If you install ActivePython, you will not have SSL support installed. The socket module from the standard library will not have the ssl() function defined, because the _ssl.pyd dynamic library is missing, at least for Python 2.4. Maybe they’ve included it in the Python 2.5 kits.
One solution is to install the Python distribution from python.org, but I didn’t want to do that because I like the other extras that ActivePython gives me. The other solution is to find the _ssl.pyd file from the Python distribution that matches your version of Python:
- Download the .msi from the python.org download area. If the exact version you need isn’t listed, find a close one and edit the URL: there are older versions that aren’t advertised on the main page.
- Download lessmsi, a handy tool for opening up .msi files as if they were simple zip files.
- Find the file _ssl.pyd in the .msi file and place it into your Python\DLLs directory.
You now have SSL support!
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Ack. *Yes*, SSL support is included in ActivePython 2.5 builds. The ActivePython 2.4 builds haven't been updated since we got export approval to include crypto.
(Note: I'm the ActivePython guy at ActiveState.)
I ran into this a few weeks ago. I had ActivePython 2.4 and couldn't do SSL. Installing the standard Python 2.4 (from python.org) fixed the problem.
This morning I installed ActivePython 2.5 and the prob is indeed fixed.
Trent, I figured you would chime in with the details (I almost put a "Hi Trent!" in the post itself!)
Corey, good to have confirmation that 2.5 doesn't have the problem...
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