[Python-Dev] OpenSSL vulnerability

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Sun Nov 8 22:25:38 CET 2009


Guido van Rossum schrieb:
> 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. :-(

Yet it has been quiet on the Finnish front so far :)

Georg

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