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Author larry
Recipients Jim.Jewett, Lukasa, alex, christian.heimes, dstufft, georg.brandl, giampaolo.rodola, hynek, janssen, larry, python-dev, steve.dower
Date 2016-09-07.03:06:09
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> FWIW the cipher list (at least the restricted ones for
> ssl.create_default_context()) is explicitly documented
> as being able to be changed at any time without prior deprecation

Yes.  To be specific:  "The protocol, options, cipher and other settings may change to more restrictive values anytime without prior deprecation."

https://docs.python.org/3/library/ssl.html#ssl.create_default_context

I've seen no documentation suggesting that we can add new ciphers at any time.
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