockets behave slightly different than regular sockets in
non-blocking mode. When working with non-blocking sockets, there are
thus several things you need to be aware of:

- Most :class:`SSLSocket` methods will raise either
  :exc:`SSLWantWriteError` or :exc:`SSLWantReadError` instead of
  :exc:`BlockingIOError` if an I/O operation would
  block. :exc:`SSLWantReadError` will be raised if a read operation on
  the underlying socket is necessary, and :exc:`SSLWantWriteError` for
  a write operation on the underlying socket. Note that attempts to
  *write* to an SSL socket may require *reading* from the underlying
  socket first, and attempts to *read* from the SSL socket may require
  a prior *write* to the underlying socket.

  .. versionchanged:: 3.5

     In earlier Python versions, the :meth:`!SSLSocket.send` method
     returned zero instead of raising :exc:`SSLWantWriteError` or
     :exc:`SSLWantReadError`.

- Calling :func:`~select.select` tells you that the OS-level socket can be
  read from (or written to), but it does not imply that there is sufficient
  data at the upper SSL layer.  For example, only part of an SSL frame might
  have arrived.  Therefore, you must be ready to handle :meth:`SSLSocket.recv`
  and :meth:`SSLSocket.send` failures, and retry after another call to
  :func:`~select.select`.

- Conversely, since the SSL layer has its own framing, a SSL socket may
  still have data available for reading without :func:`~select.select`
  being aware of it.  Therefore, you should first call
  :meth:`SSLSocket.recv` to drain any potentially available data, and then
  only block on a :func:`~select.select` call if still necessary.

  (of course, similar provisions apply when using other primitives such as
  :func:`~select.poll`, or those in the :mod:`selectors` module)

- The SSL handshake itself will be non-blocking: the
  :meth:`SSLSocket.do_handshake` method has to be retried until it returns
  successfully.  Here is a synopsis using :func:`~select.select` to wait for
  the socket's readiness::

    while True:
        try:
            sock.do_handshake()
            break
        except ssl.SSLWantReadError:
            select.select([sock], [], [])
        except ssl.SSLWantWriteError:
            select.select([], [sock], [])

.. seealso::

   The :mod:`asyncio` module supports :ref:`non-blocking SSL sockets
   <ssl-nonblocking>` and provides a
   higher level API. It polls for events using the :mod:`selectors` module and
   handles :exc:`SSLWantWriteError`, :exc:`SSLWantReadError` and
   :exc:`BlockingIOError` exceptions. It runs the SSL handshake asynchronously
   as well.


Memory BIO Support
------------------

.. versionadded:: 3.5

Ever since the SSL module was introduced in Python 2.6, the :class:`SSLSocket`
class has provided two related but distinct areas of functionality:

- SSL protocol handling
- Network IO

The network IO API is identical to that provided by :class:`socket.socket`,
from which :class:`SSLSocket` also inherits. This allows an SSL socket to be
used as a drop-in replacement for a regular socket, making it very easy to add
SSL support to an existing application.

Combining SSL protocol handling and network IO usually works well, but there
are some cases where it doesn't. An example is async IO frameworks that want to
use a different IO multiplexing model than the "select/poll on a file
descriptor" (readiness based) model that is assumed by :class:`socket.socket`
and by the internal OpenSSL socket IO routines. This is mostly relevant for
platforms like Windows where this model is not efficient. For this purpose, a
reduced scope variant of :class:`SSLSocket` called :class:`SSLObject` is
provided.

.. class:: SSLObject

   A reduced-scope variant of :class:`SSLSocket` representing an SSL protocol
   instance that does not contain any network IO methods. This class is
   typically used by framework authors that want to implement asynchronous IO
   for SSL through memory buffers.

   This class implements an interface on top of a low-level SSL object as
   implemented by OpenSSL. This object captures the state of an SSL connection
   but does not provide any network IO itself. IO needs to be performed through
   separate "BIO" objects which are OpenSSL's IO abstraction layer.

   This class has no public constructor.  An :class:`SSLObject` instance
   must be created using the :meth:`~SSLContext.wrap_bio` method. This
   method will create the :class:`SSLObject` instance and bind it to a
   pair of BIOs. The *incoming* BIO is used to pass data from Python to the
   SSL protocol instance, while the *outgoing* BIO is used to pass data the
   other way around.

