Re: OT microsoft "feature"

[Ralf Ertzinger <full-disclosure () camperquake de>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:14:24PM +0200, Davide Del Vecchio wrote:

> Obviously if you try the same thing on a *NIX or IOS the "0" is
> just ignored.
> It seems like the 0 character implies a modification in the IP field..
> It`s not a bug of the "ping" command, because it "works" on telnet, ftp... 

Integers starting with a 0 are interpreted as octal.
010 octal = 8 decimal

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