== Exceptions

No issue is reported for the following cases because they are not considered sensitive:

* Loopback addresses 127.0.0.0/8 in CIDR notation (from 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255)
* Broadcast address 255.255.255.255
* Non routable address 0.0.0.0
* Strings of the form ``++2.5.<number>.<number>++`` as they http://www.oid-info.com/introduction.htm[often match Object Identifiers]  (OID).