Going further actually breaks some browsers (Firefox can handle longer than Internet Explorer for example), breaks web servers because they log the full version before it is transformed, and even acts as a fingerprinting vector. The limit is usually in the several hundred kilobyte range, and depending on the way that the underlying operating system handles it, things get seriously broken very quickly.
In Firefox, when I hover over http://3494943456/ it displays as http://208.80.154.224 in the lower left, as does 1844... and 197690..., BUThttp://7789910752/ displays as exactly that string. It likewise navigates to the first, third, and fourth links but breaks on your second.
Way back in high school I used to use decimal ip addresses to bypass the network content filter. It doesn't work as well these days as so many sites are virtual hosted.
http://3494943456/
Sort of cool, but what happens if we overflow it by adding 232?
http://7789910752/I mean that's cool, but how far can we go?
http://18446744077204495072/So that still works, what about going further?
http://19769064789825639936542264398379633403153906826257738...Going further actually breaks some browsers (Firefox can handle longer than Internet Explorer for example), breaks web servers because they log the full version before it is transformed, and even acts as a fingerprinting vector. The limit is usually in the several hundred kilobyte range, and depending on the way that the underlying operating system handles it, things get seriously broken very quickly.