-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pe data de Vin 16 Apr 2004 16:14, Davide Del Vecchio a scris: > Obviously if you try the same thing on a *NIX or IOS the "0" is > just ignored. > It seems like the 0 character implies a modification in the IP field.. > It`s not a bug of the "ping" command, because it "works" on telnet, ftp...
It's not a Windows "feature", linux: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ovidiu]$ ping 010.010.10.10 PING 010.010.10.10 (8.8.10.10) 56(84) bytes of data. - --- 010.010.10.10 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1010ms The leading 0 makes ping interpret the numbers as octal. And 10 in octal is exactly 8 in decimal. Mistery solved. - -- Ovidiu Constantin BitDefender Internal Testing Engineer - ------------------------------------- SOFTWIN Data Security Division - ------------------------------------- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +(4021) 233 18 52; 233 07 80 fax: (+4021) 233.07.63 Bucharest, ROMANIA http://www.bitdefender.com http://www.softwin.ro - ------------------------------------- secure your every bit - ------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAf+Jga3h8kFS2shsRAu9EAJ0ck9n5aSzT5VEFpa7KAlmHJitWLQCeM3iC Zg9CkMQNnZFpvMYuCv2Gmak= =I6tS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
