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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def connection_check(addr, port=80, safe=False, ipv6=None):
    '''
    Provides a convenient alias for the dns_check filter.
    '''
    return dns_check(addr, port, safe, ipv6)