From 606fe4e79f617f5b167cf0813cba1ccb3a3a2c19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 20:57:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?SF=20patch=20#497420=20(Eduardo=20P=C3=A9rez):?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20ftplib:=20ftp=20anonymous=20password?=
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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.
---
 Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 65ee65b9a0a..77b6a42416d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Extension modules
 
 Library
 
+- ftplib: to safeguard the user's privacy, anonymous login will use
+  "anonymous@" as default password, rather than the real user and host
+  name.
+
 Tools/Demos
 
 Build