diff --git a/dev/ssltest.py b/dev/ssltest.py
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+import select
+import socket
+import ssl
+import sys
+
+HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+PORT = 8912
+
+def sslProtocolVersion():
+    # sslProtocolVersion
+    if sys.version_info >= (2,7,13):
+        # this means TLSv1 or higher
+        # in the future change to
+        # ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS1.2
+        return ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS
+    elif sys.version_info >= (2,7,9):
+        # this means any SSL/TLS. SSLv2 and 3 are excluded with an option after context is created
+        return ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
+    else:
+        # this means TLSv1, there is no way to set "TLSv1 or higher" or
+        # "TLSv1.2" in < 2.7.9
+        return ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
+
+def connect():
+    sock = socket.create_connection((HOST, PORT))
+    return sock
+
+def listen():
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    sock.bind((HOST, PORT))
+    sock.listen(0)
+    return sock
+
+def sslHandshake(sock, server=False):
+    if sys.version_info >= (2,7,9):
+        context = ssl.SSLContext(sslProtocolVersion())
+        context.set_ciphers("AECDH-AES256-SHA")
+        context.set_ecdh_curve("secp256k1")
+        context.check_hostname = False
+        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+        context.options = ssl.OP_ALL | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv2 | ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3 | ssl.OP_SINGLE_ECDH_USE | ssl.OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
+        sslSock = context.wrap_socket(sock, server_side = server, do_handshake_on_connect=False)
+    else:
+        sslSock = ssl.wrap_socket(self.sock, keyfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'key.pem'), certfile = os.path.join('src', 'sslkeys', 'cert.pem'), server_side = server, ssl_version=sslProtocolVersion(), do_handshake_on_connect=False, ciphers='AECDH-AES256-SHA')
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            sslSock.do_handshake()
+            break
+        except ssl.SSLWantReadError:
+            print "Waiting for SSL socket handhake read"
+            select.select([self.sslSock], [], [], 10)
+        except ssl.SSLWantWriteError:
+            print "Waiting for SSL socket handhake write"
+            select.select([], [self.sslSock], [], 10)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print "SSL socket handhake failed, shutting down connection: %s" % (e)
+            return
+    print "Success!"
+    return sslSock
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print "Usage: ssltest.py client|server"
+        sys.exit(0)
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "server":
+        serversock = listen()
+        while True:
+            print "Waiting for connection"
+            sock, addr = serversock.accept()
+            print "Got connection from %s:%i" % (addr[0], addr[1])
+            sslSock = sslHandshake(sock, True)
+            sslSock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+            sslSock.close()
+    elif sys.argv[1] == "client":
+        sock = connect()
+        sslSock = sslHandshake(sock, False)
+        sslSock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+        sslSock.close()
+    else:
+        print "Usage: ssltest.py client|server"
+        sys.exit(0)