[issue2054] add ftp-tls support to ftplib - RFC 4217

[Bill Janssen]

Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:

As you point out, the other classes should be fixed.  The old client-side
protocol was never very well thought out, IMHO.  Continuing to propagate it
would be a mistake.
Bill

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Giampaolo Rodola' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>
> Giampaolo Rodola' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
> > Another thing to look at is what the useful arguments are to pass in
> > for TLS usage over FTP.  If, for example, the client needs to validate
> > the server's certificate or identity, provision should be made for a
> > file of cacerts to be passed to the FTP_TLS instance.  Passing in a
> > keyfile and certfile is usually only necessary when the client uses
> > them to identify itself to the server.
>
> I drew from the SSL classes defined in httplib, imaplib, poplib, smtplib
> and urllib modules which accept a keyfile and a certfile in the class
> constructor so I thought it was the "right way". Is there a reason why
> the FTP protocol should behave differently as you have described?
>

Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9775/unnamed

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As you point out, the other classes should be fixed. &nbsp;The old client-side 
protocol was never very well thought out, IMHO. &nbsp;Continuing to propagate 
it would be a mistake.<div><br></div><div>Bill<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Giampaolo Rodola&#39; &lt;<a 
href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote 
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc 
solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>
Giampaolo Rodola&#39; &lt;<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]</a>&gt; added the comment:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">&gt; Another thing to look at is what the useful arguments 
are to pass in<br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
&gt; for TLS usage over FTP. &nbsp;If, for example, the client needs to 
validate<br>
&gt; the server&#39;s certificate or identity, provision should be made for 
a<br>
&gt; file of cacerts to be passed to the FTP_TLS instance. &nbsp;Passing in 
a<br>
&gt; keyfile and certfile is usually only necessary when the client uses<br>
&gt; them to identify itself to the server.<br>
<br>
</div>I drew from the SSL classes defined in httplib, imaplib, poplib, 
smtplib<br>
and urllib modules which accept a keyfile and a certfile in the class<br>
constructor so I thought it was the &quot;right way&quot;. Is there a reason 
why<br>
the FTP protocol should behave differently as you have 
described?<br></blockquote></div><br></div>

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