James Stroud wrote: > I have been trying to make an https client with python
You probably don't want to use the standard library for HTTPS; here's a quote from the socket module docs about SSL: Warning: This does not do any certificate verification! I'd recommend M2Crypto instead: http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/MeTooCrypto -- Benji York -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list