Comment on Node.example.com Is an IP AddressComments−tutfbhuf5yTL;DR Node.example.com is an IPv6 adresss.−utborin5yBecause it’s 16 bytes, and in Python 2 strings were just bytes, so any 16-byte string could be interpreted as an IPv6 address.Doh.
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TL;DR Node.example.com is an IPv6 adresss.
Because it’s 16 bytes, and in Python 2 strings were just bytes, so any 16-byte string could be interpreted as an IPv6 address.
Doh.