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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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    GKP1992
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    Who else did that for stackoverflow.com immediately after Code Project?

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    • T Tim Deveaux

      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.

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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.

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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?

            "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018

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            • G GKP1992

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

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              Daniel Pfeffer
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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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              • M Mycroft Holmes

                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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                  Peter Adam
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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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                    adudley256
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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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                    • D Daniel Pfeffer

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

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

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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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                        Gary Wheeler
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                        adudley256 wrote:

                        Genius.

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

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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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.

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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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

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                            • N NeverJustHere

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

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                              W Balboos GHB
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                              Me! Saves me the trouble of posting the "how could anyone resist . . . " post.

                              Ravings en masse^

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                              • G Gary Wheeler

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

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                W Balboos GHB
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                                From my account I got a "not found" message.

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                                • G GKP1992

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

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                                  They are not located in a lake. They used to show in the centroid of an area which happened to be a hapless person who did not even have an internet connection. Nonetheless, angry people would show up at his/her house threatening them since the website that stole their credit card was shown to reside at his/her house. The location service was forced to pin unknown locations to bodies to save the innocent people from harassment.

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    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: )

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                                    The biggest surprise when I put mine in was that sometime in the last few years my hosting company apparently switched from LightSpeed HTTPD to Apache. Doesn't affect anything I do, on the web end I've never used it as more than a file share; the account primarily exists to let me run a bouncer for my IRC connection with bottom tier shared hosting as a dirt cheap addon. If I were to do anything serious with it I'd switch to .net hosting of some sort; but I don't think I've even got a line of javascript on it currently never mind php or whatever penguin stack the hosting company installed in its default deploy.

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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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                                      BStorrar
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                                      I like that the web site came up with the standard cookie disclaimer... "We value your privacy."

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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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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        the visitor percentages by country are interesting!

                                        Yeah, I also found that interesting. Iran? From the map, I'm going to assume they have a secret lair just under the surface, kind of like some Bond villain.

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                                        • F Forogar

                                          Especially that CodeProject is apparently being served from the middle of a lake!

                                          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                          Matthew Dennis
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                                          The hamsters needed a bath. They’ve been working extra hard lately.

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