Add support for retrieving the certificate chain

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

Research direction

The issue asks for support for retrieving the certificate chain but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the Python standard-library SSL documentation and the existing certificate retrieval APIs. Done means the certificate chain can be retrieved; the issue does not specify further acceptance criteria.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 24107
Nosy @pitrou, @giampaolo, @tiran, @alex, @sigmavirus24, @dstufft, @Lukasa

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-05-01.17:45:25.318>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Add support for retrieving the certificate chain'
updated_at = <Date 2016-06-11.13:29:40.741>
user = 'https://github.com/Lukasa'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-06-11.13:29:40.741>
actor = 'rugk'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2015-05-01.17:45:25.318>
creator = 'Lukasa'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24107
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['242341', '242342', '268210']
nosy_count = 9.0
nosy_names = ['janssen', 'pitrou', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'christian.heimes', 'alex', 'icordasc', 'dstufft', 'Lukasa', 'rugk']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24107'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

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