On 6/20/2012 11:21 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > I got a spam today (from a yahoo server, surprise!) with nothing but a > single link. > > http:// 2927755261/ > I separated the http so it would not be a link in your email... suggest > not going to it without proper measures. > it takes you to a record search site. > > When I look up this number block here, > http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/2927755261 > it comes up with a different ip address... > The ip address has no correlation to the numbers I searched for though. > > > How is it possible to have a url that does not conform to the internet > standards? > Even ip addresses need 'periods' between each group of numbers.... > and everything seems to require a period somewhere or the browser will > get angry. > > At first I thought it was some kind of browser hack, but then the > iptrace pulls up an ip. > > so how is this possible? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > okay, I got it...the browsers all the use of IP decimals.. Not sure why they would do that, but I guess it is needed.. Great, another way to hide spammers.. http://www.allredroster.com/iptodec.htm