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Reconnaissance In Virtual Space
An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust Security have released an interesting article discussing online reconnaissance techniques. From the article: 'Sometimes thirty-two bits are all you need. This is a guide to Internet reconnaissance - a guide to finding out as much as you can concerning a target via the Internet'."
... you completely and totally missed the "SOMETIMES" that came right before 32-bits. But thanks for playing!
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
However, 32-bits is adequate in trasmitting an IP address, as an IP address is typically 4, 8 bit numbers (0-255), which, if you RFTM'd, you would realize it would perfectly fit the article. You technically could transmit an IP address as 4 letters, but people would be confused by the system, and you're better off using hex (you're not still using decimal for IPs are you? get with the 21st century [lol IPv6 joke]).
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." G.W.Bush
10110110.10111000.00100101.11001110 Is just the same as 182.188.37.206 , right? 32 bits.
...nothing to see here.
The older I get, the less I like everyone else.
Why is the above comment scored as flame bait?
I completely agree with the poster, and the others also modded offtopic/troll.
slashdot: Pull yourself together. Recognise that the link is crap, and deal with the criticism.
Mike.
Open Source Drum Kit, LPLC deve board - mjhdesigns.com
...also called "Zonkism" in slashdot-speak.
Step 1: Lack of interesting stories, hence initiate random story search
Step 2: yep, headline looks good 'nuff, let's post the fooker!
Step 3: Rinse and repeat!
p.s. Sarcasm can sometimes be a wake-up call.
Bullshit.