Using paired certificates with urllib2

Question

I need to create a secure channel between my server and a remote web service. I'll be using HTTPS with a client certificate. I'll also need to validate the certificate presented by the remote service.

1. How can I use my own client certificate with urllib2?

2. What will I need to do in my code to ensure that the remote certificate is correct?

Answer 1

Here's a bug in the official Python bugtracker that looks relevant, and has a proposed patch.

Answer 2

check http://www.osmonov.com/2009/04/client-certificates-with-urllib2.html