[issue19509] No SSL match_hostname() in ftp, imap, nntp, pop, smtp modules

Georg Brandl report at bugs.python.org
Tue Nov 26 20:57:47 CET 2013


Georg Brandl added the comment:

For a true security fix, the default for check_hostname would have to be True.  However, that will create a lot of backward compatibility problems for questionable gain.

I think Larry should make an exception for 3.4 and allow this new feature.

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