From: R David Murray Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 01:00:14 +0000 (-0400) Subject: whatsnew: oops, create_default_context doesn't return what the stdlib uses. X-Git-Tag: v3.4.1rc1~233^2~87 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9561ce2f0f8df2104eeafeffaedaf8a09bab2848;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git whatsnew: oops, create_default_context doesn't return what the stdlib uses. --- diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 33461ebf5b90..45fc6540f8cb 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -1336,11 +1336,12 @@ server, and certificates for a server to use in verifying client certificates Heimes in :issue:`19292`.) New function :func:`~ssl.create_default_context` provides a standard way to -obtain an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` based on the settings Python uses by -default. These settings are more stringent than the defaults provided by the -:class:`~ssl.SSLContext` constructor, and may be adjusted (without notice) in -the future to maintain a balance between compatibility and security. -(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`19689`.) +obtain an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` whose settings are intended to be a +reasonable balance between compatibility and security. These settings are +more stringent than the defaults provided by the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` +constructor, and may be adjusted in the future, without prior deprecation, if +best-practice security requirements change. (Contributed by Christian Heimes +in :issue:`19689`.) stat