diff --git a/Lib/test/badcert.pem b/Lib/test/badcert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c419146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/badcert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+Just bad cert data
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+Just bad cert data
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/Lib/test/badkey.pem b/Lib/test/badkey.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c8a955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/badkey.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+Bad Key, though the cert should be OK
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+Bad Key, though the cert should be OK
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/Lib/test/nullcert.pem b/Lib/test/nullcert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/nullcert.pem
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 99803ff..7db63cb 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -1108,7 +1108,6 @@
 class _ExpectedSkips:
     def __init__(self):
         import os.path
-        from test import test_socket_ssl
         from test import test_timeout
 
         self.valid = False
@@ -1122,8 +1121,13 @@
             if not os.path.supports_unicode_filenames:
                 self.expected.add('test_pep277')
 
-            if test_socket_ssl.skip_expected:
-                self.expected.add('test_socket_ssl')
+            try:
+                from test import test_socket_ssl
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                if test_socket_ssl.skip_expected:
+                    self.expected.add('test_socket_ssl')
 
             if test_timeout.skip_expected:
                 self.expected.add('test_timeout')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
index f7c1aa1..d6a54bb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
             s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET)
             s.connect(("www.sf.net", 443))
             fd = s._sock.fileno()
-            sock = ssl.sslsocket(s)
+            sock = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
             s = None
             sock.close()
             try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 04daab2..7eedbdc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from test import test_support
 import socket
 import errno
-import threading
 import subprocess
 import time
 import os
@@ -23,57 +22,21 @@
 
 CERTFILE = None
 
+TESTPORT = 10025
 
 def handle_error(prefix):
     exc_format = ' '.join(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()))
-    sys.stdout.write(prefix + exc_format)
+    if test_support.verbose:
+        sys.stdout.write(prefix + exc_format)
 
 
 class BasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def testRudeShutdown(self):
-        # Some random port to connect to.
-        PORT = [9934]
-
-        listener_ready = threading.Event()
-        listener_gone = threading.Event()
-
-        # `listener` runs in a thread.  It opens a socket listening on
-        # PORT, and sits in an accept() until the main thread connects.
-        # Then it rudely closes the socket, and sets Event `listener_gone`
-        # to let the main thread know the socket is gone.
-        def listener():
-            s = socket.socket()
-            PORT[0] = test_support.bind_port(s, '', PORT[0])
-            s.listen(5)
-            listener_ready.set()
-            s.accept()
-            s = None # reclaim the socket object, which also closes it
-            listener_gone.set()
-
-        def connector():
-            listener_ready.wait()
-            s = socket.socket()
-            s.connect(('localhost', PORT[0]))
-            listener_gone.wait()
-            try:
-                ssl_sock = socket.ssl(s)
-            except socket.sslerror:
-                pass
-            else:
-                raise test_support.TestFailed(
-                      'connecting to closed SSL socket should have failed')
-
-        t = threading.Thread(target=listener)
-        t.start()
-        connector()
-        t.join()
-
     def testSSLconnect(self):
         import os
         with test_support.transient_internet():
-            s = ssl.sslsocket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                              cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
+            s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
+                                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
             s.connect(("pop.gmail.com", 995))
             c = s.getpeercert()
             if c:
@@ -81,177 +44,551 @@
             s.close()
 
             # this should fail because we have no verification certs
-            s = ssl.sslsocket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                              cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
+                                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
             try:
                 s.connect(("pop.gmail.com", 995))
-            except ssl.sslerror:
+            except ssl.SSLError:
                 pass
             finally:
                 s.close()
 
-class ConnectedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testCrucialConstants(self):
+        ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
+        ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
+        ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
+        ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
+        ssl.CERT_NONE
+        ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL
+        ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
 
