feat: support scanning IP addresses

strix/interface/main.py

@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ Examples:
   # Domain penetration test
   strix --target example.com
 
+  # IP address penetration test
+  strix --target 192.168.1.42
+
   # Multiple targets (e.g., white-box testing with source and deployed app)
   strix --target https://github.com/user/repo --target https://example.com
   strix --target ./my-project --target https://staging.example.com --target https://prod.example.com
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ Examples:
         type=str,
         required=True,
         action="append",
-        help="Target to test (URL, repository, local directory path, or domain name). "
+        help="Target to test (URL, repository, local directory path, domain name, or IP address). "
         "Can be specified multiple times for multi-target scans.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(

strix/interface/utils.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import ipaddress
 import re
 import secrets
 import shutil
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ def generate_run_name() -> str:
 
 
 # Target processing utilities
-def infer_target_type(target: str) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
+def infer_target_type(target: str) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:  # noqa: PLR0911
     if not target or not isinstance(target, str):
         raise ValueError("Target must be a non-empty string")
 
@@ -167,6 +168,13 @@ def infer_target_type(target: str) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
             return "repository", {"target_repo": target}
         return "web_application", {"target_url": target}
 
+    try:
+        ip_obj = ipaddress.ip_address(target)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        return "ip_address", {"target_ip": str(ip_obj)}
+
     path = Path(target).expanduser()
     try:
         if path.exists():
@@ -191,7 +199,8 @@ def infer_target_type(target: str) -> tuple[str, dict[str, str]]:
         "- A valid URL (http:// or https://)\n"
         "- A Git repository URL (https://github.com/... or git@github.com:...)\n"
         "- A local directory path\n"
-        "- A domain name (e.g., example.com)"
+        "- A domain name (e.g., example.com)\n"
+        "- An IP address (e.g., 192.168.1.10)"
     )