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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2010-09-29 11:24:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2010-09-29 11:24:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 79ecd7621e9cacbe10b7429633f9e3f77dcd6429 (patch) | |
| tree | 958d9c3c34642cc823417fb4b6a328db7a28346f /Doc/library/urllib.request.rst | |
| parent | c3ed2e7f8326d703ed971220a7eb76317341efbf (diff) | |
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Issue #9983: warn that urllib and httplib don't perform SSL certificate validation.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst index 1578968..4a897ad 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines functions and classes which help in opening URLs (mostly HTTP) in a complex world --- basic and digest authentication, redirections, cookies and more. +.. warning:: When opening HTTPS (or FTPS) URLs, it is not attempted to + validate the server certificate. Use at your own risk! + + The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions: |