python socket模块验证ip地址(IPV4、IPV6)

#!/bin/python
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import socket

#--验证ipv4格式的IP地址
def is_valid_ipv4_address(address):
    try:
        addr= socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, address)
    except AttributeError: # no inet_pton here, sorry
        try:
            addr= socket.inet_aton(address)
        except socket.error:
            return False
        return address.count('.') == 3
    except socket.error: # not a valid address
        return False

    return True

#--验证ipv6格式的IP地址
def is_valid_ipv6_address(address):
    try:
        addr= socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, address)
    except socket.error: # not a valid address
        return False
    return True