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| -rw-r--r-- | leap/util/net.py | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/leap/util/net.py b/leap/util/net.py index 10e72a4..a4104d0 100644 --- a/leap/util/net.py +++ b/leap/util/net.py @@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ class PermissionsError(SystemExit): """This test requires admin or root privileges to run. Exiting...""" +def checkIPaddress(addr): + """ + Check that a given string is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. + + @param addr: Any string defining an IP address, i.e. '1.2.3.4' or '::1'. + @returns: True if :param:`addr` defines a valid IPAddress, else False. + """ + import ipaddr + + try: + check = ipaddr.IPAddress(addr) + except ValueError, ve: + log.warn(ve.message) + return False + else: + return True + def getClientPlatform(platform_name=None): for name, test in PLATFORMS.items(): if not platform_name or platform_name.upper() == name: |