[issue8655] Problem with getpeercert in the ssl module when retrieving client side certs

2010-05-07 Thread Westly Ward
New submission from Westly Ward : I originally had this problem when writing my IRCd, but then tested it in a basic script. The problem is that getpeercert() is always returning None when executed on the server side, even when the client is using an ssl cert. I have included an example in

[issue8655] Problem with getpeercert in the ssl module when retrieving client side certs

2010-05-07 Thread Westly Ward
Westly Ward added the comment: When I use the argument to make certs optional, it gave me an error saying it need the ca certs, so I downloaded them and specified to use them, and now I am getting errors from ssl.c Here's the error on the server side: wes...@westly-desktop ~/Desktop/ss