backports-ssl

library0.0.9pypypiunverified

Provides the Python 3.4 standard ssl module API implemented on top of pyOpenSSL for older Python versions (2.x, 3.0–3.3). Current version 0.0.9, unmaintained.

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pip install backports-ssl

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · BACKPORTS-SSL

backports-ssl

securitypythonv0.0.9

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

ssl

✓ import backports.ssl

✗ import backports.ssl as ssl

Create an SSL connection using the backported ssl module.

import os import backports.ssl as ssl hostname = 'example.com' port = 443 context = ssl.create_default_context() conn = context.wrap_socket(socket.socket(), server_hostname=hostname) conn.connect((hostname, port)) print(conn.version()) conn.close()

Debug

Known issues

breakingbackports-ssl is unmaintained and does not support Python 3.4+ (which already has the modern ssl module).

fix

Drop this library and use Python's built-in ssl module.

affects: >=3.4

gotchaThe package name on PyPI is 'backports-ssl' but the import is 'backports.ssl'.

fix

Install with `pip install backports-ssl` and import as `import backports.ssl as ssl`.

affects: all

deprecatedPython 2.7 is end-of-life; this library is no longer maintained and may have unpatched security issues.

fix

Migrate to Python 3.6+ and use the standard library ssl module.

affects: all

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Version history

0.0.9latest on PyPI · released Dec 9, 2015

Audit

Dependencies

pyOpenSSLrequiredRequired backend for SSL operations

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/alekstorm/backports.ssl ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/alekstorm/backports.ssl ↗