SSL in Python

Chris Rennert Chris.Rennert at mdi-oshkosh.com
Wed Jun 25 14:12:02 EDT 2003


Thanks, I am on my way there now.
Again thank you for the quick reply

Chris
"Jp Calderone" <exarkun at intarweb.us> wrote in message
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:23:57AM -0500, Chris Rennert wrote:
> > I noticed in the documentation that they have ssl() in Python, but it
says
> > only if configured.  I just can't find info on how to configure SSL in
> > Python. My goal is to write a simple p-2-p chat, but have all info
> > encrypted between clients. Any help you could give me would be greatly
> > appreciated!
>
>   Python's built-in SSL support only works for clients, not servers.
> Several third party modules exist to provide server support, PyOpenSSL my
> personal favorite.  The gory details of this (and other networking issues)
> are dealt with by Twisted: http://www.twistedmatrix.com/.
>
>   Jp
>
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