Re: How is "0x43.0x9e.0x87.0xa9" a valid domain?

In article <v1Hbg.27079$4H.25957@dukeread03>,
"M. Trimble" <user@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Unruh wrote:

"Joe" <jtester8424@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

...

Because it is just a number. In hex ( which is what the 0x means).

Took one look at that and, 'Oh. Hex. OK, translate to decimal and see what
comes up'. But, why encode it that way? someone trying to obscure the IP
address [like a kitten covering up on the linoleum]?

Someone puzzle me that one???

It probably gets around some security programs, which know how to
recognize dotted-decimal addresses and block them, but don't recognize
the hex.

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