>>>> If you edit your hosts file, it will affect where something.com points > - you can force it to be IPA and then test, then force it to IPB and > test. You'll still be downloading https://something.com so the HTTPS > handshake should work exactly the same way. >>there are issues with editing /etc/hosts , what if i don't have sudo access on the target server ? I need a way out programmatically to fix this problem . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/attachments/20110615/de482117/attachment-0001.html>