SSLContext.sni_callback docs inaccurately describe available handshake info

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation, security

Research direction

Start with the ssl.SSLContext.sni_callback documentation and determine which handshake information it currently claims is available. Compare that description with the issue's intended correction, then update the wording so the documented information is accurate and verify the documentation build.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) docs topic-SSL type-feature
BPO 43582
Nosy @tiran, @alex, @njsmith, @dstufft, @theandrew168, @paulo-raca

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2021-03-21.14:53:57.553>
labels = ['expert-SSL', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'SSLContext.sni_callback docs inaccurately describe available handshake info'
updated_at = <Date 2022-03-14.06:38:02.964>
user = 'https://github.com/theandrew168'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-03-14.06:38:02.964>
actor = 'paulo-raca'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'SSL']
creation = <Date 2021-03-21.14:53:57.553>
creator = 'theandrew168'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 43582
keywords = []
message_count = 9.0
messages = ['389231', '389236', '389239', '389250', '389254', '389260', '389261', '389506', '415120']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['janssen', 'christian.heimes', 'alex', 'njs', 'docs@python', 'dstufft', 'theandrew168', 'paulo-raca']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43582'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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