# SSL 100

Using defaults in SSL module can lead to insecure protocol usage.

Python 3.6 applies `PROTOCOL_TLS` as the default value, so if no value is specified and your Python version is detected to be 3.6+ this issue won't be shown.

## Fixes

- Use `ssl.create_default_context()` instead of trying to do this yourself
- Do not use version specifiers, use `PROTOCOL_TLS` with options disallowing the bad protocols

## See Also

- http://heartbleed.com/
- http://poodlebleed.com/
- https://www.openssl.org/~bodo/ssl-poodle.pdf
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/ssl.html#ssl-security