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    copied!<p>I am trying to run a few Python CGI scripts using CGIHTTPServer. This works fine, but now I'd like to run using SSL on the Web listener.</p> <p>I started with the solution at <a href="http://code.activestate.com/recipes/442473-simple-http-server-supporting-ssl-secure-communica/" rel="nofollow">Activestate code recipes</a> and changed SimpleHTTPRequestHandler to CGIHTTPRequestHandler. This works fine serving static files, including the cgi scripts (cgi-bin is, for now, a link to ".") but for cgi scripts Firefox shows</p> <blockquote> <p>"SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length"</p> <p>Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long.</p> </blockquote> <p>Web searches indicate this is likely a server issue, not browser, which seems logical to me. Also, I've tried all the suggested browser settings. I've tried a variety of server settings also, but no joy. </p> <ul> <li>Platform is RHEL 2.6.18</li> <li>Python is 2.4.3 - please don't suggest using "<code>import ssl</code>" as it isn't available</li> <li>Self signed certificate, accepted in browser (static files work)</li> </ul> <p>code:</p> <pre><code>import socket, sys import SocketServer import BaseHTTPServer import CGIHTTPServer from OpenSSL import SSL class SecureHTTPServer(BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer): def __init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass): self.allow_reuse_address = True SockeServer.BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, HandlerClass) ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD) ctx.use_privatekey_file ("path/key.pem") ctx.use_certificate_file("path/cert.pem") self.socket = SSL.Connection(ctx, socket.socket(self.address_family, self.socket_type)) self.server_bind() self.server_activate() class SecureHTTPRequestHandler(CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler): def setup(self): self.cgi_directories= ['cgi-bin'] self.connection = self.request self.rfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "rb", self.rbufsize) self.wfile = socket._fileobject(self.request, "wb", self.wbufsize) def test(HandlerClass = SecureHTTPRequestHandler, ServerClass = SecureHTTPServer): httpd = ServerClass(('0.0.0.0',4443), HandlerClass) sa = httpd.socket.getsockname() print "Serving HTTPS on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..." httpd.serve_forever() if __name__ == '__main__': test() </code></pre> <p>How may I get this working for a quick and easy web interface in Python 2.4?</p>
 

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