commit 349923379f1c1baf51ff1709abaa19559a59ad69
author Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Thu May 25 23:59:14 2017 -0400
committer Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> Thu May 25 22:59:14 2017 -0500
tree 27929f39177a20235c22d2dab192dd76e8ebb074
parent 978a5e96473c2ce877151fa4e24917bac92ddaa8

Document when OpenSSL changed its default (#3611)

* Figure out when this came into existance by deleting it

* Revert "Figure out when this came into existance by deleting it"

This reverts commit 2fb9b8e104742bfa12eb5feedccebacfc23c66bb.

* Clearly document when this became true

src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py

diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
index e480ea2..a259d66 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         self._lib = self._binding.lib
 
         # Set the default string mask for encoding ASN1 strings to UTF8. This
-        # is the default for newer OpenSSLs for several years and is
+        # is the default for newer OpenSSLs for several years (1.0.1h+) and is
         # recommended in RFC 2459.
         res = self._lib.ASN1_STRING_set_default_mask_asc(b"utf8only")
         self.openssl_assert(res == 1)