"Martin von Loewis" <loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de> wrote in message news:p6qu28eiqig.fsf at informatik.hu-berlin.de... > Yes, httplib supports SSL in Python 2. I am using Python 2 under Win 2000 Pro by the way. If I understand it right you say that it's a part of the Be Open Source distribution but not on Windows?