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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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ShellBot Uses Hex IPs to Evade Detection in Attacks on Linux SSH Servers (thehackernews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Dotted Decimal is just a human convention. IPs are just 32 bit numbers meaning binary digit, and octal, dotted decimal and Hex are all valid representations of that same number. Subnet masks work via binary math.

Almost every single thing you would use an IP address for, you can substitute dotted decimal for octal or hex representations.