Today's quiz question

[Jonathan Hutchins]

On Wed, May 4, 2005 8:57 am, Jack said:

> I might want to ping 12.1.0.5, but if my hand slips
> and I hit return after 12.1 or 12.1.0 then I wind up
> pinging the wrong address (12.0.0.1 or 12.1.0.0).

Oh horrors! You could end up pinging the wrong address if your hand slipped!  It could
be almost as bad as if you slipped and entered the wrong address!

I suggest that you immediately recode all of the effected programs, and issue an
official RFC regarding this terrible danger.

The intarweb must be protected!