1KGoOn(programming.dev)posted 11 months ago byMac@programming.devin programmer_humor@programming.devView comments108 commentssavehidereportSort:HotTopControversialNewOldYou are viewing a single thread.View all comments View context [ +- ]Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.info2 points11 months agoI don’t know why anyone would write their IPs in octal, but fair point permalinksavereportparentreply[ +- ]p1mrx@sh.itjust.works2 points11 months agoIt’s not about how people write them, it’s how parsers parse them. IPv4 has been around since 1982, and most parsers interpret leading zeros as octal. permalinksavereportparentreply