On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 14:56, Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote:
> One other possibility is to parse the output of ssh -V: > > ,---- > | $ ssh -V > | OpenSSH_5.8p1 Debian-1ubuntu3, OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010 > | $ python > | Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53) > | [GCC 4.5.2] on linux2 > | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > | >>> import ssl > | >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION > | 'OpenSSL 0.9.8o 01 Jun 2010' > | >>> > `---- > > This assumes that ssh and python would use the same version of openssl: > not guaranteed, but seems like a "reasonable" assumption to me. Hmm, I like that idea. Thanks for the suggestion. Cheers Adam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list