Bruce Campbell wrote: > > This is the standard behaviour of BIND code, but shouldn't really be > acceptable in parsing IP addresses. If you accept that, then you should > also be considering '3232235813' ( 192.168.1.37 ) as a valid IP number ;) Well, as the old saying goes, Be liberal in what you accept. -- John Porter A pound of cure is worth a megaton of homeopathy. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe