New submission from Mads Kiilerich <m...@kiilerich.com>:

As discussed on issue1589 it is now possible to create decent ssl connections 
with the ssl module - assuming ca_certs is specified and it is checked that the 
certificates matches.

The standard library do however neither do that nor make it possible to do it 
in the places where it uses ssl. For example smtplib starttls do not make it 
possible at all to specify ca_certs.

I suggest all uses of ssl should be reviewed - and fixed if necessary. The 
documentation should also be improved to make it clear what is necessary to 
create "secure" connections.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 124898
nosy: kiilerix, pitrou
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: standard library do not use ssl as recommended
versions: Python 2.7

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