[Python-Dev] Are we having https/ssl problems?

[Kevin Jacobs]

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> >>>>> "KJ" == Kevin Jacobs <jacobs@penguin.theopalgroup.com> writes:
> 
>   KJ> Hi all, This is not a bug report.  It is more of a query to find
>   KJ> out if there are known problems with the current Python 2.3 CVS
>   KJ> regarding SSL, httplib w/ https, or urllib w/ https.  I seem to
>   KJ> remember tuning out some discussions on timeout sockets and SSL
>   KJ> of late, so I thought I would ask.  Here is code that has worked
>   KJ> previously, but does not in the current CVS:
> 
> It sounds like a bug to me.

Now it is:

  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=579107&group_id=5470&atid=105470

> I've made several changes to httplib recently to fix other SSL related
> problems.  It appears the new code has some bugs.

It looks like your change to rework the fake SSL file exposed this one.  It
has something to do with the non-trivial way that httplib closes
connections.  In several places it just looks wrong.  I've attached a patch
that fixes the problem, but may break other things, and points out some
other potential problems.

-Kevin

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