ssl: why wrap newly accept()ed connections?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2022-02-03, Kushal Kumaran <kushal at locationd.net> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> However, example server code I've found does not wrap the newly
>> accepted connection. I've checked, and newsocket is already an
>> <ssl:SSLSocket> object. [...]
>>
>> What is the purpose of wrapping newsocket?
>
> That section is talking about using an "ordinary" socket for the server.

Yep, I missed that.

> bindsocket is a socket.socket.  If bindsocket was already a
> ssl.SSLSocket, the wrapping would be already done by accept.

Thanks!

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Grant