From 0aab0020573771e224ebc0e94b2c5adf565fb4f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:16:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SF patch 809915: Fix bogus address to hopefully always break. test_bad_address(): Recover from that VeriSign thought it would boost its corporate coffers to start resolving http://www.sadflkjsasadf.com/. Bugfix candidate -- although the bug is more VeriSign's than Python's! --- Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py index 0786e0665c3..80761df0fc9 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_urllibnet.py @@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ class urlopenNetworkTests(unittest.TestCase): # Make sure proper exception is raised when connecting to a bogus # address. self.assertRaises(IOError, - urllib.urlopen, "http://www.sadflkjsasadf.com/") + # 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. + # urllib.urlopen, "http://www.sadflkjsasadf.com/") + urllib.urlopen, "http://www.python.invalid/") class urlretrieveNetworkTests(unittest.TestCase): """Tests urllib.urlretrieve using the network."""