Core Python Programming . . .

Yu-Xi Lim yuxi at ece.gatech.edu
Fri Jan 18 19:00:46 EST 2008


Mike Driscoll wrote:
> 
> 6-11 Conversion.
>   (a) Create a program that will convert from an integer to an
> Internet Protocol (IP) address in the four-octet format of WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ
>   (b) Update your program to be able to do the vice verse of the
> above.

I think it's is asking to convert a 32-bit int to the dotted form.

It's a little known fact, but IP addresses are valid in non-dotted 
long-int form.  Spammers commonly use this trick to disguise their IP 
addresses in emails from scanners.



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