suspicious-ftplib-import (S402)

Derived from the flake8-bandit linter.

This rule is unstable and in preview. The --preview flag is required for use.

What it does

Checks for imports of the ftplib module.

Why is this bad?

FTP is considered insecure. Instead, use SSH, SFTP, SCP, or another encrypted protocol.

Example

import ftplib

References

• Python documentation: ftplib - FTP protocol client