New submission from Christian Heimes:
Hostname verification makes not much sense without verifying the certificate
chain first. At the moment one has to set verify_mode to CERT_REQUIRED first:
>>> import ssl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
>>> ctx.check_hostname, ctx.verify_mode
>>>
>>>
>>>
(False, <VerifyMode.CERT_NONE: 0>)
>>> ctx.check_hostname = True
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: check_hostname needs a SSL context with either CERT_OPTIONAL or
CERT_REQUIRED
>>> ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
>>> ctx.check_hostname = True
On the other hand verify mode cannot be set to CERT_NONE without disabling
check_hostname first. One has to remember to set the values in opposite order!
>>> ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/heimes/dev/python/cpython/Lib/ssl.py", line 485, in verify_mode
super(SSLContext, SSLContext).verify_mode.__set__(self, value)
ValueError: Cannot set verify_mode to CERT_NONE when check_hostname is enabled.
>>> ctx.check_hostname = False
>>> ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
I find this confusing. In order to support PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT with
_create_unverified_context(), I had to modify the code to this abomination:
if not check_hostname:
context.check_hostname = False
if cert_reqs is not None:
context.verify_mode = cert_reqs
if check_hostname:
context.check_hostname = True
Rather than making our users to jump through additional hoops, check_hostname =
True should just set CERT_REQUIRED. This is a sane and safe default. On the
other hand, ssl.CERT_NONE shall *not* disable check_hostname and still fail
with a ValueError if check_hostname is enabled.
By the way we should not suggest CERT_OPTIONAL here, too. For TLS client
connections, CERT_OPTIONAL is not really optional. CERT_OPTIONAL:
SSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, verify_cb), CERT_REQUIRED:
SSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER | SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT,
verify_cb). According to
https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/ssl/SSL_CTX_set_verify.html
SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT is ignored in client mode. I'll open a new bug
report.
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assignee: christian.heimes
components: SSL
messages: 301967
nosy: christian.heimes
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: SSL: check_hostname should imply CERT_REQUIRED
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.7
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