[Python-Dev] SSL Certificate Validation

[Bill Janssen]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> FWIW, I actually don't know the answer for sure, either, so I would have
> to research this myself, too. In any case, _ssl.c is *not* the place
> where any of the certificate validation actually happens - nor does it
> happen elsewhere in the Python source code, IIUC.

Strictly speaking, that's right.  It's all done by OpenSSL.

Bill