Overview
What is pyOpenSSL?
pyOpenSSL : Python interface to the OpenSSL library
In depth
A closer look at pyOpenSSL
pyOpenSSL was developed because the SSL support in the socket module in Python 2.1 (the contemporary version of Python when the pyOpenSSL project was begun) was severely limited. Other OpenSSL wrappers for Python at the time were also limited, though in different ways. Unfortunately, Python's standard library SSL support has remained weak, although other packages (such as M2Crypto1) have made great advances and now equal or exceed pyOpenSSL's functionality. The reason pyOpenSSL continues to be maintained is that there is a significant user community around it, as well as a large amount of software which depends on it. It is a great benefit to many people for pyOpenSSL to continue to exist and advance.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP
Verdict
Should you download pyOpenSSL?
pyOpenSSL runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
GNU Public License
license
— the installer is 752 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
pyOpenSSL specifications
- Publisher
-
Jean-Paul Calderone
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP
- License
- GNU Public License
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 752 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 525
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