-    def testTLSecho (self):
-
-        s1 = socket.socket()
+    def testRAND(self):
+        v = ssl.RAND_status()
+        if test_support.verbose:
+            sys.stdout.write("\n RAND_status is %d (%s)\n"
+                             % (v, (v and "sufficient randomness") or
+                                "insufficient randomness"))
         try:
-            s1.connect(('127.0.0.1', 10024))
-        except:
-            handle_error("connection failure:\n")
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't connect to test server")
+            ssl.RAND_egd(1)
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
         else:
-            try:
-                c1 = ssl.sslsocket(s1, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-            except:
-                handle_error("SSL handshake failure:\n")
-                raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't SSL-handshake with test server")
-            else:
-                if not c1:
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't SSL-handshake with test server")
-                indata = "FOO\n"
-                c1.write(indata)
-                outdata = c1.read()
-                if outdata != indata.lower():
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed("bad data <<%s>> received; expected <<%s>>\n" % (data, indata.lower()))
-                c1.close()
+            print "didn't raise TypeError"
+        ssl.RAND_add("this is a random string", 75.0)
 
-    def testReadCert(self):
+    def testParseCert(self):
+        # note that this uses an 'unofficial' function in _ssl.c,
+        # provided solely for this test, to exercise the certificate
+        # parsing code
+        p = ssl._ssl._test_decode_cert(CERTFILE, False)
+        if test_support.verbose:
+            sys.stdout.write("\n" + pprint.pformat(p) + "\n")
 
-        s2 = socket.socket()
-        try:
-            s2.connect(('127.0.0.1', 10024))
-        except:
-            handle_error("connection failure:\n")
-            raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't connect to test server")
-        else:
-            try:
-                c2 = ssl.sslsocket(s2, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
-                                   cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED, ca_certs=CERTFILE)
-            except:
-                handle_error("SSL handshake failure:\n")
-                raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't SSL-handshake with test server")
-            else:
-                if not c2:
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't SSL-handshake with test server")
-                cert = c2.getpeercert()
-                if not cert:
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't get peer certificate.")
-                if test_support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write(pprint.pformat(cert) + '\n')
-                if not cert.has_key('subject'):
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
-                        "No subject field in certificate: %s." %
-                        pprint.pformat(cert))
-                if not ('organizationName', 'Python Software Foundation') in cert['subject']:
-                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
-                        "Missing or invalid 'organizationName' field in certificate subject; "
-                        "should be 'Python Software Foundation'.");
-                c2.close()
+try:
+    import threading
+except ImportError:
+    _have_threads = False
+else:
 
+    _have_threads = True
 
-class ThreadedEchoServer(threading.Thread):
+    class ThreadedEchoServer(threading.Thread):
 
-    class ConnectionHandler(threading.Thread):
+        class ConnectionHandler(threading.Thread):
 
