From: R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:58:17 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: whatsnew: ssl.create_default_context (#19689).
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.1rc1~233^2~94
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f20cfb2081cb95560028996333948b2d7604e637;p=python

whatsnew: ssl.create_default_context (#19689).
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index b0ba659008..d079b3c979 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1327,6 +1327,13 @@ server, and certificates for a server to use in verifying client certificates
 (``purpose=``:data:`~ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH`).  (Contributed by Christian
 Heimes in :issue:`19292`.)
 
+New function :func:`~ssl.create_default_context` provides a standard way to
+obtain an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` based on the settings Python uses by
+default.  These settings are more stringent than the defaults provided by the
+:class:`~ssl.SSLContext` constructor, and may be adjusted (without notice) in
+the future to maintain a balance between compatibility and security.
+(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`19689`.)
+
 
 stat
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