From 5d38206c787a675304452a007b50d3a6a65edcb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gaynor Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:02:14 -0400 Subject: Mention CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_098 in the FAQ --- docs/faq.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 3456ba97..2c17e285 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ 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 0.9.8 +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +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. + +For the 1.4 release, you can set the ``CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_098`` +environment variable. Please note that this is *temporary* and will be removed +in ``cryptography`` 1.5. + .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org .. _`WSGIApplicationGroup`: https://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/develop/configuration-directives/WSGIApplicationGroup.html -- cgit v1.2.3 From fd36f9df811d8a75121f75131c23c19d53ea02a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gaynor Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:15:12 -0400 Subject: update installation.rst --- docs/installation.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 8c3c436b..38dc4863 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ OpenSSL releases: .. warning:: OpenSSL versions 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 are no longer supported by the OpenSSL - project. Support for OpenSSL 0.9.8 will be removed in the next - ``cryptography`` release. + project. Cryptography 1.4 has dropped support for OpenSSL 0.9.8, see the + :doc:`FAQ ` for more details. On Windows ---------- -- cgit v1.2.3 From 62f6195896ecb84411313b9b932b21c9aa6381c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gaynor Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:47:56 -0400 Subject: two seperate sentences --- docs/faq.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 2c17e285..f00974b4 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Importing cryptography causes a ``RuntimeError`` about OpenSSL 0.9.8 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 +version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer operating system. For the 1.4 release, you can set the ``CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_098`` -- cgit v1.2.3