Strange URL Configuration: domain.com at 12345

[doctah rimalz]

[14:42:12] root at vanity:~/ > ping 1078106110 
PING 1078106110 (64.66.151.254): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.66.151.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=50.5 ms

...that's how I decipher them.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tilman Schmidt" <Tilman.Schmidt at sema.de>
To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Strange URL Configuration: domain.com at 12345


> At 06:26 29.05.00 +0000, Ron Parker wrote:
> >I received spam today with a response url:
> >
> >     http://www.rankingtothetop.com@1078106110/
> >
> >Funny thing is, this works!  My questions:
> >
> >1. How does this work (i.e., I enter this into my browser and the page
> >comes up).
> 
> The part after the @ determines the server. If this is a decimal number
> many resolvers interpret it as a numeric IP address. The part before
> the @ is just sent along as the username in the HTTP request and
> probably ignored by the server.
> 
> >2. How do I decipher this to find out what the IP is for this site (or
> >real domain name) or ISP so I can complain about the spam.
> 
> 1078106110 = 0x404297FE = 0x40.0x42.0x97.0xFE = 64.66.151.254
> 
> A reverse lookup yields SERVFAIL consistently, and I suspect this is
> intentional, given the names of the servers for the reverse domain:
> 
> 151.66.64.in-addr.arpa.  5d16h47m13s IN NS  NS.SITEPROTECT.COM.
> 151.66.64.in-addr.arpa.  5d16h47m13s IN NS  NS2.SITEPROTECT.COM.
> 
> whois.arin.net says the address belongs to:
> 
> Hostway Corporation (NETBLK-HOSTWAY-03)
>     216 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 325
>     Chicago, IL 60610
>     US
> 
>     Netname: HOSTWAY-03
>     Netblock: 64.66.128.0 - 64.66.159.255
>     Maintainer: HSWY
> 
>     Coordinator:
>        Network, Administrator  (AN94-ARIN)  noc at HOSTWAY.NET
>        312-782-7875
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> -- 
> Tilman Schmidt          E-Mail: Tilman.Schmidt at sema.de (office)
> Sema Group Koeln, Germany       tilman at schmidt.bn.uunet.de (private)
> 
> 
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