-        def __init__(self, server, connsock):
-            self.server = server
-            self.running = False
-            self.sock = connsock
+            """A mildly complicated class, because we want it to work both
+            with and without the SSL wrapper around the socket connection, so
+            that we can test the STARTTLS functionality."""
+
+            def __init__(self, server, connsock):
+                self.server = server
+                self.running = False
+                self.sock = connsock
+                self.sock.setblocking(1)
+                self.sslconn = None
+                threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+                self.setDaemon(True)
+
+            def wrap_conn (self):
+                try:
+                    self.sslconn = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, server_side=True,
+                                                   certfile=self.server.certificate,
+                                                   ssl_version=self.server.protocol,
+                                                   ca_certs=self.server.cacerts,
+                                                   cert_reqs=self.server.certreqs)
+                except:
+                    if self.server.chatty:
+                        handle_error("\n server:  bad connection attempt from " +
+                                     str(self.sock.getpeername()) + ":\n")
+                    if not self.server.expect_bad_connects:
+                        # here, we want to stop the server, because this shouldn't
+                        # happen in the context of our test case
+                        self.running = False
+                        # normally, we'd just stop here, but for the test
+                        # harness, we want to stop the server
+                        self.server.stop()
+                    return False
+
+                else:
+                    if self.server.certreqs == ssl.CERT_REQUIRED:
+                        cert = self.sslconn.getpeercert()
+                        if test_support.verbose and self.server.chatty:
+                            sys.stdout.write(" client cert is " + pprint.pformat(cert) + "\n")
+                        cert_binary = self.sslconn.getpeercert(True)
+                        if test_support.verbose and self.server.chatty:
+                            sys.stdout.write(" cert binary is " + str(len(cert_binary)) + " bytes\n")
+                    cipher = self.sslconn.cipher()
+                    if test_support.verbose and self.server.chatty:
+                        sys.stdout.write(" server: connection cipher is now " + str(cipher) + "\n")
+                    return True
+
+            def read(self):
+                if self.sslconn:
+                    return self.sslconn.read()
+                else:
+                    return self.sock.recv(1024)
+
+            def write(self, bytes):
+                if self.sslconn:
+                    return self.sslconn.write(bytes)
+                else:
+                    return self.sock.send(bytes)
+
+            def close(self):
+                if self.sslconn:
+                    self.sslconn.close()
+                else:
+                    self.sock.close()
+
+            def run (self):
+                self.running = True
+                if not self.server.starttls_server:
+                    if not self.wrap_conn():
+                        return
+                while self.running:
+                    try:
+                        msg = self.read()
+                        if not msg:
+                            # eof, so quit this handler
+                            self.running = False
+                            self.close()
+                        elif msg.strip() == 'over':
+                            if test_support.verbose and self.server.connectionchatty:
+                                sys.stdout.write(" server: client closed connection\n")
+                            self.close()
+                            return
+                        elif self.server.starttls_server and msg.strip() == 'STARTTLS':
+                            if test_support.verbose and self.server.connectionchatty:
+                                sys.stdout.write(" server: read STARTTLS from client, sending OK...\n")
+                            self.write("OK\n")
+                            if not self.wrap_conn():
+                                return
+                        else:
+                            if (test_support.verbose and
+                                self.server.connectionchatty):
+                                ctype = (self.sslconn and "encrypted") or "unencrypted"
+                                sys.stdout.write(" server: read %s (%s), sending back %s (%s)...\n"
+                                                 % (repr(msg), ctype, repr(msg.lower()), ctype))
+                            self.write(msg.lower())
+                    except ssl.SSLError:
+                        if self.server.chatty:
+                            handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
+                        self.close()
+                        self.running = False
+                        # normally, we'd just stop here, but for the test
+                        # harness, we want to stop the server
+                        self.server.stop()
+                    except:
+                        handle_error('')
+
+        def __init__(self, port, certificate, ssl_version=None,
+                     certreqs=None, cacerts=None, expect_bad_connects=False,
+                     chatty=True, connectionchatty=False, starttls_server=False):
+            if ssl_version is None:
+                ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
+            if certreqs is None:
+                certreqs = ssl.CERT_NONE
+            self.certificate = certificate
+            self.protocol = ssl_version
+            self.certreqs = certreqs
+            self.cacerts = cacerts
+            self.expect_bad_connects = expect_bad_connects
+            self.chatty = chatty
+            self.connectionchatty = connectionchatty
+            self.starttls_server = starttls_server
+            self.sock = socket.socket()
+            self.flag = None
+            if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEADDR'):
+                self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+            if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
+                self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+            self.sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', port))
+            self.active = False
             threading.Thread.__init__(self)
-            self.setDaemon(True)
+            self.setDaemon(False)
+
+        def start (self, flag=None):
+            self.flag = flag
+            threading.Thread.start(self)
 
         def run (self):
-            self.running = True
-            try:
-                sslconn = ssl.sslsocket(self.sock, server_side=True,
-                                        certfile=self.server.certificate,
-                                        ssl_version=self.server.protocol,
-                                        cert_reqs=self.server.certreqs)
-            except:
-                # here, we want to stop the server, because this shouldn't
-                # happen in the context of our test case
-                handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
-                self.running = False
-                # normally, we'd just stop here, but for the test
-                # harness, we want to stop the server
-                self.server.stop()
-                return
-
-            while self.running:
+            self.sock.settimeout(0.5)
+            self.sock.listen(5)
+            self.active = True
+            if self.flag:
+                # signal an event
+                self.flag.set()
+            while self.active:
                 try:
-                    msg = sslconn.read()
-                    if not msg:
-                        # eof, so quit this handler
-                        self.running = False
-                        sslconn.close()
-                    elif msg.strip() == 'over':
-                        sslconn.close()
-                        self.server.stop()
-                        self.running = False
-                    else:
-                        if test_support.verbose:
-                            sys.stdout.write("\nserver: %s\n" % msg.strip().lower())
-                        sslconn.write(msg.lower())
-                except ssl.sslerror:
-                    handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
-                    sslconn.close()
-                    self.running = False
-                    # normally, we'd just stop here, but for the test
-                    # harness, we want to stop the server
-                    self.server.stop()
+                    newconn, connaddr = self.sock.accept()
+                    if test_support.verbose and self.chatty:
+                        sys.stdout.write(' server:  new connection from '
+                                         + str(connaddr) + '\n')
+                    handler = self.ConnectionHandler(self, newconn)
+                    handler.start()
+                except socket.timeout:
+                    pass
+                except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                    self.stop()
                 except:
-                    handle_error('')
+                    if self.chatty:
+                        handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
 
