From b9d7e04880b8d28f68d12ab9e281541e5f19a62d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:35:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [Bug #1530382] Document SSL.server(), .issuer() methods --- Doc/lib/libsocket.tex | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index 8066528001f..aa75ec9866e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -711,6 +711,17 @@ If \var{n} is provided, read \var{n} bytes from the SSL connection, otherwise read until EOF. The return value is a string of the bytes read. \end{methoddesc} +\begin{methoddesc}{server}{} +Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the +server's certificate. (See below for an example +showing what distinguished names look like.) +\end{methoddesc} + +\begin{methoddesc}{issuer}{} +Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the +issuer of the server's certificate. +\end{methoddesc} + \subsection{Example \label{socket-example}} Here are four minimal example programs using the TCP/IP protocol:\ a @@ -833,3 +844,44 @@ data = s.recv(1024) s.close() print 'Received', repr(data) \end{verbatim} + +This example connects to an SSL server, prints the +server and issuer's distinguished names, sends some bytes, +and reads part of the response: + +\begin{verbatim} +import socket + +s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) +s.connect(('www.verisign.com', 443)) + +ssl_sock = socket.ssl(s) + +print repr(ssl_sock.server()) +print repr(ssl_sock.issuer()) + +# Set a simple HTTP request -- use httplib in actual code. +ssl_sock.write("""GET / HTTP/1.0\r +Host: www.verisign.com\r\n\r\n""") + +# Read a chunk of data. Will not necessarily +# read all the data returned by the server. +data = ssl_sock.read() + +# Note that you need to close the underlying socket, not the SSL object. +del ssl_sock +s.close() +\end{verbatim} + +At this writing, this SSL example prints the following output (line +breaks inserted for readability): + +\begin{verbatim} +'/C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/ + O=VeriSign, Inc./OU=Production Services/ + OU=Terms of use at www.verisign.com/rpa (c)00/ + CN=www.verisign.com' +'/O=VeriSign Trust Network/OU=VeriSign, Inc./ + OU=VeriSign International Server CA - Class 3/ + OU=www.verisign.com/CPS Incorp.by Ref. LIABILITY LTD.(c)97 VeriSign' +\end{verbatim}