what is http://3539181365/ ??

[mattn]

how does that work?

[FoBoT]

i think that most browsers can actually resolve a "decimal" ip address, in addition to the standard "dotted decimal" ip, like 123.321.124.43, so if you convert "123.321.124.43" to "Regular decimal" and punch that into your browser, you get to the same place

i think

[mattn]

that would make 3539181365

353.918.136.5

i thought ips coulndt go past 255.255.255.0 or something like that. i found this from some spam email. i always wondered how they did this. it shows its on an apache server.

[Silent Bob]

Actually it makes it 210.243.159.53

You have to convert it to Hex and read it as a series of bytes.

3539181365 --> D2F39F35 --> D2.F3.9F.35 (I hope I have the byte order right there :))

Converting each byte back into decimal gives the number 210.243.159.53 :)

You are right when you say that there is a limit on what IP's can be. An IP is a series of 4 bytes. The maximum value that can be stored in a byte is 255. This means that an IP can only be in the range 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 :)

[ 14 August 2001: Message edited by: Silent Bob ]

[VRay]

These guys have an IP obscurer: http://www.frigginawesome.com/promotion/tools/obscureip.htm

[Craig McPherson]

You can also use Octal. :)