Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-18 Thread runningwild
Heikki Toivonen wrote: > runningwild wrote: > > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. > > Please note that the Python builtin SSL support is not really secure. It > does not make sure that you connect to the site you think you are >

Re: httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-16 Thread runningwild
runningwild wrote: > Helo, > > This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. > > In the docs I read "Note: HTTPS support is only available if the socket > module was compiled with SSL support." > > Although my small test scri

httplib and HTTPS Connections

2006-10-16 Thread runningwild
Helo, This is the first time I have cared about httplib's HTTPSConnection. In the docs I read "Note: HTTPS support is only available if the socket module was compiled with SSL support." Although my small test script "seems" to work when connecting to a webserver via HTTPS I am really not sure.