On 29/11/11 15:21, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> On 11/28/2011 11:21 PM, Dave Warren wrote:
>> On 11/28/2011 7:41 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:21:56 +1300, Jason Haar wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://0x12.0x12.0x12.0x12/
>>> does not work in chrome
>> I tried in Chrome 16.0.912.41 beta-m and 17.0.953.0 canary, both
>> instantly changed the displayed URL to "18.18.18.18" then timed out
>> trying to browse.
> Works in the latest Google Chrome 15 as well.
>
>> http://0xAD.0xC2.0x21.0x34/ (which actually has a web server on it)
>> works in both versions of Chrome.
> Interestingly, when I clicked on that one, Thunderbird gave me a warning:
>
> Thunderbird thinks this message is a scam. The links in the message may
> be trying to impersonate web pages you want to visit. Are you sure you
> want to visit 173.194.33.52?
>
> So it's not just browsers that can work with these obnoxious urls.
>
Firefox treats it as :
Unable to determine IP address from host name for /0xad.0xc2.0x21.0x34/
Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
