- my $ip = NetAddr::IP->new($string);
- if ( $ip ) {
- push @where, $class->search_sql_field('ip_addr', $ip->addr);
+ if ( $string =~ /^[\d\.:]+$/ ) {
+ # if the string isn't an IP address, this will waste several seconds
+ # attempting a DNS lookup. so try to filter those out.
+ my $ip = NetAddr::IP->new($string);
+ if ( $ip ) {
+ push @where, $class->search_sql_field('ip_addr', $ip->addr);
+ }