[TriLUG] OT: how can this URL resolve?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Christopher L Merrill wrote:

> I didn't think this was a legal URL without a top-level domain:
>  http://3400329509/

> pinging 3400329509, much to my suprise, resolved to
>  202.172.233.37

the url above is decimal for the dotted quad notation.

> Also, a whois lookup fails...so I'm assuming there is some numeric
> decoding applied by the network stack to turn it into an IP address...
> anyone know what that decoding is?

the dotted quad notation is for humans

Joe

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