Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:02:40 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Domain names that are just numbers -- what's this?? Message-ID: <20010621090240.H25711@everest.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <3B312E9C.23E1178D@iowna.com>; from "Bill Moran" on Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 07:15:40PM -0400 References: <3B31292E.8EC9C976@iowna.com> <20010620184659.M91984@happy.cow.org> <3B312E9C.23E1178D@iowna.com>
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--xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> [20010621 02:17]: writing on the subject 'R= e: [OT] Domain names that are just numbers -- what's this??' Bill> ravi pina wrote: Bill> >=20 Bill> > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:52:30PM -0400, Bill Moran said at one po= int in time: Bill> > > Bill> > > What are these domain names that are just numbers? Let's take the Bill> > > following SPAM I recently recieved as an example: Bill> >=20 Bill> > ping and traceroute seemed to work just fine for me. Bill>=20 Bill> That's odd. Bill> Any theory as to why they wouldn't work for me? I'm running 4.3-STABLE Bill> of May 6, 2001 Bill>=20 Bill> I just get "cannot resolve: Unknown host" Bill>=20 Bill> -Bill In 4.3-STABLE I also get; wash:~$ ping -c 1 808517866170 ping: cannot resolve 808517866170: Unknown host wash:~$ traceroute 808517866170 traceroute: unknown host 808517866170 Seems like we're the only victims ;-) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. I'm gonna kill you until you die from it!=20 -Saddam Hussein (actor?), "Hot Shots (Part Deux)"=20 --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD4DBQE7MY3/n7LIsuxjem8RAjJDAJi/tcTWiIxiFc0j1rTwOHqXtQv4AKCbQCgZ InztA31Y2grWPsD9Cg18Fg== =aFvj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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