import socket, os, sys

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

# host running "nc -l -p 9330 < /dev/zero" or something similar
sock.connect(("a.b.c.d", 9330))

# may need a larger size to replicate
size = 6464478
file = sock.makefile('rb')
data = file.read(size)

sock.close