   The following methods are available:

   - :attr:`~SSLSocket.context`
   - :attr:`~SSLSocket.server_side`
   - :attr:`~SSLSocket.server_hostname`
   - :attr:`~SSLSocket.session`
   - :attr:`~SSLSocket.session_reused`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.read`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.write`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.getpeercert`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.cipher`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.shared_ciphers`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.compression`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.pending`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.do_handshake`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.unwrap`
   - :meth:`~SSLSocket.get_channel_binding`

   When compared to :class:`SSLSocket`, this object lacks the following
   features:

   - Any form of network IO; ``recv()`` and ``send()`` read and write only to
     the underlying :class:`MemoryBIO` buffers.

   - There is no *do_handshake_on_connect* machinery. You must always manually
     call :meth:`~SSLSocket.do_handshake` to start the handshake.

   - There is no handling of *suppress_ragged_eofs*. All end-of-file conditions
     that are in violation of the protocol are reported via the
     :exc:`SSLEOFError` exception.

   - The method :meth:`~SSLSocket.unwrap` call does not return anything,
     unlike for an SSL socket where it returns the underlying socket.

   - The *server_name_callback* callback passed to
     :meth:`SSLContext.set_servername_callback` will get an :class:`SSLObject`
     instance instead of a :class:`SSLSocket` instance as its first parameter.

   Some notes related to the use of :class:`SSLObject`:

   - All IO on an :class:`SSLObject` is :ref:`non-blocking <ssl-nonblocking>`.
     This means that for example :meth:`~SSLSocket.read` will raise an
     :exc:`SSLWantReadError` if it needs more data than the incoming BIO has
     available.

   - There is no module-level ``wrap_bio()`` call like there is for
     :meth:`~SSLContext.wrap_socket`. An :class:`SSLObject` is always created
     via an :class:`SSLContext`.

   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
      :class:`SSLObject` instances must to created with
      :meth:`~SSLContext.wrap_bio`. In earlier versions, it was possible to
      create instances directly. This was never documented or officially
      supported.

An SSLObject communicates with the outside world using memory buffers. The
class :class:`MemoryBIO` provides a memory buffer that can be used for this
purpose.  It wraps an OpenSSL memory BIO (Basic IO) object:

.. class:: MemoryBIO

   A memory buffer that can be used to pass data between Python and an SSL
   protocol instance.

   .. attribute:: MemoryBIO.pending

      Return the number of bytes currently in the memory buffer.

   .. attribute:: MemoryBIO.eof

      A boolean indicating whether the memory BIO is current at the end-of-file
      position.

   .. method:: MemoryBIO.read(n=-1)

      Read up to *n* bytes from the memory buffer. If *n* is not specified or
      negative, all bytes are returned.

   .. method:: MemoryBIO.write(buf)

      Write the bytes from *buf* to the memory BIO. The *buf* argument must be an
      object supporting the buffer protocol.

      The return value is the number of bytes written, which is always equal to
      the length of *buf*.

   .. method:: MemoryBIO.write_eof()

      Write an EOF marker to the memory BIO. After this method has been called, it
      is illegal to call :meth:`~MemoryBIO.write`. The attribute :attr:`eof` will
      become true after all data currently in the buffer has been read.


SSL session
-----------

.. versionadded:: 3.6

.. class:: SSLSession

   Session object used by :attr:`~SSLSocket.session`.

   .. attribute:: id
   .. attribute:: time
   .. attribute:: timeout
   .. attribute:: ticket_lifetime_hint
   .. attribute:: has_ticket


.. _ssl-security:

Security considerations
-----------------------

Best defaults
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

For **client use**, if you don't have any special requirements for your
security policy, it is highly recommended that you use the
:func:`create_default_context` function to create your SSL context.
It will load the system's trusted CA certificates, enable certificate
validation and hostname checking, and try to choose reasonably secure
protocol and cipher settings.

For example, here is how you would use the :class:`smtplib.SMTP` class to
create a trusted, secure connection to a SMTP server::

   >>> import ssl, smtplib
   >>> smtp = smtplib.SMTP("mail.python.org", port=587)
   >>> context = ssl.create_default_context()
   >>> smtp.starttls(context=context)
   (220, b'2.0.0 Ready to start TLS')

If a client certificate is needed for the connection, it can be added with
:meth:`SSLContext.load_cert_chain`.

By contrast, if you create the SSL context by calling the :class:`SSLContext`
constructor yourself, it will not have certificate validation nor hostname
checking enabled by default.  If you do so, please read the paragraphs below
to achieve a good security level.

