>> http://www.microsoft.com&item=q209355@195.224.253.26/Q209355.asp > >Isn't there a further way to "write" the IP address as a >straight sequence >of numbers? If so, it'd be much easier to "hide" it in a query >string as an >id-type value. I'm pretty sure I remember reading something >about that. ie, >an IP could be represented as something like "238473763" (and >it wasn't just >the IP with the periods removed ;p). Quick'n'dirty IP-to-DWord Converter http://www.fichtner.net/tools/ip2dword/ Results in: http://www.microsoft.com&item=q209355@3286301978/Q209355.asp and it works! More info: How to Obscure Any URL http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm