Ok, was checking through stats for my site and came across two interesting entries, both of which can be seen here.
Anyway, I wasn't aware that ARPA still existed. Can anyone else answer this?
Doesnt that have something to do with DNS, like about a reverse domain lookup.
i.e. something leftover from the days of ARPANET, rather than the network itself.
ok, here's from RFC 1034
2. Host address to host name translation This function will often follow the form of previous functions. Given a 32 bit IP address, the caller wants a character string. The octets of the IP address are reversed, used as name components, and suffixed with "IN-ADDR.ARPA". A type PTR query is used to get the RR with the primary name of the host. For example, a request for the host name corresponding to IP address 1.2.3.4 looks for PTR RRs for domain name "4.3.2.1.IN-ADDR.ARPA".
2. Host address to host name translation
This function will often follow the form of previous functions. Given a 32 bit IP address, the caller wants a character string. The octets of the IP address are reversed, used as name components, and suffixed with "IN-ADDR.ARPA". A type PTR query is used to get the RR with the primary name of the host. For example, a request for the host name corresponding to IP address 1.2.3.4 looks for PTR RRs for domain name "4.3.2.1.IN-ADDR.ARPA".
Just seemed odd cos I get a fair few hits from other countries and domains, but not had one from that yet.
It seems that the IANA no longer lists it as a generic TLD. Maybe it's be retired and folded back into .mil and .edu.
It's like the electrical system in a very, very old house (like mine). Sometimes you don't even know it's there until you rip the wall apart.
I get hits from the arpanet as well. Actually, relatively often.
Originally posted by vaaaska It's like the electrical system in a very, very old house (like mine). Sometimes you don't even know it's there until you rip the wall apart.
Sounds appropriate, that; going by what laserlight said, that funky address references the North State Telephone Company of North Carolina.
