Address Question

IP addresses... When logging how come LnS records them so differently?

1st example: wilderssecurity.com
2nd example: AC9C80F6.ipt.aol.com
3rd example: bpavalow
4th example: [xx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
5th example: xx-xx-xxx-xxx.mb.skyweb.ca
6th example: dialup-x.xxx.xx.xxx.Dial1.Dalla

 

Hi,

Look 'n' Stop uses a standard windows API (gethostname) to get the name of a machine from the IP address.
So, most of the examples are the real names this function is returning. If you try a "tracert xxx.yyy.zzz.ttt" command you should get the same resolution name.

The only exception is the 4th example: Look 'n' Stop uses the brackets [xxx.yyy.zzz.ttt] when the IP resolution fails (gethostname returning an error) to differentiate the cases where the IP is not yet resolved.

Regards,

Frederic