[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): Issue #20913: make it clear that create_default_context() also enables hostname

antoine.pitrou python-checkins at python.org
Sun Mar 23 16:31:46 CET 2014


http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c38ce7726737
changeset:   89930:c38ce7726737
branch:      3.4
parent:      89928:e8942abfb829
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date:        Sun Mar 23 16:31:08 2014 +0100
summary:
  Issue #20913: make it clear that create_default_context() also enables hostname checking

files:
  Doc/library/ssl.rst |  9 +++++----
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -1626,7 +1626,8 @@
 security policy, it is highly recommended that you use the
 :func:`create_default_context` function to create your SSL context.
 It will load the system's trusted CA certificates, enable certificate
-validation, and try to choose reasonably secure protocol and cipher settings.
+validation and hostname checking, and try to choose reasonably secure
+protocol and cipher settings.
 
 For example, here is how you would use the :class:`smtplib.SMTP` class to
 create a trusted, secure connection to a SMTP server::
@@ -1641,9 +1642,9 @@
 :meth:`SSLContext.load_cert_chain`.
 
 By contrast, if you create the SSL context by calling the :class:`SSLContext`
-constructor yourself, it will not have certificate validation enabled by
-default.  If you do so, please read the paragraphs below to achieve a good
-security level.
+constructor yourself, it will not have certificate validation nor hostname
+checking enabled by default.  If you do so, please read the paragraphs below
+to achieve a good security level.
 
 Manual settings
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython


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