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Python SSL stack doesn't support Compression configuration #57843
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| BPO | 13634 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @jcea, @pitrou |
| Files |
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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2011-12-20.09:19:08.287>
created_at = <Date 2011-12-19.10:39:58.577>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = "Python SSL stack doesn't support Compression configuration"
updated_at = <Date 2011-12-20.09:19:08.286>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/naif'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2011-12-20.09:19:08.286>
actor = 'pitrou'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2011-12-20.09:19:08.287>
closer = 'pitrou'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2011-12-19.10:39:58.577>
creator = 'naif'
dependencies = []
files = ['24052']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 13634
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
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nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['jcea', 'pitrou', 'python-dev', 'naif']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue13634'
versions = ['Python 3.3']
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naif commentedon Dec 19, 2011
TLSv1 support compression with gzip/deflate that can provide for a lot of protocols a great improvement (just think about SIP/TLS or IMAP) in terms of bandwidth.
Currenly Python SSL stack based on OpenSSL doesn't allow the configuration (enabling/disabling/forcing) of TLS compression.
This ticket is about suggesting to implement TLS compression configuration of OpenSSL as described on:
http://blog.dave.cridland.net/?p=73
pitrou commentedon Dec 19, 2011
So, there are two things here:
pitrou commentedon Dec 19, 2011
Here is a patch.
pitrou commentedon Dec 19, 2011
(note that some OpenSSLs are built without compression, such as Mageia's)
python-dev commentedon Dec 20, 2011
New changeset 20b52be99b5d by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-13634: Add support for querying and disabling SSL compression.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/20b52be99b5d
pitrou commentedon Dec 20, 2011
Now committed in 3.3.