Re: SSLSocket.getpeercert() doesn't return issuer, serial number, etc

From	Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
Subject	Re: SSLSocket.getpeercert() doesn't return issuer, serial number, etc
Date	2012-08-16 11:48 +0000
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Hello,

Gustavo Baratto <gbaratto <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> SSL.Socket.getpeercert() doesn't return essential information present in the
> client certificate (issuer, serial number, not before, etc), and it looks it is
> by design:

It does, in Python 3.2:
http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/ssl.html#client-side-operation

(although the getpeercert() doc should be updated to reflect this)

If some information is still lacking from the returned value, please open an 
issue at http://bugs.python.org

Regards

Antoine.


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Re: SSLSocket.getpeercert() doesn't return issuer, serial number, etc Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2012-08-16 11:48 +0000

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