Python and SSL

[Paul Rubin]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:
> Please try to understand that OP's question. He got some error,
> and for some reason, he concluded that he needs to tell Python
> to trust the server certificate (most likely to make the error
> go away). I told him that he is likely wrong, and that Python already
> trusts his server certificate. I was not proposing any judgment on
> whether that's a good thing or not. In fact, I have no idea whether
> security was of any concern to the OP.

Oh, I see, I didn't interpret the question that way but it does fit
and the answer is reasonable in that situation.