[Tutor] Re: Fwd: Create list of IPs

[Roel Schroeven]

R. Alan Monroe wrote:
>>>Liam Clarke wrote:
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>>[ snip ]
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>>>- increment an IP. This is the hardest part. 
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>>Why? An ip (V4) is just an 32bit integer :-)
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> Indeed. Some early versions of MacTCP for MacOS made you input the
> address as a single large decimal number :^)

And you can use it in URLs too (at least in Mozilla): python.org's IP
address is 194.109.137.226, which is 3261958626 when represented as an
integer. Typing http://3261958626/ in the browsers address bar takes you
to the homepage :)

-- 
"Codito ergo sum"
Roel Schroeven