Linux does the same thing as M$ with eg 055.067.034.012, but is capable of 
noticing that 087 and 099 are not valid octal, and witters about "unknown host".

Regards,
Chris

Shen, Eran wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When you do:
> 
> C:\>ping 055.067.087.099
> Pinging 45.55.71.81 with 32 bytes of data:
> 
> Look how the IP octets changed to octal because of the leading zeros.
> 
> Does any one of you knows a standard document that back this implementation
> up?
> If yes, please point me to it.
> 
> Or is it a Microsoft feature (or bug) in the address translation?
> 
> The reason I am asking is:
> - Should I, or should I not trim the leading zeros before using an IP
> Address?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eran.
> 
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