Regardless of the cert having expired, I think SSL tests either should use the main python.org site, e.g. https://www.python.org/ or the domain we specifically have for stdlib tests: http://pythontest.net/.

Benjamin: If you need a cert for pythontest.net, I can issue one next week.

Since the tests use CA Cert as root CA for the domain, I'm not sure whether getting a non-CA Cert for svn.python.org would be a good thing. If possible, I can issue one as well, but would have to know how svn.python.org is managed.