[Python-Dev] Summer of Code: Developing complete SSL support for Python
Hello, This is my first post to the list but I wish to be an active developer of Python in the future. This project of Summer of Code from Google has opened my eyes to the open source community. The money has been a great motivation but thinking about coding something that will be remembered in the future and specially USEFUL to the community motivates me very much too. After this introduction I want to talk about SSL support in Python. I have read in the Summer of Code section of Python web that a possible project is coding a new complete module that implements SSL to Python. And possibly add this module to the python standard library. Appart from this the project would include adding functionality to the modules (like urlib) to support SSL as trasparent as possible. ¿What do you think about it? **I'm actually looking for information in the archives of this list and web** but I would like to ask the list something: - Is necessary a complete new SSL module for Python? - What do you need about SSL ? - What do you think about incorporing SSL to act trasparently in the modules that use it in the actuality ? - Any kind of information, references, would be appreciate. I would like to do the new SSL module as good as possible. A piece of art and efficiency if possible and obviusly having in mind all programming standards. Thanks very much for any help. -- Florencio Cano Gabarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: Developing complete SSL support for Python
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005, Florencio Cano Gabarda wrote: > > This is my first post to the list but I wish to be an active developer > of Python in the future. This project of Summer of Code from Google has > opened my eyes to the open source community. The money has been a great > motivation but thinking about coding something that will be remembered > in the future and specially USEFUL to the community motivates me very > much too. > > After this introduction I want to talk about SSL support in Python. Great! Given the nature of your project, python-dev probably is the best place for you to get information, but I also encourage you to join the Summer of Code mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/summerofcode -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste." --Steve Jobs ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Python-Dev] Summer of Code: Developing complete SSL support for Python
Florencio Cano Gabarda wrote:
> I would like to do the new SSL module as good as possible. A piece of
> art and efficiency if possible and obviusly having in mind all
> programming standards.
Guido and much of the community would certainly be appreciative of a new
SSL module, especially if you can overcome the problems that plague
M2Crypto.
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=95863
I would say that the criteria for success would be:
1) A module, expected to be included in the standard library, that makes
it easy to create both client and server SSL sockets.
2) No leaks or segfaults.
3) An API that any programmer can use without knowing much about
cryptography.
I want to be able to write code that's as simple as this:
import socket
import ssl
def open_ssl_socket(address):
base = socket.socket()
base.connect(address)
sock = ssl.client(base)
return sock
def run_server(port, handler, pki_files):
keys = ssl.load_keys(pki_files)
s = socket.socket()
s.bind(('', port))
s.listen(5)
while True:
base, address = s.accept()
sock = ssl.server(base, keys)
handler(sock)
sock.close()
"pki_filenames" in the example is a list of key files, certificate
files, certificiate signing requests, and perhaps other PKI files. I
want the ssl module to figure out for itself what each file means, so
that I as a mere human can forget about those details. :-) However, if
there's any ambiguity in the set of files provided, the SSL module
should throw an exception rather than try to guess the intent.
If you're ambitious, you could also figure out how to make this work
with non-blocking sockets. I believe Twisted has made progress there.
Shane
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