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xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy() should accept a custom SSL context parameter #67149

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desbma mannequin opened this issue Nov 27, 2014 · 7 comments
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xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy() should accept a custom SSL context parameter #67149

desbma mannequin opened this issue Nov 27, 2014 · 7 comments
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desbma mannequin commented Nov 27, 2014

BPO 22960
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    title = 'xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy() should accept a custom SSL context parameter'
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    desbma mannequin commented Nov 27, 2014

    When using xmlrpc.server it is possible (despite being intrusive) to use a custom SSL context, ie:

    import ssl
    import xmlrpc.server
    
    rpc_server = xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCServer(...)
    ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext()
    # setup the context ...
    rpc_server.socket = ssl_context.wrap_socket(rpc_server.socket, ...)

    However it is not possible (unless using some ugly monkey patching, which I am ashamed of writing) to do the same for xmlrpc.client.

    xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy() could accept a context constructor, and pass it to the SafeTransport instance, and then to the http.client.HTTPSConnection instance (https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/3.4/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py#l1338).

    I would allow passing a SSL context more secure than the default one, and thus improve security.

    @desbma desbma mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement labels Nov 27, 2014
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    alex commented Nov 30, 2014

    Attached is a patch for 2.7

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    I suppose I should ask you to write a test. Of course, HTTPS doesn't seem to be tested at all right now (see the attractive "FIXME: mostly untested" comment in SafeTransport.) Maybe, it's easier now, though, using the code in Lib/test/ssl_servers.py?

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    python-dev mannequin commented Nov 30, 2014

    New changeset 62bd574e95d5 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7':
    add context parameter to xmlrpclib.ServerProxy (bpo-22960)
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/62bd574e95d5

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    alex commented Nov 30, 2014

    Attached patch fixes it for Python3.

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    python-dev mannequin commented Nov 30, 2014

    New changeset 4b00430388ad by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4':
    add context parameter to xmlrpclib.ServerProxy (bpo-22960)
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4b00430388ad

    New changeset 2a126ce6f83e by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
    merge 3.4 (bpo-22960)
    https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2a126ce6f83e

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    desbma mannequin commented Nov 30, 2014

    Thank you

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