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Why doesn't ActivePython support SSL?

Posted by kevinw on 2006-07-10 15:35
OS: All / Any | Product: ActivePython | tags: activepython crypto library ssl
Question:

ActivePython does not include SSL support. Why is this, and how can I add it?

Answer:

Here is an answer on python-list while discussing the differences between ActivePython and python.org's Python:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-December/315754.html

As Neil pointed out, ActivePython does not currently have SSL
bindings (the _ssl module) that python.org's Python builds do. We
are currently going through the legal hurdles so that we can
include those. I expect that by or before the Python 2.5
timeframe we'll have _ssl in ActivePython.

In the meantime just plopping in the _ssl.pyd or _ssl.so from either python.org's build or from your own build into ActivePython's lib-dynload directory will work to get ActivePython talking SSL.