Read `perldoc -f quotemeta', it's kind of important (especially since . matches any character -- I am aware that the incoming ip may be a valid ip or whatnot, but the lesson here is that you're dealing with patterns, intentionally or not).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.