-    def __init__(self, port, certificate, ssl_version=None,
-                 certreqs=None, cacerts=None):
-        if ssl_version is None:
-            ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
-        if certreqs is None:
-            certreqs = ssl.CERT_NONE
-        self.certificate = certificate
-        self.protocol = ssl_version
-        self.certreqs = certreqs
-        self.cacerts = cacerts
-        self.sock = socket.socket()
-        self.flag = None
-        if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEADDR'):
-            self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
-        if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
-            self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
-        self.sock.bind(('127.0.0.1', port))
-        self.active = False
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.setDaemon(False)
+        def stop (self):
+            self.active = False
+            self.sock.close()
 
-    def start (self, flag=None):
-        self.flag = flag
-        threading.Thread.start(self)
-
-    def run (self):
-        self.sock.settimeout(0.5)
-        self.sock.listen(5)
-        self.active = True
-        if self.flag:
-            # signal an event
-            self.flag.set()
-        while self.active:
+    def badCertTest (certfile):
+        server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, CERTFILE,
+                                    certreqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
+                                    cacerts=CERTFILE, chatty=False)
+        flag = threading.Event()
+        server.start(flag)
+        # wait for it to start
+        flag.wait()
+        # try to connect
+        try:
             try:
-                newconn, connaddr = self.sock.accept()
+                s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(),
+                                    certfile=certfile,
+                                    ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+            except ssl.SSLError, x:
                 if test_support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write('\nserver:  new connection from ' + str(connaddr) + '\n')
-                handler = self.ConnectionHandler(self, newconn)
-                handler.start()
-            except socket.timeout:
-                pass
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                self.stop()
-            except:
-                handle_error("Test server failure:\n")
+                    sys.stdout.write("\nSSLError is %s\n" % x[1])
+            else:
+                raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                    "Use of invalid cert should have failed!")
+        finally:
+            server.stop()
+            server.join()
 
