Mail from ILUG-BOM list (Non-Digest Mode)
Sometime on Jun 24, Manish Jethani assembled some asciibets to say:
> You mean,
>
> 202.54.1.18 -> 11001010.00110110.00000001.00010010 ->
is an IP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is not an IP
> 11001010001101100000000100010010 -> 3392536850
^^^^^^^^^ is not an IP ^^^^^^ is an IP
>
> So, http://202.54.1.18/ evaluates to http://3392536850/
> ? Is it? All 32 bits straight, and the decimal equivalent?
only the decimal equivalent. Unless you can figure out some way to tell
your browser that what you are typing in the url is in binary... but hey!
you have the source code, so go rewrite the browser.
>
> Or shall we remove the leading 0's? Or is it like this --
> http://20254118/ or http://202054001018/
Nope. These two numbers aren't equal and definitely aren't equal to the
original IP address.
Basically, all numbers that arithmetically equate to the same value are
the same number. This is basic math. If a==N and b==N, then a and b are
the same. a==b (transitivity and reflexivity of equality).
Philip
--
Immortality consists largely of boredom.
-- Zefrem Cochrane, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8
_______________________________________________
Linuxers mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
