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Verify and Pin the FTPS Server Certificate

Demonstrates the certificate-verification properties RequireSslCertVerify, TlsPinSet, and the read-only SslServerCertVerified.

Background: By default a TLS connection is not rejected merely because certificate-chain verification fails, so RequireSslCertVerify = true is the important hardening step — it makes an expired, unsigned, or untrusted certificate abort the connection. TlsPinSet adds public-key pinning on top: the handshake fails unless the server's SPKI fingerprint matches one you configured, defending against a mis-issued certificate that would otherwise validate. Pinning supplements verification rather than replacing it. SslServerCertVerified reports the outcome.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

ftp = chilkat2.Ftp2()

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

ftp.AuthTls = True

# Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
# from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.Password = "myPassword"

# Reject the connection if the server certificate cannot be verified (expired, bad signature,
# untrusted chain, etc.).  The default is False, which does not reject on verification
# failure -- set True for security.
ftp.RequireSslCertVerify = True

# Optionally pin the server's public key.  If none of the configured SPKI fingerprints matches,
# the TLS handshake fails.  Pinning supplements normal verification; it does not replace it.
ftp.TlsPinSet = "sha256//YLh1dUR9y6Kja30RrAn7JKnbQG/uEtLMkBgFF2Fuihg="

success = ftp.Connect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# SslServerCertVerified reports whether the certificate chain was successfully verified.
if (ftp.SslServerCertVerified):
    print("The server certificate was verified.")

success = ftp.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()