[egenix-users] ANN: eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution 0.13.0-1.0.0g

[eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg]

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ANNOUNCING

                   eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution

                         Version 0.13.0-1.0.0g


             An easy-to-install and easy-to-use distribution
             of the pyOpenSSL Python interface for OpenSSL -
            available for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix platforms


This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading:
http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-pyOpenSSL-Distribution-0.13.0-1.0.0g-1.html

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INTRODUCTION

The eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution includes everything you need to
get started with SSL in Python.

It comes with an easy-to-use installer that includes the most recent
OpenSSL library versions in pre-compiled form, making your application
independent of OS provided OpenSSL libraries:

    http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/

pyOpenSSL is an open-source Python add-on that allows writing SSL/TLS-
aware network applications as well as certificate management tools:

    https://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/

OpenSSL is an open-source implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol:

    http://www.openssl.org/

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NEWS

This new release of the eGenix.com pyOpenSSL Distribution updates the
included pyOpenSSL version to 0.13.0 and the included OpenSSL version
to 1.0.0g.

Main new features in pyOpenSSL sine 0.10.0
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 * pyOpenSSL 0.11 fixes a few bugs related to error processing;
   see https://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/+announcement/7128

 * pyOpenSSL 0.12 fixes interaction with memoryviews, adds TLS
   callbacks and x509 extension introspection;
   see https://launchpad.net/pyopenssl/+announcement/8151

 * pyOpenSSL 0.13 adds OpenSSL 1.0 support (which eGenix
   contributed) and a few new APIs;
   see https://lists.launchpad.net/pyopenssl-users/msg00008.html

Please see Jean-Paul Calderone's above announcements for more details.

New features in OpenSSL 1.0.0g since 1.0.0a
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OpenSSL 1.0.0g fixes several vulnerabilities relative to 1.0.0a:

    http://openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html

and includes a number of stability enhancements as well as extra
protection against attacks:

    http://openssl.org/news/changelog.html

New features in the eGenix pyOpenSSL Distribution
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 * Updated the pyOpenSSL license information from LGPL to
   Apache License 2.0.

 * Added support for Python 2.7 on all platforms.

 * Added documentation for automatic download of egg distributions
   using compatible tools such as easy_install and zc.buildout.

As always, we provide binaries that include both pyOpenSSL and the
necessary OpenSSL libraries for all supported platforms:
Windows x86 and x64, Linux x86 and x64, Mac OS X PPC, x86 and x64.

We've also added egg-file distribution versions of our eGenix.com
pyOpenSSL Distribution for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X to the
available download options. These make setups using e.g. zc.buildout
and other egg-file based installers a lot easier.

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DOWNLOADS

The download archives and instructions for installing the package can
be found at:

    http://www.egenix.com/products/python/pyOpenSSL/

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UPGRADING

Before installing this version of pyOpenSSL, please make sure that
you uninstall any previously installed pyOpenSSL version. Otherwise,
you could end up not using the included OpenSSL libs.

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SUPPORT

Commercial support for these packages is available from eGenix.com.
Please see

    http://www.egenix.com/services/support/

for details about our support offerings.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the eGenix pyOpenSSL Distributon, licensing
and download instructions, please visit our web-site or write to
sales at egenix.com.

Enjoy,

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

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