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Title: SSL fix for OpenSSL-0.9.6+
Type: Stage:
Components: Interpreter Core Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: rejected
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: moshez Nosy List: akuchling, geekatcmu, moshez
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2001-04-06 15:53 by geekatcmu, last changed 2022-04-10 16:03 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
socketmodule.patch geekatcmu, 2001-04-06 15:53 Patch for socketmodule.c
Messages (4)
msg36290 - (view) Author: Brian E. Gallew (geekatcmu) Date: 2001-04-06 15:53 
With OpenSSL-0.9.6+, the PRNG must be properly seeded
before attempting any SSL operations.  This patch,
courtesy of Greg Wilson  <Greg.Wilson@baltimore.com>,
will call RAND_load_file with the value of the RANDFILE
environment variable.
msg36291 - (view) Author: Moshe Zadka (moshez) (Python triager) Date: 2001-04-09 13:55 
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Andrew, I want a second opinion: is this considered a
feature or a bugfix? I'm leaning in the "feature" direction,
and 2.1 will have this anyway.
msg36292 - (view) Author: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling) * (Python committer) Date: 2001-04-09 14:15 
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Hard to say.  The SSL support is unusable on some platforms
without this (David Beazley claimed it was fatal on Solaris,
where there's no /dev/random to fall back to), but on the
other hand the
patch does add code that does something significantly new.  
I'd call it "feature", too.
msg36293 - (view) Author: Moshe Zadka (moshez) (Python triager) Date: 2001-04-11 07:36 
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I am sorry, but both me and AMK agree that this throws
something too big into the Python 2.0.1 release...
Please use 2.1, which fixed this bug in a similar way.
Sorry :(
History
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2022-04-10 16:03:56adminsetgithub: 34291
2001-04-06 15:53:48geekatcmucreate