You are analyzing a malicious packet capture and find a destination IP where the second octet is represented by the binary string 10101100. Convert this binary string into its decimal equivalent to help identify the network range?

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Thamimul ansari · Accepted Answer

If the second octet of a destination IPv4 address shows up as “rep,” it means the packet is malformed or mis‑decoded, because IPv4 octets can only be numbers (0–255), not text.

CHINMAYA M · Answer

Binary positional values:128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0Answer: 172

You are analyzing a malicious packet capture and find a destination IP where the second octet is represented by the binary string 10101100. Convert this binary string into its decimal equivalent to help identify the network range?

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