Errata

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

Errata for SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page 12
4th paragraph, 1st sentence

"...they've been integrated. [11.4]"
should be:
"...they've been integrated. [11.5.2]"

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 40
Section 3.2.1, first paragraph, lines 7-8

In this sentence:

"What counts as infeasible, though, depending on how valuable the data is..."

change the word "depending" to "depends".

 Daniel J. Barrett
Daniel J. Barrett
 		 Nov 25, 2017 
Printed
Page 168
3rd paragraph, 1st sentence

Sentence reads "OpenSSh also implements a nonstandard MAC algorithm, hmac-
ripemd160@openssh.com."

Should this not be "... @openssh.org."?

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 288
4th code snippet

$ ssh -S /tmp/ssh-snowcrash -Mfn snowcrash.neal.org
should be:
$ ssh -S /tmp/ssh-snowcrash -MfN snowcrash.neal.org

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 289
Code snippet at top of page, 2nd line from end

$ ssh -fn snowcrash-master
should be:
$ ssh -fN snowcrash-master

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 323
"Interactive Commands" section, 2nd line

$ ftp server.example.com
should be:
$ sftp server.example.com

 Anonymous   
Page 363
Footnote

The footnotes says there are 24 million addresses available in the 127/8 loopback network. Shouldn't that be 16 million? (2^24)

Note from the Author or Editor:
In the footnote, "24 million addresses" should be changed to "16 million addresses".

 Mohamed Wael Khobalatte  Apr 03, 2022 
Printed
Page 366
Command line just before last paragraph

$ ssh -f -L2001:localhost:143 server.example.com
should be:
$ ssh -fN -L2001:localhost:143 server.example.com
^

 Anonymous   
Printed
Page 501
second bullet, top of page

EnableSSHKeysign yes must be in the _client_ configuration (not in the server's).

Note from the Author or Editor:
This might already have been fixed.

As the reporter says, change "server configuration" to "client configuration", so the second bullet reads:

* EnableSSHKeysign yes must be in the client configuration.

 Anonymous