Comment 8 for bug 1072298

You can always do this for ipv6:
if re.search('\(([0-2]?\d{0,2}\.){3}([0-2]?\d{0,2})(:S\.\d+){0,1}\)$', login) or re.search('\(([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){7}([\da-fA-F]{1,4})(:S\.\d+){0,1}\)$', login)
but I haven't tested that