From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 20 15:53:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DCC37B401 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:53:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f5KMo7s04652 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:50:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B31292E.8EC9C976@iowna.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:52:30 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT] Domain names that are just numbers -- what's this?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Folks, This is the best forum I know to ask such a question (from the aspect that it's most likely that folks here will know the answer) What are these domain names that are just numbers? Let's take the following SPAM I recently recieved as an example: For global removal from our list, click the folling link, thank you: http://808517866170/merchantsource/Remove_Form.htm Obviously, I have no intention of falling for their stupid "click here to be removed" bullshit, but I do intend to complain to their ISP. However, a traceroute can't find the domain - ping and whois doen't resolve it either. So my questions are: a) how do I track down the spammer's ISP and complain b) How the heck does this work that my browser can find the site, but other tools can't? I was able to use Ethereal to sniff the HTTP connection, and it's bulletproofwebhosting.net, but how did the DNS figure that out? TIA, Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message