Yep IP address formats are wild. The four byte notation is just recommended, you can also group arbitrary many bites starting at the right.
So is 0b01000000000000000000000000000001
hm, doesn't work on my machine :(
~$ ping 0b01000000000000000000000000000001
ping: 0b01000000000000000000000000000001: Name or service not known
Thats probably the machine got too old. Id suggest buying a new one
You can also convert it to UTF, whats the point?
IPv4 addresses are binary. There is no standardized canonical textual representation, just some conventions.
http://2130706433
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ping 0X7F.0333.1337
wat
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wat
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That would be 127.219.5.57, a local loopback address, when the 1337 is big endian. Alternatively it could be 127.219.57.5 in little endian.
Network byte order is SUPPOSED to mean that nobody has to wonder if it's little endian. And nearly everyone in the world knows to do this.
any 127.x.x.x address is a loopback