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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2011-03-29 19:58:29 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2011-03-29 19:58:29 (GMT)
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Merge issue 11662.
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@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ HTTPRedirectHandler Objects
is the case, :exc:`HTTPError` is raised. See :rfc:`2616` for details of the
precise meanings of the various redirection codes.
+ An :class:`HTTPError` exception raised as a security consideration if the
+ HTTPRedirectHandler is presented with a redirected url which is not an HTTP,
+ HTTPS or FTP url.
+
.. method:: HTTPRedirectHandler.redirect_request(req, fp, code, msg, hdrs, newurl)