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Understanding IP Addresses

2.3 years ago on January 16, 2010
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domain, ip, network, php, trace, user agent

In essence, an IP address is a numeric address of a computer network or a single computer. Public IP addresses are assigned by their respective organizations. Most computers, referred to as hosts from now on, have two to three IP addresses. Each of these have a certain meaning to other hosts it might communicate with. If you have a router, all of the information exchanged between local devices and external hosts will go through your router. A responsible Internet user makes an effort to understand how IP addresses work.

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Are You a Squatter?

2.4 years ago on December 17, 2009
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apple, cnet, cyber, dell, domain, microsoft, nic, squatting

So, we've all done it. Mistyped a URL and gotten a page full of useless ads. Not until recently did I decide to check out omarmaya.com, a domain name I registered in July of 2008 which expired a year later. I had no intention of renewing this name, so I let it go, regardless of all the junk mail I received from various registrars asking me to renew it. I was a little surprised when I typed in my old domain name it returned a page full of advertisement links.

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