@@ -2548,33 +2548,31 @@ with the first of those changes appearing in the Python 2.7.7 release.
25482548:pep: `466 ` related features added in Python 2.7.7:
25492549
25502550* :func: `hmac.compare_digest ` was backported from Python 3 to make a timing
2551- attack resistant comparison operation broadly available to Python 2
2552- applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue: `21306 `)
2553-
2554- * upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1g for the prebuilt Windows installers published
2555- on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue: `21462 `)
2551+ attack resistant comparison operation available to Python 2 applications.
2552+ (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue: `21306 `.)
25562553
2554+ * OpenSSL 1.0.1g was upgraded in the official Windows installers published on
2555+ python.org. (Contributed by Zachary Ware; :issue: `21462 `.)
25572556
25582557:pep: `466 ` related features added in Python 2.7.8:
25592558
25602559* :func: `hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac ` was backported from Python 3 to make a hashing
25612560 algorithm suitable for secure password storage broadly available to Python
2562- 2 applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue: `21304 `)
2561+ 2 applications. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue: `21304 `. )
25632562
2564- * upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1h for the prebuilt Windows installers published
2565- on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue: `21671 ` for
2566- CVE-2014-0224)
2563+ * OpenSSL 1.0.1h was upgraded for the official Windows installers published on
2564+ python.org. (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue: `21671 ` for CVE-2014-0224)
25672565
25682566:pep: `466 ` related features added in Python 2.7.9:
25692567
25702568* Most of Python 3.4's :mod: `ssl ` module was backported. This means :mod: `ssl `
25712569 now supports Server Name Indication, TLS1.x settings, access to the platform
25722570 certificate store, the :class: `~ssl.SSLContext ` class, and other
2573- features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid in :issue: `21308 `.)
2571+ features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid; :issue: `21308 `.)
25742572
25752573* :func: `os.urandom ` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom ``
25762574 instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom `` on every call. (Contributed by Alex
2577- Gaynor in :issue: `21305 `.)
2575+ Gaynor; :issue: `21305 `.)
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