python - How do I have python httplib accept untrusted certs?

Question

How do I have python httplib accept untrusted certs? I created a snake oil/self signed cert on my webserver, and my python client fails to connect as I am using a untrusted cert.

I'd rather problematically fix this in my client code rather than have it trusted on my system.

import httplib


def main():
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection("127.0.0.1:443")
    conn.request("HEAD","/")
    res = conn.getresponse()
    print res.status, res.reason
    data = res.read()
    print len(data)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()