Re: [Python-Dev] Other SSL issues in the tracker have been marked

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Bill Janssen wrote:

This must be the call to os.system in test_ssl.py:create_cert_files(). It's very UNIX-y. Can any bi-platform folks suggest a good alternative to

os.system( "openssl req -batch -new -x509 -days 10 -nodes -config %s " "-keyout \"%s\" -out \"%s\" > /dev/null < /dev/null 2>&1" % (conffile, crtfile, crtfile))

that would be more Windows-friendly?

Bundle a cert and key as part of the test? Is there a requirement to use a freshly-minted certificate each time? -d