in RFC-4217. Connect as usual to port 21 implicitly securing the FTP control connection before authenticating. Securing the data connection requires user to explicitly ask for it by calling prot_p() method. Usage example: >>> from ftplib import FTP_TLS >>> ftps = FTP_TLS('ftp.python.org') >>> ftps.login() # login anonymously previously securing control channel '230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.' >>> ftps.prot_p() # switch to secure data connection '200 Protection level set to P' >>> ftps.retrlines('LIST') # list directory content securely total 9 drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Jan 3 1994 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 1024 Jan 3 1994 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Jan 3 1994 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Jan 3 1994 etc d-wxrwxr-x 2 ftp wheel 1024 Sep 5 13:43 incoming drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1024 Nov 17 1993 lib drwxr-xr-x 6 1094 wheel 1024 Sep 13 19:07 pub drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 1024 Jan 3 1994 usr -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 312 Aug 1 1994 welcome.msg '226 Transfer complete.' >>> ftps.quit() '221 Goodbye.' >>> r