http://3505021947 - how does this resolve?

[Jeff Schreiber]

Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov> writes:
>
>> Interesting thought on the non-dotted IP format.  But even if say a host
>> is able to resolve non-dotted IPs, wouldn't it have to convert them to
>> normal dotted format first before resolving them?  And a filter set in
>> either format would still be able to do the job, wouldn't it?
>
>If it's doing a text string compare, the two don't look at all alike.
>
>The internal representation IS the 32-bit number.  The decimal and
>hexadecimal representations, the dotted-quad representation, and the
>hostname representation are all just that - representations.
>

    Exactly.  And if it _is_ doing a text string compare, there are _many_
    representations you will need to cover.  Just a small example:

        208.15361019
        0320.15361019
        0320.234.25595
        0320.0352.25595
        208.0352.25595
        (Not sure how to represent hex to netscape, but something like)
        d0.15361019
        d0.ea.25595
        208.ea.25595

                                    -Jeff