Resolve 3289355434

[Jeff Reasoner]

It doesn't resolve to anything. This is the Decimal IP (actually DWORD)
format of the address 196.15.148.170.
It's just another way to express an IP address other than dotted quad
format.

On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 22:14, tom wrote:
> I received a phishing scam email recently.  No news there, but one
> thing that caught me off guard was the URL given in the email:
> http://3289355434:82/webscr/index.php
> 
> I am not sure I understand how the domain 3289355434 can resolve to an
> IP, but it does.
> 
> There is no TLD in that domain - could someone explain to me how that
> works?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -tom
> 
>