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[Python-Dev] Validating SSL By Default (aka Including a Cert Bundle in CPython)

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Mon Jun 3 18:43:32 CEST 2013 
On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 21:37:10 +1200
> Ben Hoyt <benhoyt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not familiar with Unix/Linux, but on Windows, if it's anything
>> like mimetypes it'll be really hard to get consistent behaviour across
>> different boxes/versions from the registry, or wherever certs might be
>> stored on Windows. I'd much rather have a slightly outdated but
>> consistent experience by default.
> 
> The problem with a "slightly outdated" CA store is that it can be a
> security risk.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Antoine.
> 
> 
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Tracking the Mozilla store isn't difficult. New additions can be ignored for currently released Pythons so we'd just need to watch them for blacklisting certs and roll that into a security update.

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