Strange one-word DNS name
Alexander Ottl
aottl at mpmail.net
Sun Feb 18 13:50:44 UTC 2001
Obi Wan wrote:
>
> I've recently encountered a couple of VERY strange DNS entries, and am
> curious if anyone knows what the deal is with these. Do an nslookup on
> 3506561497 and 1047530039.
>
>
> Name: vip3.intl.geocities.yahoo.com
> Address: 209.1.225.217
>
> - and -
> 1047530039
> Name: dialpool1-55.dial.tijd.com
> Address: 62.112.10.55
>
> Maybe I'm just a newbie to DNS, but I'm really confused as to how these
> can be valid DNS names with no dots in them?!?
>
> Please respond via email if you know the explanation.
>
> - Obiwan
These aren't DNS names. These are decimal numbers which can represent a
32-bit IP address just as well as the more familiar dotted quad
notation. So "nslookup 1047530039" is equivalent to "nslookup
62.112.10.55"
--
Alexander Ottl
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