[Python-Dev] Future of SSL

[Gordon McMillan]

I wrote some proprietary code for a client, using (hacked) 
M2Crypto and openSSL, but using only fairly lightweight DES 
(not even DES3). In order to get an export license, I had to 
talk to the Commerce Dept and the NSA. That got the export 
license, but to get it into France, the client had to talk 
extensively to the French government.

My guess is that anything beyond enabling https in core 
Python will make negotiating with the FSF look like a Mardi 
Gras party.

- Gordon