From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 13:51:02 CDT
Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> suggested:
> Is this drawn from an existing spec, or invented? If the latter, I
> suggest omitting both octal and hex. Decimal numbers are universal in
> this syntax -- indeed, it's often referred to as "dotted decimal" -- and
> octal in particular will only lead to confusion. (There are existing
> RFCs, e.g. 1166, which clearly indicate that leading zeros have no special
> significance.)
I agree that non-decimal values are not desirable. Actually, IP
addresses in general are not desirable, they are mainly used by spammers
to make it harder to identify the site and complain.
-- -bill davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me