Python OpenSSL library
John Nagle
nagle at animats.com
Tue Jun 15 16:08:09 EDT 2010
On 6/14/2010 11:58 AM, geremy condra wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Nobody<nobody at nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:43:02 -0700, John Nagle wrote:
>>
>>> The new SSL module in Python 2.6
>>
>> There isn't an SSL module in Python 2.6. There is a module named "ssl"
>> which pretends to implement SSL, but in fact doesn't.
>>
>>> is convenient, but insecure.
>>
>> In which case, it isn't actually convenient, in any meaningful sense of
>> the word.
>
> As one of my friends is fond of saying, it lets you talk encrypted to
> your attacker ;)
That's a good way to put it.
John Nagle
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