[Python-Dev] OpenSSL vulnerability

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:36 PM,  <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> Also, for Python 2.5 and earlier, any SSL-based code is vulnerable to a MitM
> anyway, so this can only be an issue for code using the new APIs in Python
> 2.6.

That's not going to stop the
wannabe-self-proclaimed-so-called-vulnerability-"experts" from whining
about Python not releasing updated binary distributions though. :-(

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