import ipaddress


def is_valid_ip_address(ip_address):
	"""
	Check that the string specified appears to be either a valid IPv4 or IPv6
	address.

	:param str ip_address: The ip address to validate.
	:return: Whether the ip address appears to be valid or not.
	:rtype: bool
	"""
	try:
		ipaddress.ip_address(ip_address)
	except ValueError:
		return False
	return True