import select
import socket
import ssl


s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
                    cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
                    do_handshake_on_connect=False)
s.setblocking(False)
s.connect_ex(('people.csail.mit.edu', 443))
select.select([], [s], [])

while True:
    try:
        s.do_handshake()
        break
    except ssl.SSLError as err:
        if err.args[0] == ssl.SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
            select.select([s], [], [])
        elif err.args[0] == ssl.SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
            select.select([], [s], [])
        else:
            raise

s.close()