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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index de131f67..38a895d8 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -82,24 +82,11 @@ Your ``pip`` and/or ``setuptools`` are outdated. Please upgrade to the latest versions with ``pip install -U pip setuptools`` (or on Windows ``python -m pip install -U pip setuptools``). -Importing cryptography causes a ``RuntimeError`` about OpenSSL 1.0.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- +Installing cryptography with OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.0, 1.0.1 fails +-------------------------------------------------------------- -The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 1.0.1 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 (1.0.2 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer -operating system. - -For the 2.9 release, you can set the ``CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_101`` -environment variable. Please note that this is *temporary* and will be removed -in ``cryptography`` 3.0. - -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, +The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 0.9.8, 1.0.0, and 1.0.1 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 (1.0.2 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer operating system. |