-    def stop (self):
-        self.active = False
-        self.sock.close()
+    def serverParamsTest (certfile, protocol, certreqs, cacertsfile,
+                          client_certfile, client_protocol=None, indata="FOO\n",
+                          chatty=True, connectionchatty=False):
+
+        server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, certfile,
+                                    certreqs=certreqs,
+                                    ssl_version=protocol,
+                                    cacerts=cacertsfile,
+                                    chatty=chatty,
+                                    connectionchatty=connectionchatty)
+        flag = threading.Event()
+        server.start(flag)
+        # wait for it to start
+        flag.wait()
+        # try to connect
+        if client_protocol is None:
+            client_protocol = protocol
+        try:
+            try:
+                s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(),
+                                    certfile=client_certfile,
+                                    ca_certs=cacertsfile,
+                                    cert_reqs=certreqs,
+                                    ssl_version=client_protocol)
+                s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+            except ssl.SSLError, x:
+                raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected SSL error:  " + str(x))
+            except Exception, x:
+                raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected exception:  " + str(x))
+            else:
+                if connectionchatty:
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(
+                            " client:  sending %s...\n" % (repr(indata)))
+                s.write(indata)
+                outdata = s.read()
+                if connectionchatty:
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(" client:  read %s\n" % repr(outdata))
+                if outdata != indata.lower():
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                        "bad data <<%s>> (%d) received; expected <<%s>> (%d)\n"
+                        % (outdata[:min(len(outdata),20)], len(outdata),
+                           indata[:min(len(indata),20)].lower(), len(indata)))
+                s.write("over\n")
+                if connectionchatty:
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(" client:  closing connection.\n")
+                s.ssl_shutdown()
+                s.close()
+        finally:
+            server.stop()
+            server.join()
+
+    def tryProtocolCombo (server_protocol,
+                          client_protocol,
+                          expectedToWork,
+                          certsreqs=ssl.CERT_NONE):
+
+        if certsreqs == ssl.CERT_NONE:
+            certtype = "CERT_NONE"
+        elif certsreqs == ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL:
+            certtype = "CERT_OPTIONAL"
+        elif certsreqs == ssl.CERT_REQUIRED:
+            certtype = "CERT_REQUIRED"
+        if test_support.verbose:
+            formatstr = (expectedToWork and " %s->%s %s\n") or " {%s->%s} %s\n"
+            sys.stdout.write(formatstr %
+                             (ssl.get_protocol_name(client_protocol),
+                              ssl.get_protocol_name(server_protocol),
+                              certtype))
+        try:
+            serverParamsTest(CERTFILE, server_protocol, certsreqs,
+                             CERTFILE, CERTFILE, client_protocol, chatty=False)
+        except test_support.TestFailed:
+            if expectedToWork:
+                raise
+        else:
+            if not expectedToWork:
+                raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                    "Client protocol %s succeeded with server protocol %s!"
+                    % (ssl.get_protocol_name(client_protocol),
+                       ssl.get_protocol_name(server_protocol)))
+
+
+    class ConnectedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+        def testRudeShutdown(self):
+
+            listener_ready = threading.Event()
+            listener_gone = threading.Event()
+
+            # `listener` runs in a thread.  It opens a socket listening on
+            # PORT, and sits in an accept() until the main thread connects.
+            # Then it rudely closes the socket, and sets Event `listener_gone`
+            # to let the main thread know the socket is gone.
+            def listener():
+                s = socket.socket()
+                if hasattr(socket, 'SO_REUSEPORT'):
+                    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+                port = test_support.bind_port(s, 'localhost', TESTPORT)
+                s.listen(5)
+                listener_ready.set()
+                s.accept()
+                s = None # reclaim the socket object, which also closes it
+                listener_gone.set()
+
+            def connector():
+                listener_ready.wait()
+                s = socket.socket()
+                s.connect(('localhost', TESTPORT))
+                listener_gone.wait()
+                try:
+                    ssl_sock = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
+                except socket.sslerror:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                          'connecting to closed SSL socket should have failed')
+
+            t = threading.Thread(target=listener)
+            t.start()
+            connector()
+            t.join()
+
+        def testEcho (self):
+
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            serverParamsTest(CERTFILE, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.CERT_NONE,
+                             CERTFILE, CERTFILE, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
+                             chatty=True, connectionchatty=True)
+
+        def testReadCert(self):
+
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            s2 = socket.socket()
+            server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, CERTFILE,
+                                        certreqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
+                                        ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23,
+                                        cacerts=CERTFILE,
+                                        chatty=False)
+            flag = threading.Event()
+            server.start(flag)
+            # wait for it to start
+            flag.wait()
+            # try to connect
+            try:
+                try:
+                    s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(),
+                                        certfile=CERTFILE,
+                                        ca_certs=CERTFILE,
+                                        cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
+                                        ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
+                    s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+                except ssl.SSLError, x:
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                        "Unexpected SSL error:  " + str(x))
+                except Exception, x:
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                        "Unexpected exception:  " + str(x))
+                else:
+                    if not s:
+                        raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                            "Can't SSL-handshake with test server")
+                    cert = s.getpeercert()
+                    if not cert:
+                        raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                            "Can't get peer certificate.")
+                    cipher = s.cipher()
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(pprint.pformat(cert) + '\n')
+                        sys.stdout.write("Connection cipher is " + str(cipher) + '.\n')
+                    if not cert.has_key('subject'):
+                        raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                            "No subject field in certificate: %s." %
+                            pprint.pformat(cert))
+                    if ((('organizationName', 'Python Software Foundation'),)
+                        not in cert['subject']):
+                        raise test_support.TestFailed(
+                            "Missing or invalid 'organizationName' field in certificate subject; "
+                            "should be 'Python Software Foundation'.");
+                    s.close()
+            finally:
+                server.stop()
+                server.join()
+
+        def testNULLcert(self):
+            badCertTest(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
+                                     "nullcert.pem"))
+        def testMalformedCert(self):
+            badCertTest(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
+                                     "badcert.pem"))
+        def testMalformedKey(self):
+            badCertTest(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
+                                     "badkey.pem"))
+
+        def testProtocolSSL2(self):
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
+
+        def testProtocolSSL23(self):
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            try:
+                tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True)
+            except test_support.TestFailed, x:
+                # this fails on some older versions of OpenSSL (0.9.7l, for instance)
+                if test_support.verbose:
+                    sys.stdout.write(
+                        " SSL2 client to SSL23 server test unexpectedly failed:\n %s\n"
+                        % str(x))
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
+
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+
+        def testProtocolSSL3(self):
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
+
+        def testProtocolTLS1(self):
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
+            tryProtocolCombo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)
+
+        def testSTARTTLS (self):
+
+            msgs = ("msg 1", "MSG 2", "STARTTLS", "MSG 3", "msg 4")
+
+            server = ThreadedEchoServer(TESTPORT, CERTFILE,
+                                        ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1,
+                                        starttls_server=True,
+                                        chatty=True,
+                                        connectionchatty=True)
+            flag = threading.Event()
+            server.start(flag)
+            # wait for it to start
+            flag.wait()
+            # try to connect
+            wrapped = False
+            try:
+                try:
+                    s = socket.socket()
+                    s.setblocking(1)
+                    s.connect(('127.0.0.1', TESTPORT))
+                except Exception, x:
+                    raise test_support.TestFailed("Unexpected exception:  " + str(x))
+                else:
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write("\n")
+                    for indata in msgs:
+                        if test_support.verbose:
+                            sys.stdout.write(" client:  sending %s...\n" % repr(indata))
+                        if wrapped:
+                            conn.write(indata)
+                            outdata = conn.read()
+                        else:
+                            s.send(indata)
+                            outdata = s.recv(1024)
+                        if indata == "STARTTLS" and outdata.strip().lower().startswith("ok"):
+                            if test_support.verbose:
+                                sys.stdout.write(" client:  read %s from server, starting TLS...\n" % repr(outdata))
+                            conn = ssl.wrap_socket(s, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+
+                            wrapped = True
+                        else:
+                            if test_support.verbose:
+                                sys.stdout.write(" client:  read %s from server\n" % repr(outdata))
+                    if test_support.verbose:
+                        sys.stdout.write(" client:  closing connection.\n")
+                    if wrapped:
+                        conn.write("over\n")
+                        conn.ssl_shutdown()
+                    else:
+                        s.send("over\n")
+                    s.close()
+            finally:
+                server.stop()
+                server.join()
+
 
