Re: OFFTOPIC weird URL's

2000-11-06 Thread Pollywog
On 06-Nov-2000 Hubert Chan wrote: > Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I received a spam which promoted a website but the problem was the URL has >> something like this >> >> http://2704935062/somestupid/pornpage.html > > The way I translate it is: > > Convert to hex: 2704935062 -> 0xA1

Re: OFFTOPIC weird URL's

2000-11-06 Thread Hubert Chan
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I received a spam which promoted a website but the problem was the URL has > something like this > > http://2704935062/somestupid/pornpage.html The way I translate it is: Convert to hex: 2704935062 -> 0xA13A0896 Convert each pair of hex digits to decimal:

Re: OFFTOPIC weird URL's

2000-11-05 Thread Joey Hess
Bob Bernstein wrote: > croak> What exactly are these spammers doing? Did they convert a > croak> dotted-quad address into a decimal number? > > I can tell you an easier way to decipher them, but I too would like to > know how they are contructed, i.e what's the algorithm. a.b.c.d n = d

Re: OFFTOPIC weird URL's

2000-11-04 Thread Bob Bernstein
> "croak" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: croak> What exactly are these spammers doing? Did they convert a croak> dotted-quad address into a decimal number? I can tell you an easier way to decipher them, but I too would like to know how they are contructed, i.e what's the al