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  • M Marc Clifton

    Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

    Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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    Basically, appending "abc.com" to any domain name causes the DNS to resolve "abc.com" first, and the rest becomes a subdomain - which the IPaddress domain uses to ID the domain you want to know about. That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number and I'd pick up your mobile from the remaining tones (assuming I answered in time). Handy, if you want the public info on a site : the visitor percentages by country are interesting!

    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      Basically, appending "abc.com" to any domain name causes the DNS to resolve "abc.com" first, and the rest becomes a subdomain - which the IPaddress domain uses to ID the domain you want to know about. That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number and I'd pick up your mobile from the remaining tones (assuming I answered in time). Handy, if you want the public info on a site : the visitor percentages by country are interesting!

      Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      I guess the creepyness lies in the amount of details about the CP traffic that is collected and presented by this "service".

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        I guess the creepyness lies in the amount of details about the CP traffic that is collected and presented by this "service".

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        OriginalGriff
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        It's all public - there are a number of people who provide it, if the domain is ranked high enough: internet site traffic statistics - Google Search[^] (My domain just gets host location and so forth, which surprises me not at all :laugh: )

        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        • M Marc Clifton

          Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

          Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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          Try doing that to your banking site - mine said I was entering a hacker domain and was in danger of losing my identity.

          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Basically, appending "abc.com" to any domain name causes the DNS to resolve "abc.com" first, and the rest becomes a subdomain - which the IPaddress domain uses to ID the domain you want to know about. That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number and I'd pick up your mobile from the remaining tones (assuming I answered in time). Handy, if you want the public info on a site : the visitor percentages by country are interesting!

            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            David Crow
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number...

            Really? I would assume that the phone system would dial the first 10 digits and ignore the rest. For example, dialing 1-87-SPEEDPASS would only acknowledge 1-87-SPEEDPA and ignore the last two SS. Or maybe I completely misunderstood your comment.

            "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

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              OriginalGriff wrote:

              That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number...

              Really? I would assume that the phone system would dial the first 10 digits and ignore the rest. For example, dialing 1-87-SPEEDPASS would only acknowledge 1-87-SPEEDPA and ignore the last two SS. Or maybe I completely misunderstood your comment.

              "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

              "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

              "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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              well yeah, as OG mentioned he'd hear the tones "if picked up hast enough" - probably would miss almost all of it unless you have superhuman reflexes and the exchange links the connections fast enough. (i.e. those tones would be sent during the ringing time) same as if you dial someone and while talking to them start pressing the number buttons - you hear the button tones. (think helplines: "press '1' for English, '2' for Chinese ... '9' for go away") but even helplines would miss the first numbers if appended to the dialed phone number (before pressing call) ...the exchange end-to-end connection completion on receiving party pickup takes a while, even the new exchanges there's still some milliseconds in there.

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                well yeah, as OG mentioned he'd hear the tones "if picked up hast enough" - probably would miss almost all of it unless you have superhuman reflexes and the exchange links the connections fast enough. (i.e. those tones would be sent during the ringing time) same as if you dial someone and while talking to them start pressing the number buttons - you hear the button tones. (think helplines: "press '1' for English, '2' for Chinese ... '9' for go away") but even helplines would miss the first numbers if appended to the dialed phone number (before pressing call) ...the exchange end-to-end connection completion on receiving party pickup takes a while, even the new exchanges there's still some milliseconds in there.

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                Your post reminds me of this great site 2600 News | 2600[^]

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                • M Marc Clifton

                  Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

                  Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                  Who else did that for stackoverflow.com immediately after Code Project?

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                    Your post reminds me of this great site 2600 News | 2600[^]

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                    :confused:

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                    • D David Crow

                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                      That's no more creepy than appending my landline number to your mobile number: the telephone system would ring my number...

                      Really? I would assume that the phone system would dial the first 10 digits and ignore the rest. For example, dialing 1-87-SPEEDPASS would only acknowledge 1-87-SPEEDPA and ignore the last two SS. Or maybe I completely misunderstood your comment.

                      "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                      "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                      "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                      Daniel Pfeffer
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                      International dialling uses more than the 10 digits used in the US. For example, to dial an international number, I have to dial an international access code (2-3 digits), the country code (1-3 digits), an the national number (7-10 digits), for a total of 10-16 digits.

                      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

                        Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                        So who else thought it best to test it with: ipaddress.com.ipaddress.com[^]

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

                          Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                          Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                          Have anyone noticed that microsoft.com's server software listed as Kestrel?

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                          • G GKP1992

                            Who else did that for stackoverflow.com immediately after Code Project?

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                            Yes. They are located on Cheney reservoir, south of Wichita, Kansas. Are all US datacenters now located underwater? :confused:

                            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                              Try doing that to your banking site - mine said I was entering a hacker domain and was in danger of losing my identity.

                              Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP

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                              Daniel Pfeffer
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                              When I entered my banking site, it said that "it was still being evaluated." :wtf:

                              Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                              • M Marc Clifton

                                Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

                                Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                Love the lake-cooled server, nice to see not only the logo is green.

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                                • M Marc Clifton

                                  Append ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name, and depending on the site, you get a bunch of information. Mainly useless information that you can't get anywhere else, but there's something creepy about adding ".ipaddress.com" to any domain name. For example: codeproject.com.ipaddress.com[^] :~

                                  Latest Article - A 4-Stack rPI Cluster with WiFi-Ethernet Bridging Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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                                  I like the way you worded this... "add .ipaddres.com" implies somehow that this is 'built into domain names magically', or some other mystical way of working. rather than, visit ipaddress.com, and search for your domain. Or go to the subdomain .ipaddress.com . Genius.

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                                    Yes. They are located on Cheney reservoir, south of Wichita, Kansas. Are all US datacenters now located underwater? :confused:

                                    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                                    Saves on cooling costs: Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney - BBC News[^]

                                    Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                    • A adudley256

                                      I like the way you worded this... "add .ipaddres.com" implies somehow that this is 'built into domain names magically', or some other mystical way of working. rather than, visit ipaddress.com, and search for your domain. Or go to the subdomain .ipaddress.com . Genius.

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                                      adudley256 wrote:

                                      Genius.

                                      Rather, a guy who doesn't necessarily know all the ins and outs of web addresses. Manners.

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                                      • N NeverJustHere

                                        So who else thought it best to test it with: ipaddress.com.ipaddress.com[^]

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                                        Gary Wheeler
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                                        Just for giggles, I tried ipaddress.com.ipaddress.com.ipaddress.com[^], which triggered our netnanny and blocked the site.

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                                        • D Daniel Pfeffer

                                          International dialling uses more than the 10 digits used in the US. For example, to dial an international number, I have to dial an international access code (2-3 digits), the country code (1-3 digits), an the national number (7-10 digits), for a total of 10-16 digits.

                                          Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                                          David Crow
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                                          Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

                                          International dialling uses more than the 10 digits used in the US.

                                          I wondered about that, but just wasn't sure.

                                          "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                                          "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                                          "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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