note xmlrpclib doesn't verify certs (yet)

benjaminp · benjaminp · commit 77a75b3db1b3 · 2014-10-13T11:54:50.000-04:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ between conformable Python objects and XML on the wire.
    constructed data.  If you need to parse untrusted or unauthenticated data see
    :ref:`xml-vulnerabilities`.
 
+.. warning::
+
+   In the case of https URIS, :mod:`xmlrpc.client` does not do any verification
+   of the server's certificate.
+
 
 .. class:: ServerProxy(uri, transport=None, encoding=None, verbose=False, \
                        allow_none=False, use_datetime=False, \
