can be passed to
    the wrap_socket function/method from the ssl module.
    Defaults to :data:`ssl.CERT_REQUIRED`.
    If given a string it is assumed to be the name of the constant in the
    :mod:`ssl` module or its abbreviation.
    (So you can specify `REQUIRED` instead of `CERT_REQUIRED`.
    If it's neither `None` nor a string we assume it is already the numeric
    constant which can directly be passed to wrap_socket.
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