Hostname all numbers???

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Apr 19 22:21:54 UTC 2001


It's not a domain name, it's just a decimal representation of the webserver's
IP address.


-Kevin

boopsie wrote:

> Someone sent me an e-mail with a link to an address that is all numbers?
> (e.g., http://123456/buystuff.htm)  How is this possible?  I thought a all
> valid hostnames had to abide by the top-level domain naming standards (.com,
> .org, .net, etc.)
>
> I'd also like to find out who this site is registered to.  I can do a
> traceroute, which finally ends up at an IP address.  But a whois search did
> not give me any information.
>
> Thanks





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