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+Use this package if you use pyOpenSSL and don't want to be MITMed.
+service_identity aspires to give you all the tools you need for
+verifying whether a certificate is valid for the intended purposes.
+In the simplest case, this means host name verification. However,
+service_identity implements RFC 6125 fully and plans to add other
+relevant RFCs too.