From f20cfb2081cb95560028996333948b2d7604e637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 19:58:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] whatsnew: ssl.create_default_context (#19689). --- Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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 ---- -- 2.50.1