Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-18 Thread Heikki Toivonen
runningwild wrote: > When I try to run https_cli.py however I get the following exception: > This worked just fine showing me the directory listing and allowing me > to navigate. > This was also true for firefox when connecting to > https://localhost:9443/ from the server in > demos/httts.howto/or

Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-18 Thread runningwild
Heikki Toivonen wrote: > runningwild wrote: > > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. > > Please note that the Python builtin SSL support is not really secure. It > does not make sure that you connect to the site you think you are > connecting to, for example. > > If

Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-17 Thread Heikki Toivonen
runningwild wrote: > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. Please note that the Python builtin SSL support is not really secure. It does not make sure that you connect to the site you think you are connecting to, for example. If you really need secure SSL (what is t

Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-17 Thread Heikki Toivonen
runningwild wrote: > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. Please note that the Python builtin SSL support is not really secure. It does not make sure that you connect to the site you think you are connecting to, for example. If you really need secure SSL (what is t

Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-16 Thread runningwild
runningwild wrote: > Helo, > > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. > > In the docs I read "Note: HTTPS support is only available if the socket > module was compiled with SSL support." > > Although my small test script "seems" to work when connecting to a > webserve

httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-16 Thread runningwild
Helo, This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. In the docs I read "Note: HTTPS support is only available if the socket module was compiled with SSL support." Although my small test script "seems" to work when connecting to a webserver via HTTPS I am really not sure.