SSLContext.get_ca_certs() and self-signed certs

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#64,199 opened on Dec 16, 2013 5 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: security

Research direction

Start by investigating SSLContext.get_ca_certs() in Python's SSL extension module and the existing tests. Define the expected handling of self-signed certificates, add a regression test, and confirm the issue is resolved.

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Description

3.7 (EOL) extension-modules type-bug

BPO	20000
Nosy	@loewis, @pitrou, @tiran

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-12-16.18:53:50.956>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug', '3.7']
title = 'SSLContext.get_ca_certs() and self-signed certs'
updated_at = <Date 2016-09-08.22:47:29.968>
user = 'https://github.com/tiran'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-09-08.22:47:29.968>
actor = 'christian.heimes'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2013-12-16.18:53:50.956>
creator = 'christian.heimes'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20000
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['206347', '206352', '206417', '206423', '207163']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['loewis', 'pitrou', 'christian.heimes', 'Arfrever']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'pending'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20000'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

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