Re: [Jython-users] SSL support

[Alan K. <jyt...@xh...>]

[A M <ar...@gm...>]
 >>
 >>URLError: <urlopen error unknown url type: https>
 >>
 >> Does Jython supports SSL protocol and it is a matter of
 >> configuration, or do I have to install SSL support manually
 >> via Python libraries?

[Charlie Groves]
> Jython doesn't support ssl through Python libraries as the C code for
> that hasn't been ported.  The SSL support in Java works fine though.
> See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.jython.user/5179 for more
> details.

I've implemented cpython-compatible client-side ssl support in jython's 
socket.py. The java ssl support does indeed work fine: there is a direct 
mapping from cpython's approach to java apis.

As a test while developing, I've gotten the example from the cpython 
documentation working:

http://docs.python.org/lib/socket-example.html

this is its output on jdk 1.4.2

'CN=www.verisign.com, OU=Terms of use at www.verisign.com/rpa (c)05, 
OU=Production Services L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US, 
O="VeriSign, Inc.", 
OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.1=Wilmington,OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, 
OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, SERIALNUMBER=2497886'
'CN=VeriSign Class 3 Extended Validation SSL SGC CA, OU=Terms of use at 
https://www.verisig.com/rpa (c)06, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, 
O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US'

Notice that this is not quite the same as the "ASN.1" representation 
produced by cpython : different separators and different order.

I'll be making the code available as soon as I've added cpython 
compatible exceptions to it.

Charlie, is a patch for this the right way to go? I think it's a good 
candidate for inclusion in the jython code base. It's about 50 lines of 
standalone code, but will grow a little when I add the exceptions.

I'll be writing a small test suite for it too. The cpython 2.5 
test_socket_ssl.py doesn't really have wide coverage. What to do with 
that test suite?

Regards,

Alan.