python: ssl.get_server_certificate() returns unicode type in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
Issue
- python: ssl.get_server_certificate() returns
unicodetype in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 - On RHEL7.1
ssl.get_server_certificate()returns astringobject. - On RHEL7.2 the same function returns a
unicodeobject.
[user@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.1 (Maipo)
[user@localhost ~]$ python <<< "import ssl; print type(ssl.get_server_certificate(('<REDACTED>', 443)))"
<type 'str'>
[user@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
[user@localhost ~]$ python <<< "import ssl; print type(ssl.get_server_certificate(('<REDACTED>', 443)))"
<type 'unicode'>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
- python-2.7.5-34.el7.x86_64
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