ussl – SSL/TLS module

|see_cpython_module| python:ssl.

This module provides access to Transport Layer Security (previously and widely known as “Secure Sockets Layer”) encryption and peer authentication facilities for network sockets, both client-side and server-side.

Functions

ussl.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=False, keyfile=None, certfile=None, cert_reqs=CERT_NONE, ca_certs=None)

Takes a stream sock (usually usocket.socket instance of SOCK_STREAM type), and returns an instance of ssl.SSLSocket, which wraps the underlying stream in an SSL context. Returned object has the usual stream interface methods like read(), write(), etc. In MicroPython, the returned object does not expose socket interface and methods like recv(), send(). In particular, a server-side SSL socket should be created from a normal socket returned from accept() on a non-SSL listening server socket.

Depending on the underlying module implementation in a particular MicroPython port, some or all keyword arguments above may be not supported.

Warning

Some implementations of ussl module do NOT validate server certificates, which makes an SSL connection established prone to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Exceptions

ssl.SSLError

This exception does NOT exist. Instead its base class, OSError, is used.

Constants

ussl.CERT_NONE

ussl.CERT_OPTIONAL

ussl.CERT_REQUIRED

Supported values for cert_reqs parameter.