[issue43769] ipaddress module takes bytes input as valid ip address

New submission from Philip Bond : Hi I came across an issue with the ipaddress module where it doesent raise a ValueError when passed a non IP address. Example see attached file use tabs for indents and that doesent work with the form. What happens is it when it takes b'PING' a

[issue43769] ipaddress module takes bytes input as valid ip address

Philip Bond added the comment: To replicate ./cidr-gen.py google.com You will see the IP variable is a Russian IP but that was a red herring, I initially thought its was a compromised module. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.

[issue43769] ipaddress module takes bytes input as valid ip address

Philip Bond added the comment: Thanks Eric. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue43769> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: