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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 3456ba97..f00974b4 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ If you have no other libraries using OpenSSL in your process, or they do not appear to be at fault, it's possible that this is a bug in ``cryptography``. Please file an `issue`_ with instructions on how to reproduce it. +Importing cryptography causes a ``RuntimeError`` about OpenSSL 0.9.8 +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The OpenSSL project has dropped support for the 0.9.8 release series. Since it +is no longer receiving security patches from upstream, ``cryptography`` is also +dropping support for it. To fix this issue you should upgrade to a newer +version of OpenSSL (1.0.1 or later). This may require you to upgrade to a newer +operating system. + +For the 1.4 release, you can set the ``CRYPTOGRAPHY_ALLOW_OPENSSL_098`` +environment variable. Please note that this is *temporary* and will be removed +in ``cryptography`` 1.5. + .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org .. _`WSGIApplicationGroup`: https://modwsgi.readthedocs.org/en/develop/configuration-directives/WSGIApplicationGroup.html diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 8c3c436b..38dc4863 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ OpenSSL releases: .. warning:: OpenSSL versions 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 are no longer supported by the OpenSSL - project. Support for OpenSSL 0.9.8 will be removed in the next - ``cryptography`` release. + project. Cryptography 1.4 has dropped support for OpenSSL 0.9.8, see the + :doc:`FAQ </faq>` for more details. On Windows ---------- |