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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py | 25 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py index 43485c2..365742c 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2_localnet.py @@ -469,14 +469,25 @@ class TestUrlopen(unittest.TestCase): # Make sure proper exception is raised when connecting to a bogus # address. self.assertRaises(IOError, - # SF patch 809915: In Sep 2003, VeriSign started - # highjacking invalid .com and .net addresses to - # boost traffic to their own site. This test - # started failing then. One hopes the .invalid - # domain will be spared to serve its defined - # purpose. + # Given that both VeriSign and various ISPs have in + # the past or are presently hijacking various invalid + # domain name requests in an attempt to boost traffic + # to their own sites, finding a domain name to use + # for this test is difficult. RFC2606 leads one to + # believe that '.invalid' should work, but experience + # seemed to indicate otherwise. Single character + # TLDs are likely to remain invalid, so this seems to + # be the best choice. The trailing '.' prevents a + # related problem: The normal DNS resolver appends + # the domain names from the search path if there is + # no '.' the end and, and if one of those domains + # implements a '*' rule a result is returned. + # However, none of this will prevent the test from + # failing if the ISP hijacks all invalid domain + # requests. The real solution would be to be able to + # parameterize the framework with a mock resolver. urllib.request.urlopen, - "http://sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d/") + "http://sadflkjsasf.i.nvali.d./") def test_main(): support.run_unittest(ProxyAuthTests, TestUrlopen) |