Hostname all numbers???

[Fabrice Girardot]

Hum, I have just test the link, and it seems to be the same as 
http://www.123456.com/...
or maybe just http://123456.com/

Am I wrong?

Le jeudi 19 avril 2001, à 09:50, boopsie a écrit :

> Someone sent me an e-mail with a link to an address that is all numbers?
> (e.g., http://123456/buystuff.htm)  How is this possible?  I thought a 
> all
> valid hostnames had to abide by the top-level domain naming standards 
> (.com,
> .org, .net, etc.)
>
> I'd also like to find out who this site is registered to.  I can do a
> traceroute, which finally ends up at an IP address.  But a whois search 
> did
> not give me any information.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>


Fabrice Girardot
9 Points Ltd.


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