ssl.SSLSocket shutdown doesn't behave like socket.shutdown

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking, security

Research direction

Start with the ssl-shutdown-fail.patch attachment and the ssl.SSLSocket shutdown entry point, then review linked PR gh-124731 and the issue's discussion. Compare the observed shutdown behavior with socket.shutdown and use the existing SSL test coverage to verify that the behavior is aligned.

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Description

stdlib topic-SSL type-bug
BPO 18880
Nosy @pitrou, @tiran, @alex, @dstufft, @matrixise
Files
  • ssl-shutdown-fail.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-08-29.21:36:58.431>
labels = ['3.7', 'expert-SSL', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = "ssl.SSLSocket shutdown doesn't behave like socket.shutdown"
updated_at = <Date 2017-09-05.22:55:28.333>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/zielmicha'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2017-09-05.22:55:28.333>
actor = 'christian.heimes'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'SSL']
creation = <Date 2013-08-29.21:36:58.431>
creator = 'zielmicha'
dependencies = []
files = ['31514']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 18880
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['196494', '272351', '277423', '301389', '301390', '301392']
nosy_count = 7.0
nosy_names = ['janssen', 'pitrou', 'christian.heimes', 'alex', 'dstufft', 'matrixise', 'zielmicha']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue18880'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

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    • gh-124731
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