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This Phishing email... What is the IP? (infosec.pub)
submitted 23 hours ago by RonSijm@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 141 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Oh yeah, that’s the new hexadecimal IPV8

[–] mergingapples@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hello, I am apparently an idiot. What is wrong with that IP address that people can tell it's an immediate phishing scam?

[–] Turious@leaf.dance 34 points 19 hours ago

IP addresses can't have segment numbers going over 255.

[–] dracs@programming.dev 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think you mean IPV0x08

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 4 points 15 hours ago

I try to avoid "this" style comments, but I genuinely don't know how else to respond to this one. It was hilarious. I literally (by which I actually mean "literally") laughed out loud.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 16 hours ago

IPv4 was easy to remember. IPv6 made it very hard. This implies that IPv8 has to be base64 encoded.

[–] ghodawalaaman@programming.dev 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

wait what? I feel like I am left behind in the tech. I only know about ipv4 and ipv6 😭😭😭

[–] tyler@programming.dev 45 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They’re making a joke. The numbers in the IP are way too high for v4, but the format isn’t v6, so it’s a “new range” of v8.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Where's IPv7?

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago

In the drawer right next to IPv5

[–] teddypolice@feddit.org 6 points 22 hours ago

at 192.512.512.10.0/42.