From 2ef16328e82ae9b9715251e41b8abf4b95ae6f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:12:43 +0000
Subject: Stricter verification for file based url scheme and reliance on ftp
 protocol.

---
 Lib/urllib/request.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'Lib/urllib/request.py')

diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index f7c7416f34..c6767d0b26 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -1188,7 +1188,8 @@ class FileHandler(BaseHandler):
     # Use local file or FTP depending on form of URL
     def file_open(self, req):
         url = req.selector
-        if url[:2] == '//' and url[2:3] != '/':
+        if url[:2] == '//' and url[2:3] != '/' and (req.host and
+                req.host != 'localhost'):
             req.type = 'ftp'
             return self.parent.open(req)
         else:
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