[Patches] [ python-Patches-793553 ] urllib SSL authentication docs
are wrong
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Patches item #793553, was opened at 2003-08-23 01:15
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John J Lee (jjlee)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: urllib SSL authentication docs are wrong
Initial Comment:
urllib docs for URLOpener say:
Additional keyword parameters, collected in x509, are
used for authentication with the https: scheme. The
keywords key_file and cert_file are supported; both are
needed to actually retrieve a resource at an https: URL.
They're not needed, and the certificate is never
checked, because _ssl.c doesn't check it (which is
documented in the socket.ssl docs).
A doc patch is attached.
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>Comment By: John J Lee (jjlee)
Date: 2003-08-31 19:09
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<Googles for x509> Ah. That appears to be true. In that
case, do you agree that the following is still wrong (taken from
urllib.URLOpener docs)?
Additional keyword parameters, collected in x509, are used for
authentication with the https: scheme. The keywords key_file
and cert_file are supported; both are needed to actually
retrieve a resource at an https: URL.
You don't need either dict entry for opening most https: URLs.
Also, it gives no clue that x509 is for client authentication, and
that server authentication is not done.
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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-08-31 17:16
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Isn't the purpose of these arguments client-side authentication?
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