RE: host numbers

[Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sharad Joshi wrote:

> Got the answer. converting the given number in binary and reconverting the
> obtained number in decimal, 16bits at a time gives the ip number
> concerned.
> 
> here: 3488905759 => 11001111,11110100,01111010,00011111
>                     ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>                        207     244      122      31
> 
> so, the host address in this case is 207.244... Should the browsers not
> take only dotted notation? Is this a feature (certainly not - i believe) 
> or a bug?

It's a feature, in that it is intentional. It's a bug, in that it
violates the RFC.

It has also been responsible for at least one security problem:
Windows considers that the URL corresponds to the `Intranet' security
zone because the host portion of the URL doesn't contain any dots.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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