On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, Christian Heimes <christ...@python.org> wrote:
> On 2018-01-16 12:28, Wes Turner wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org > > <mailto:steve.do...@python.org>> wrote: > > > > From my perspective, we can’t keep an OpenSSL-like API and use > > Windows platform libraries (we *could* do a requests-like API easily > > enough, but even urllib3 is painfully low-level).____ > > > > Support for Windows SChannel and Apple SecureTransport is part of the > > TLS module. > > > > IDK how far along that work is (whether it'll be ready for 3.7 beta 1)? > > Or where those volunteering to help with the TLS module can send PRs? > > You are misunderstanding the goal of PEP 543. It's not about providing > implementations of various backends. The PEP merely defines an minimal > abstraction layer. Neither the PEP nor the API are finalized or complete > yet, too Some parts of the PEP must be changed before it can be > finalized. Cory and I are discussion the matter. > > Python 3.7's ssl module won't be compatible with PEP 543. For 3.8 it > *might* be possible to provide a 543 compatible implementation on top of > the ssl module. Got it. Thanks! > > I will not work on SChannel or SecureTransport, since I have neither > expertise, knowledge, interest or resources to work on other > implementations. AFAIK Steve would rather plug in Windows' cert > validation API into OpenSSL than to provide another TLS implementation. > For Apple ... no clue. How about you contact Apple support? A HUP to their seclist about this work awhile back doesn't seem to have upgraded OpenSSL. Presumably there's another mailing list thread or GitHub issue for PEP 543 interface and implementation development. > > Regards, > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ > wes.turner%40gmail.com >
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