[Python-Dev] TLS handshake performance boost

[Ned Deily]

On 9/5/16 12:57, Christian Heimes wrote:
> I have yet another patch for the ssl module,
> http://bugs.python.org/issue19500 . The patch adds support for SSL
> session resumption on the client side. [...]
> 
> My patch takes care of these details. The basic features are pretty much
> done and tested. But I won't be able to write all documentation by the
> end of the week or to write a high-level mechanism to auto-reuse
> sessions. I still like to get the feature in before Monday.
> 
> What do you think? Are you fine with low-level session feature and
> reduced documentation for the beta release?

Unless there are other objections, I'm willing to make an exception if
you can get the current patch reviewed by one of the usual suspects from
the Security Sig, the missing pieces are in before b2, and the API of
the checked-in pieces doesn't change after b1.