Re: [cobalt-security] Puzzle

[jk@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

Josha Richards <josha@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> I have never seen this before and I was wondering if anyone could explain
> this to me
> This resolves to an ip address and Im sure its the math that I dont
> understand yet.
> http://0000000014.0000000051.00000000210.00000000230/

It's pretty simple:

        014.051.0210.0230

The 0 means that the the next numbers are in octals (the base 8
numbersystem).

> http://12.41.136.152

This is in the decimal numbering system (base 10).

Check it with a calculator -- it's good enough!


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