22 Nov
2010
22 Nov
'10
4:23 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Michael Brown <michael@supermathie.net> wrote:
On 11/22/2010 02:58 PM, Steven Bellovin wrote:
010 is how C represents an octal number. This one is known in decimal as 8. Obviously, what Greg meant to type was: $ ping 012.0xA.10.1 PING 012.0xA.10.1 (10.10.10.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
He was on Windows, so he might have intended: C:\>ping 168430081 Pinging 10.10.10.1 with 32 bytes of data: -Bill -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004