Catch UnicodeError in IRC gethostbyname

Fixes #68
8 years ago · b8239c54d9
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/server/irc.py
+++ b/server/irc.py
@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ class IRC(LoggedClass):
            try:
                ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(line[1])
            except socket.error:
-                # No IPv4 address could be resolved. Could be .onion or IPv6.
+                # Could be .onion or IPv6.
                ip_addr = line[1]
            peer = self.Peer(ip_addr, line[1], line[2:])
            self.peers[nick] = peer
-        except IndexError:
+        except (IndexError, UnicodeError):
+            # UnicodeError comes from invalid domains (issue #68)
            pass