SF patch #497420 (Eduardo Pérez): ftplib: ftp anonymous password

Instead of sending the real user and host, use "anonymous@" (i.e. no host name at all!) as the default anonymous FTP password. This avoids privacy violations.

SF patch #497420 (Eduardo Pérez): ftplib: ftp anonymous password
Instead of sending the real user and host, use "anonymous@" (i.e. no host name at all!) as the default anonymous FTP password. This avoids privacy violations.
606fe4e7 · Guido van Rossum · 24a64341 · 606fe4e7
Commit 606fe4e7 authored Dec 28, 2001 by Guido van Rossum
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 Library

+- ftplib: to safeguard the user's privacy, anonymous login will use
+  "anonymous@" as default password, rather than the real user and host
+  name.
+
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