Monthly Archives: June 2008

longip perl script

Posted on June 25, 2008 by admin

I wanted to create a script that would convert a normal IP address to a long IP, just like mIRC Script’s $longip alias. $longip(address) Converts an IP address into a long value and vice-versa. $longip(158.152.50.239)  returns 2660774639 $longip(2660774639)       returns 158.152.50.239 … Continue reading →

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What is a hacker?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by admin

Not so long ago I was asked to answer some questions for a friend of a friend who was writing a dissertation about the “hacking and warez scene” (which I have not been heavily involved in since I turned 18). … Continue reading →

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Friendly URLs (revisited)

Posted on June 16, 2008 by admin

Turn dynamic URLs into friendly URLs I’m sure we’re all familiar with URLs that look like this: http://www.example.com/?nav=page These type of URLs aren’t particularly “friendly”, they are known as dynamic URLs. As a rule of thumb search engines such as … Continue reading →

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What is a valid email address?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by admin

With the on-going abuse to email based systems, we are in need of ways to validate the email addresses we’re handling. We all know what an email address looks like, we see them and use them every single day. But … Continue reading →

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