From 0ee4c9f274960bb717492b0827f6d22af0b1e60b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Pitrou Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:46:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update what's new --- Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst index 4972e9f8b04..97a169609ed 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst @@ -403,6 +403,11 @@ New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules :meth:`~ssl.SSLContext.wrap_socket` method allows to create an SSL socket from such an SSL context. (Added by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`8550`.) + A new function, :func:`ssl.match_hostname`, helps implement server identity + verification for higher-level protocols by implementing the rules of + HTTPS (from :rfc:`2818`), which are also suitable for other protocols. + (Added by Antoine Pitrou, :issue:`1589`). + The :func:`ssl.wrap_socket` constructor function now takes a *ciphers* argument that's a string listing the encryption algorithms to be allowed; the format of the string is described `in the OpenSSL documentation