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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 76117a91..bbcf302e 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -40,27 +40,14 @@ If you have no other libraries using OpenSSL in your process, or they do not appear to be at fault, it's possible that this is a bug in ``cryptography``. Please file an `issue`_ with instructions on how to reproduce it. -Importing cryptography causes a ``RuntimeError`` about OpenSSL 1.0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - -The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 1.0.0 release series. Since it -is no longer receiving security patches from upstream, ``cryptography`` is also -dropping support for it. To fix this issue you should upgrade to a newer -version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer -operating system. - -For the 1.7 release, you can set the ``CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_100`` -environment variable. Please note that this is *temporary* and will be removed -in ``cryptography`` 1.8. - -Installing cryptography with OpenSSL 0.9.8 fails ------------------------------------------------- - -The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 0.9.8 release series. Since it -is no longer receiving security patches from upstream, ``cryptography`` is also -dropping support for it. To fix this issue you should upgrade to a newer -version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer -operating system. +Installing cryptography with OpenSSL 0.9.8 or 1.0.0 fails +--------------------------------------------------------- + +The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 release series. +Since they are no longer receiving security patches from upstream, +``cryptography`` is also dropping support for them. To fix this issue you +should upgrade to a newer version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 or later). This may require +you to upgrade to a newer operating system. .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.io |