[issue13856] xmlrpc / httplib changes to allow for certificate verification

[Senthil Kumaran]

Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com> added the comment:

Thanks for submitting the patch. Couple of comments.

1. This is a new feature, so the patch should be addressed against 3.x. 
2. The patch lacks tests and documentation and hence it is not complete.

You could take a look at http/client.py or ssl.py (with test_ssl.py) for for passing the key and cert from the client.

Antoine - I fail to recollect, but is there any reason for the clients in the stdlib are not carrying a ca_file and doing a certificate validation of the server connection? Is it required (or a good idea) ?

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nosy: +pitrou
versions: +Python 3.3 -Python 2.7

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