Nortel 2360 Configuration Manual page 496

496 Configuring AAA for network users
requested URL is invalid, the behavior gives the appearance that the requested URL is valid, since the browser
receives a login page. Moreover, the browser might cache a mapping of the invalid URL to the WSS IP
address.
If the user enters an IP address, most browsers attempt to contact the IP address directly without using DNS.
Some browsers even interpret numeric strings as IP addresses (in decimal notation) if a valid address could be
formed by adding dots (dotted decimal notation). For example, 208194225132 would be interpreted as a valid
IP address, when converted to 208.194.225.132.
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