diff --git a/src/lib/win_inet_pton/__init__.py b/src/lib/win_inet_pton/__init__.py
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+# This software released into the public domain. Anyone is free to copy,
+# modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software,
+# either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose,
+# commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
+
+import socket
+import ctypes
+import os
+
+
+class sockaddr(ctypes.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [("sa_family", ctypes.c_short),
+                ("__pad1", ctypes.c_ushort),
+                ("ipv4_addr", ctypes.c_byte * 4),
+                ("ipv6_addr", ctypes.c_byte * 16),
+                ("__pad2", ctypes.c_ulong)]
+
+if hasattr(ctypes, 'windll'):
+    WSAStringToAddressA = ctypes.windll.ws2_32.WSAStringToAddressA
+    WSAAddressToStringA = ctypes.windll.ws2_32.WSAAddressToStringA
+else:
+    def not_windows():
+        raise SystemError(
+            "Invalid platform. ctypes.windll must be available."
+        )
+    WSAStringToAddressA = not_windows
+    WSAAddressToStringA = not_windows
+
+
+def inet_pton(address_family, ip_string):
+    addr = sockaddr()
+    addr.sa_family = address_family
+    addr_size = ctypes.c_int(ctypes.sizeof(addr))
+
+    if WSAStringToAddressA(
+            ip_string,
+            address_family,
+            None,
+            ctypes.byref(addr),
+            ctypes.byref(addr_size)
+    ) != 0:
+        raise socket.error(ctypes.FormatError())
+
+    if address_family == socket.AF_INET:
+        return ctypes.string_at(addr.ipv4_addr, 4)
+    if address_family == socket.AF_INET6:
+        return ctypes.string_at(addr.ipv6_addr, 16)
+
+    raise socket.error('unknown address family')
+
+
+def inet_ntop(address_family, packed_ip):
+    addr = sockaddr()
+    addr.sa_family = address_family
+    addr_size = ctypes.c_int(ctypes.sizeof(addr))
+    ip_string = ctypes.create_string_buffer(128)
+    ip_string_size = ctypes.c_int(ctypes.sizeof(ip_string))
+
+    if address_family == socket.AF_INET:
+        if len(packed_ip) != ctypes.sizeof(addr.ipv4_addr):
+            raise socket.error('packed IP wrong length for inet_ntoa')
+        ctypes.memmove(addr.ipv4_addr, packed_ip, 4)
+    elif address_family == socket.AF_INET6:
+        if len(packed_ip) != ctypes.sizeof(addr.ipv6_addr):
+            raise socket.error('packed IP wrong length for inet_ntoa')
+        ctypes.memmove(addr.ipv6_addr, packed_ip, 16)
+    else:
+        raise socket.error('unknown address family')
+
+    if WSAAddressToStringA(
+            ctypes.byref(addr),
+            addr_size,
+            None,
+            ip_string,
+            ctypes.byref(ip_string_size)
+    ) != 0:
+        raise socket.error(ctypes.FormatError())
+
+    return ip_string[:ip_string_size.value - 1]
+
+# Adding our two functions to the socket library
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    socket.inet_pton = inet_pton
+    socket.inet_ntop = inet_ntop