Python 2.6 SSL module: Fails on key file error, with Errno 336265225, without a key file.

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:37:30 -0700, John Nagle a écrit :
> 
> The cert file is the same PEM file I use with M2Crypto, and it's derived
> from Firefox's cert file.
> 
> Why am I getting a "private key" related error?  I'm not submitting a
> keyfile, just a cert file.

I'm not an expert but this is what the SSL doc says:

« The keyfile and certfile parameters specify optional files which 
contain a certificate to be used to identify the local side of the 
connection. »

>From that, I understand that you need to specify both at the same time, 
and that one of them (probably the keyfile) needs to be a private key. 
Otherwise how would the local side identify itself?

Perhaps you are using the wrong parameters and looking for ca_certs 
instead:

« The ca_certs file contains a set of concatenated “certification 
authority” certificates, which are used to validate certificates passed 
from the other end of the connection. »