http://3505021947 - how does this resolve?

[Jeff Schreiber]

Dan Winchester <andy.stowell at virgin.net> writes:
>
>I'm seeing more and more addresses in the format above.
>
>How do they resolve? What organisation allocates them? Are they in any
>way derived from the IP address?
>

    Quite simply

    It's an IP address.  Most resolvers will take IPaddrs in regular dotted
    form, or in hex or decimal form.

    3505021947 is in hex 0xD0EA63FB
    Which D0 = 208, EA = 234, 63 = 99, FB = 251.

    So... try connecting to http://208.234.99.251

    Or even:

    % nslookup 208.234.99.251
        Name:    www.freestation.com
        Address:  208.234.99.251

    http://www.freestation.com/

    People often use the hex or decimal representation to sneak by poorly
    written web filters.

                                                -Jeff

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