I stumbled across this a few minutes ago ...

[Mohawk70]

While working on a specialized domain to ip to integer conversion routine I stumbled across this

http://1249764117 takes you to the normal Google Home Page , but https://1249764117 brings up a totally
different page which resolves to https://encrypted.google.com/ where I found a link to this
http://www.google.com/support/websearch ... 3733&hl=en.

I found it interesting & thought I'd share this with everybody here who didn't already know about it.

[codewalker]

This might be a portal that gets you into the grid, google's frontier to reshape the internet

[Baldrick]

https://1249764117 brings up a warning message on Firefox here..

Code: Select all

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to 1249764117, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.

          

Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

Code: Select all

1249764117 uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for mail.google.com

(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)

[Mohawk70]

https://1249764117 brings up a warning message on Firefox here..

Code: Select all

You have asked Firefox to connect
securely to 1249764117, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.

          

Normally, when you try to connect securely,
sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are
going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.

Code: Select all

1249764117 uses an invalid security certificate.

The certificate is only valid for mail.google.com

(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)

That is because security certificates are hard-coded to domain names in text format ie www.google.com not 127.0.0.1 or 1249764117. That's why the availabilty of over-riding the warning exists, if you know it is actually safe to do so.