SSL through python. possible ?

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

On Mon, 5 May 2008 11:11:19 -0700 (PDT), TkNeo <tarun.kap at gmail.com> wrote:
>On May 2, 1:52 pm, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 2, 1:20 pm, Heikki Toivonen <hei... at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Mike Driscoll wrote:
>> > > On Apr 29, 8:56 am,TkNeo<tarun.... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> I need to do SSL file transfer using python? Is there a library i can
>> > >> use ?
>>
>> > >http://sandbox.rulemaker.net/ngps/m2/
>>
>> > M2Crypto has since moved tohttp://chandlerproject.org/Projects/MeTooCrypto
>>
>> > --
>> >   Heikki Toivonen
>>
>> Whoops...I just went with the first link Google gave me. The link I
>> gave doesn't mention that the project has moved. Looks like the one
>> you link to is the 9th link on my Google search using the terms:
>> "python m2crypto".
>>
>> Sorry if I spread misinformation though.
>>
>> Mike
>
>ok i have tried around a lot but no luck. I think M2Crypto is my best
>option except it requires a minimum of python 2.4 which i don't have.
>
>What i am trying to do is to do an FTP transfer that uses SSL
>(username, password authentication) and not a certificate file. The
>few example i have found of the Openssl module use a certificate for
>authentication unlike what i want to do.
>
>Anyone has any ideas ?

FWIW, though not as complete as an OpenSSL wrapper as M2Crypto, pyOpenSSL
works with Python 2.3.

As far as the details of the authentication that you are attempting go, it
sounds like you want to use ephemeral DH key exchange.  This is something
which is on my list to figure out. ;)

Jean-Paul