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  r79812 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-04-05 23:35:07 +0200 (lun., 05 avril 2010) | 5 lines

  Issue #8321: Give access to OpenSSL version numbers from the `ssl` module,
  using the new attributes `ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION`, `ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO`
  and `ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER`.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 905fae0..587df66 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -237,6 +237,36 @@
    modern version, and probably the best choice for maximum protection, if both
    sides can speak it.
 
+.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION
+
+   The version string of the OpenSSL library loaded by the interpreter::
+
+    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION
+    'OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009'
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO
+
+   A tuple of five integers representing version information about the
+   OpenSSL library::
+
+    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO
+    (0, 9, 8, 11, 15)
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
+.. data:: OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
+
+   The raw version number of the OpenSSL library, as a single integer::
+
+    >>> ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
+    9470143L
+    >>> hex(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+    '0x9080bfL'
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.7
+
 
 SSLSocket Objects
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