 CERTFILE_CONFIG_TEMPLATE = """
 # create RSA certs - Server
@@ -337,33 +674,21 @@
 
     global CERTFILE
     CERTFILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
-                            "keycert.pem")
-    if not CERTFILE:
-        sys.__stdout__.write("Skipping test_ssl ConnectedTests; "
-                             "couldn't create a certificate.\n")
+                             "keycert.pem")
+    if (not os.path.exists(CERTFILE)):
+        raise test_support.TestFailed("Can't read certificate files!")
 
     tests = [BasicTests]
 
-    server = None
-    if CERTFILE and test_support.is_resource_enabled('network'):
-        server = ThreadedEchoServer(10024, CERTFILE)
-        flag = threading.Event()
-        server.start(flag)
-        # wait for it to start
-        flag.wait()
-        tests.append(ConnectedTests)
+    if _have_threads:
+        thread_info = test_support.threading_setup()
+        if CERTFILE and thread_info and test_support.is_resource_enabled('network'):
+            tests.append(ConnectedTests)
 
-    thread_info = test_support.threading_setup()
+    test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
 
-    try:
-        test_support.run_unittest(*tests)
-    finally:
-        if server is not None and server.active:
-            server.stop()
-            # wait for it to stop
-            server.join()
-
-    test_support.threading_cleanup(*thread_info)
+    if _have_threads:
+        test_support.threading_cleanup(*thread_info)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()