Yes, my patch implements hostname checking in httplib (although I
haven't had time to do much testing). I also made the documentation
changes, but have not yet created any test cases since there really
aren't any HTTPS test cases in the test_httplib.py file (which is
probably another issue that nee
There's also the patch to httplib that Devin Cook has been working on
for SSL enhancements, some of which do name checking. He's got most of
a patch completed.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:
> Heikki, I'm OK with this, too. would you like to propose an extended
> API for th
Heikki, I'm OK with this, too. would you like to propose an extended
API for the SSL module? That would give us a starting point to talk
about.
This should probably be a PEP, just for the sake of writing things down.
As you say, the hostname checking feature seems to me possibly
appropriate for
