VAX VMS, if you know it, does exactly the same (as usual). And - shock - look at this:
### >ping 0x10.010.10.10 Pinging 0x10.010.10.10 [16.8.10.10] with 32 bytes of data: ### Isn't that shocking? ;) Rainer PS: I once had a collague who loved to order things. He made all addresses with 3-digit pairs and introduced leading zeros. I won't forget the expression on his face when I told him why his hard work didn't work well ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Sacha J. Bernstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:59 PM > To: Davide Del Vecchio; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] OT microsoft "feature" > > > The leading zero specifies that the number following is > octal. This is > expected behavior, and you will find that Solaris, FreeBSD, > and Solaris all > act exactly the same. > > Sacha > > > --On Friday, April 16, 2004 15:14:24 +0200 Davide Del Vecchio > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi list, > > I`m sorry for the OT, > > Anyone has a good explaination for this ? > > Windows XP Professional SP1 > .... > > C:\>ping 010.010.010.010 > > Esecuzione di Ping 010.010.010.010 [8.8.8.8] con 32 byte di dati: > > Control-C > > ^C > > C:\> > > 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... > > d. > > > > --- > Sacha J. Bernstein > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
