Getting those failures on RHEL8 as well, which can be worked around by setting the env OPENSSL_CONF=/non-existing-file


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ERROR: test_protocol_sslv23 (test.test_ssl.ThreadedTests)
Connecting to an SSLv23 server with various client options
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2370, in test_protocol_sslv23
    try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, 'TLSv1')
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2103, in try_protocol_combo
    chatty=False, connectionchatty=False)
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2031, in server_params_test
    s.connect((HOST, server.port))
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 864, in connect
    self._real_connect(addr, False)
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 855, in _real_connect
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 828, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
SSLError: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:727)

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ERROR: test_protocol_tlsv1_1 (test.test_ssl.ThreadedTests)
Connecting to a TLSv1.1 server with various client options.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2444, in test_protocol_tlsv1_1
    try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, 'TLSv1.1')
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2103, in try_protocol_combo
    chatty=False, connectionchatty=False)
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/test/test_ssl.py", line 2031, in server_params_test
    s.connect((HOST, server.port))
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 864, in connect
    self._real_connect(addr, False)
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 855, in _real_connect
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/root/cpython/_install/lib/python2.7/ssl.py", line 828, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
SSLError: [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:727)