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Expand Up @@ -1617,7 +1617,8 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.
:data:`CERT_NONE`. At least one of *cafile* or *capath* must be specified.

This method can also load certification revocation lists (CRLs) in PEM or
DER format. In order to make use of CRLs, :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`
DER format, but only through *cafile* or *capath* (not *cadata*).
In order to make use of CRLs, :attr:`SSLContext.verify_flags`
must be configured properly.

The *cafile* string, if present, is the path to a file of concatenated
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PEM-encoded certificates or a :term:`bytes-like object` of DER-encoded
certificates. Like with *capath* extra lines around PEM-encoded
certificates are ignored but at least one certificate must be present.
Unlike *cafile* and *capath*, *cadata* accepts certificates only; CRLs
supplied through *cadata* are rejected.

.. versionchanged:: 3.4
New optional argument *cadata*
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