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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ including failing the host name check now raises
:exc:`~ssl.SSLCertVerificationError` and aborts the handshake with a proper
TLS Alert message. The new exception contains additional information.
Host name validation can be customized with
:attr:`SSLContext.host_flags <ssl.SSLContext.host_flags>`.
:attr:`SSLContext.hostname_checks_common_name <ssl.SSLContext.hostname_checks_common_name>`.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`31399`.)

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Expand All @@ -1320,8 +1320,7 @@ The ``ssl`` module no longer sends IP addresses in SNI TLS extension.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`32185`.)

:func:`~ssl.match_hostname` no longer supports partial wildcards like
``www*.example.org``. :attr:`SSLContext.host_flags <ssl.SSLContext.host_flags>`
has partial wildcard matching disabled by default.
``www*.example.org``.
(Contributed by Mandeep Singh in :issue:`23033` and Christian Heimes in
:issue:`31399`.)

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-11-17-42-15.bpo-36868.yioL0R.rst
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What's new now mentions SSLContext.hostname_checks_common_name instead of
SSLContext.host_flags.