Test if this address is allocated for private networks.

        Returns:
            A boolean, True if the address is reserved per RFC 1918.

def is_private(self):
        """Test if this address is allocated for private networks.

        Returns:
            A boolean, True if the address is reserved per RFC 1918.

        """
        private_10 = IPv4Network(u'10.0.0.0/8')
        private_172 = IPv4Network(u'172.16.0.0/12')
        private_192 = IPv4Network(u'192.168.0.0/16')
        return (self in private_10 or
                self in private_172 or
                self in private_192)