Manual settings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Verifying certificates
''''''''''''''''''''''

When calling the :class:`SSLContext` constructor directly,
:const:`CERT_NONE` is the default.  Since it does not authenticate the other
peer, it can be insecure, especially in client mode where most of time you
would like to ensure the authenticity of the server you're talking to.
Therefore, when in client mode, it is highly recommended to use
:const:`CERT_REQUIRED`.  However, it is in itself not sufficient; you also
have to check that the server certificate, which can be obtained by calling
:meth:`SSLSocket.getpeercert`, matches the desired service.  For many
protocols and applications, the service can be identified by the hostname;
in this case, the :func:`match_hostname` function can be used.  This common
check is automatically performed when :attr:`SSLContext.check_hostname` is
enabled.

.. versionchanged:: 3.7
   Hostname matchings is now performed by OpenSSL. Python no longer uses
   :func:`match_hostname`.

In server mode, if you want to authenticate your clients using the SSL layer
(rather than using a higher-level authentication mechanism), you'll also have
to specify :const:`CERT_REQUIRED` and similarly check the client certificate.

   .. note::

      In client mode, :const:`CERT_OPTIONAL` and :const:`CERT_REQUIRED` are
      equivalent unless anonymous ciphers are enabled (they are disabled
      by default).

Protocol versions
'''''''''''''''''

SSL versions 2 and 3 are considered insecure and are therefore dangerous to
use.  If you want maximum compatibility between clients and servers, it is
recommended to use :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT` or
:const:`PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER` as the protocol version. SSLv2 and SSLv3 are
disabled by default.

::

   >>> client_context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
   >>> client_context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1
   >>> client_context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_TLSv1_1


The SSL context created above will only allow TLSv1.2 and later (if
supported by your system) connections to a server. :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT`
implies certificate validation and hostname checks by default. You have to
load certificates into the context.


Cipher selection
''''''''''''''''

If you have advanced security requirements, fine-tuning of the ciphers
enabled when negotiating a SSL session is possible through the
:meth:`SSLContext.set_ciphers` method.  Starting from Python 3.2.3, the
ssl module disables certain weak ciphers by default, but you may want
to further restrict the cipher choice. Be sure to read OpenSSL's documentation
about the `cipher list format <https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/ciphers.html#CIPHER-LIST-FORMAT>`_.
If you want to check which ciphers are enabled by a given cipher list, use
:meth:`SSLContext.get_ciphers` or the ``openssl ciphers`` command on your
system.

Multi-processing
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If using this module as part of a multi-processed application (using,
for example the :mod:`multiprocessing` or :mod:`concurrent.futures` modules),
be aware that OpenSSL's internal random number generator does not properly
handle forked processes.  Applications must change the PRNG state of the
parent process if they use any SSL feature with :func:`os.fork`.  Any
successful call of :func:`~ssl.RAND_add`, :func:`~ssl.RAND_bytes` or
:func:`~ssl.RAND_pseudo_bytes` is sufficient.


.. ssl-libressl:

LibreSSL support
----------------

LibreSSL is a fork of OpenSSL 1.0.1. The ssl module has limited support for
LibreSSL. Some features are not available when the ssl module is compiled
with LibreSSL.

* LibreSSL >= 2.6.1 no longer supports NPN. The methods
  :meth:`SSLContext.set_npn_protocols` and
  :meth:`SSLSocket.selected_npn_protocol` are not available.
* :meth:`SSLContext.set_default_verify_paths` ignores the env vars
  :envvar:`SSL_CERT_FILE` and :envvar:`SSL_CERT_PATH` although
  :func:`get_default_verify_paths` still reports them.


.. seealso::

   Class :class:`socket.socket`
       Documentation of underlying :mod:`socket` class

   `SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: An Introduction <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/en/ssl/ssl_intro.html>`_
       Intro from the Apache HTTP Server documentation

   `RFC 1422: Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part II: Certificate-Based Key Management <https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1422>`_
       Steve Kent

   `RFC 4086: Randomness Requirements for Security <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4086/>`_
       Donald E., Jeffrey I. Schiller

   `RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc5280/>`_
       D. Cooper

   `RFC 5246: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246>`_
       T. Dierks et. al.

   `RFC 6066: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6066>`_
       D. Eastlake

   `IANA TLS: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Parameters <https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-parameters/tls-parameters.xml>`_
       IANA

   `RFC 7525: Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7525>`_
       IETF

   `Mozilla's Server Side TLS recommendations <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Server_Side_TLS>`_
       Mozilla