Was just pointed to this bug. The fix would probably work, however only under python >= 2.6. ssl_wrapper calls ssl.wrap() under 2.6, but socket.ssl() under Python 2.4 and 2.5. And socket.ssl does not take these parameters: cert_reqs=..., ca_certs=... So either we have to give up python 2.5 compatability and require 2.6 for SSL connections, or do more work to work on python 2.4 Sebastian