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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _connect(self):
        "Wrap the socket with SSL support"
        sock = super(SSLConnection, self)._connect()
        if hasattr(ssl, "create_default_context"):
            context = ssl.create_default_context()
            context.check_hostname = False
            context.verify_mode = self.cert_reqs
            if self.certfile and self.keyfile:
                context.load_cert_chain(certfile=self.certfile,
                                        keyfile=self.keyfile)
            if self.ca_certs:
                context.load_verify_locations(self.ca_certs)
            sock = context.wrap_socket(sock, server_hostname=self.host)
        else:
            # In case this code runs in a version which is older than 2.7.9,
            # we want to fall back to old code
            sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock,
                                   cert_reqs=self.cert_reqs,
                                   keyfile=self.keyfile,
                                   certfile=self.certfile,
                                   ca_certs=self.ca_certs)
        return sock