1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/netlib/utils.py b/netlib/utils.py
index 79077ac6..03a70977 100644
--- a/netlib/utils.py
+++ b/netlib/utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ def isascii(s):
         return False
     return True
 
+# best way to do it in python 2.x
+def bytes_to_int(i):
+  return int(i.encode('hex'), 16)
 
 def cleanBin(s, fixspacing=False):
     """