Merge pull request #32 from ChrisTruncer/ssl_patch

Patch to work on newer python versions which validate ssl

protocols/clients/https_client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 '''
 
+import ssl
 import sys
 import urllib2
 
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ def __init__(self, cli_object):
  self.file_transfer = cli_object.file
 
  def transmit(self, data_to_transmit):
+ # This restores the same behavior as before.
+ try:
+ _create_unverified_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
+ except AttributeError:
+ # Legacy Python that doesn't verify HTTPS certificates by default
+ pass
+ else:
+ # Handle target environment that doesn't support HTTPS verification
+ ssl._create_default_https_context = _create_unverified_https_context
  if not self.file_transfer:
  url = "https://" + self.remote_server + "/post_data.php"