On 09/06/05 09:58 -0400, Kristian Hermansen wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 15:04 +1200, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > > This has been known since Adam was a cowboy. > > Although I don't believe that your claim is unlikely, it would have been > nice to post a link to the original discovery to back it up. Everyone > that I have showed this to, personally, has not seen it before. And,
Ask any C programmer what happens to integers that get incremented to values greater than the maximum size they can contain. This wrapping around of integers is known for a few years. You may also want to understand the effect of passing a leading 0 in the field, particularly when it comes to IP address obfuscation. I hope this helps. Devdas Bhagat _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
