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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(self):
 """identify the remote connection parameters"""

        self.getPorts()         # acquire if necessary
        self.getIPaddresses()   # acquire if necessary
        return (self.ipAddress, self.ports)