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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
so spidey, what did you find?

<--bored and I don;t have an decent tools on this machine...

usual linux box that hasn't been secured. OP - take care of this.

cool...I need you to mess with my boxen one day....apf and nothing more..but I've been lazy...

As long as you think about and understand what you are doing (and why) you should be OK.

imagines the lines for a Dr. Seuss book about an alien avatar that pwned my server:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: spidey07
It's an IP address in HEX.

To expand:

IP addresses are just more human readable forms of 32 bit integers.

You can take an IP, convert it to a number and use that to. It has nothing to do with firefox. This is how IP addresses work.

It's also an old workaround for when your company filters out web sites. Look up the IP and convert to an integer and use that. Usually works. Not anymore though. The filter software is smarter these days.

Makes sense, but i have a question. Whats the x character for? http://0xd2406ea9/. Hex only goes from 1-F. 😵
 
Originally posted by: badkarma1399
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: spidey07
It's an IP address in HEX.

To expand:

IP addresses are just more human readable forms of 32 bit integers.

You can take an IP, convert it to a number and use that to. It has nothing to do with firefox. This is how IP addresses work.

It's also an old workaround for when your company filters out web sites. Look up the IP and convert to an integer and use that. Usually works. Not anymore though. The filter software is smarter these days.

Makes sense, but i have a question. Whats the x character for? http://0xd2406ea9/. Hex only goes from 1-F. 😵

0x is just a prefix so the parser knows to read that string as hexadecimal.
 
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