Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 23:41:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Domain names that are just numbers -- what's this?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106202337121.10142-100000@shazam.int> In-Reply-To: <3B31292E.8EC9C976@iowna.com>
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > > What are these domain names that are just numbers? Let's take the > following SPAM I recently recieved as an example: > > <BEGIN FSCKING SPAM EXCERPT> > For global removal from our list, click the folling link, thank you: > http://808517866170/merchantsource/Remove_Form.htm > <END FSCKING SPAM EXCERPT> > I take no credit, I asked my guru friend if he'd ever heard of it, and he said "It's just a 32 bit integer that resolves to the IP address when converted to binary. After all, an IP is just a number. The "dotted quad" thing is just for human consumption. Apparently, Netscape, for one, allows this. Take the number and convert it to hex, then take each 2 hex digits and convert to decimal. -Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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