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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You could follow this logic and add 2 alphanumeric digits before 4 numeric octets. E.g. xf.192.168.1.1

This would at least keep it looking like an IP and not a Mac address. Another advantage would be graceful ipv4 handling with a reserved range starting with "ip" like ip.10.10.10.1