Defang IP Addresses

Category: Networking

Status: Registered and callable in the CyberChef 11.3.0 compatibility inventory.

Input / output: string → string

Background: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Defang+all+the+things/22744/

What it does

Takes a IPv4 or IPv6 address and ‘Defangs’ it, meaning the IP becomes invalid, removing the risk of accidentally utilising it as an IP address.

Note

Status here means the operation name is implemented and callable. It does not by itself promise byte-for-byte parity for every upstream option. See Compatibility and current status for the verified scope and known boundaries.

Arguments and options

This operation takes no positional recipe arguments.

Recipe template

Important

This is a call template built from the documented defaults. Replace placeholder values such as empty keys, paths, patterns, or lookup data before running it.

from pychef import bake

input_value = "example"
args = []
result = bake(input_value, ['Defang IP Addresses'])
print(result)

Pipeline example

from pychef import Pipeline

args = []
transform = Pipeline().then('Defang IP Addresses')
result = transform("example")

Direct call

pychef.ops.run_operation runs any registered operation as a plain function, under the active ExecutionPolicy (safe defaults, no network):

from pychef.ops import run_operation

args = []
result = run_operation('Defang IP Addresses', "example", args=args)

Common operations also have typed helpers in Direct operations.

Low-level operation module

Warning

The module below is an internal implementation detail. It applies no execution policy, resource limits, or error sanitization; prefer bake(), Pipeline, or pychef.ops for application code.

The registered entry point lives in pychef.operations.by_operation.defang_ip_addresses. Direct calls receive the input value and a positional argument tuple:

from pychef.operations.by_operation.defang_ip_addresses import run

result = run("example", tuple([]))

pychef.operations.by_operation.defang_ip_addresses.run(value, args)

Run this operation using its shared internal implementation.

Parameters:

value (str | bytes)
args (Sequence[Any])

Return type:

str | bytes