Re: Rose Tea

Debbie Deutsch wrote:
> 
> In this case, the articles had IP addresses in the NNTP-Posting-Host
> field that were suspiciously similar (24.65.61.45 and 24.65.38.123).  The
> first two octets matched.  (Each number separated by dots is called an
> octet, because it represents an eight-bit number.)  That was quite a
> coincidence.  I wondered if both belonged to the same ISP.  I used a tool
> that implements a function called "whois".  It can take an IP address and
> tell me who owns the address.  Sure enough, both addresses belong to
> Shaw, a large cable operator in Canada.  

So the first two octets designate the actual ISP?  I would have thought
the last two do, with the first two designating a broader, geographic
region.  Much like, say, the way country codes and area codes are for
telephone numbers.  With IP addresses, it's the other way around?

--crymad