Errata

Print Print Icon

Submit your own errata for this product.


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 "Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 6
3rd Paragraph, 4th sentence

"This method of updating the stack is called first in, first out"

NOW READS:
"This method of updating the stack is called last in, first out"

 Anonymous  Mar 2004
Other Digital Version 27
line 2

Comment character (;) missing at beginning of line

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Other Digital Version 27
2nd code, 3rd line

"with the following:" should be a standard paragraph instead of being part of the code.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 27
line 2

Comment character (;) missing at beginning of line

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Printed Page 27
2nd code, 3rd line

"with the following:" should be a standard paragraph instead of being part of the code.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 76
last text para, 1st line

"dt_tag" -> "d_tag"
(see code above this para)

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 76
last text para, 1st line

"dt_tag" -> "d_tag"
(see code above this para)

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Printed Page 125
Table 4-1

The bit values in the table are wrong (they don't match
what the table is said to be about).

 Anonymous 
Other Digital Version 127
1st code, 2nd line

"BL if = equal" -> "BL if equal"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 127
1st code, 2nd line

"BL if = equal" -> "BL if equal"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 135
line 4

"registries" -> "registers"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 135
line 4

"registries" -> "registers"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 139
line 6

"28 (hex) bits of memory" -> "28 (hex) bytes of memory"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 139
line 6

"28 (hex) bits of memory" -> "28 (hex) bytes of memory"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 141
line 11

"a message of just "R"" -> "a message of just "H""

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 141
line 11

"a message of just "R"" -> "a message of just "H""

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Printed Page 189
in figure 6-5

the field "identification" should be "Payload Length"

Anonymous 
Other Digital Version 192
4th line from top

The decimal value of (ox)40 is 64, not 62.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 192
4th line from top

The decimal value of (ox)40 is 64, not 62.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 195
The field "ttl" in the 2nd code line (top of page)

is not described in the list below the code.
It should say:

ttl
The IP Time-to-live field.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 195
The field "ttl" in the 2nd code line (top of page)

is not described in the list below the code.
It should say:

ttl
The IP Time-to-live field.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 196
1st para of Fragroute section, line 2

"to its its author" -> "to its author"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 196
1st para of Fragroute section, line 2

"to its its author" -> "to its author"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 214
code in lower half

line with whois command is missing
(or the line above the code should say "The following is an example output of ...")

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 214
code in lower half

line with whois command is missing
(or the line above the code should say "The following is an example output of ...")

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 215
3rd line

"In might seem" -> "It might seem"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 215
3rd line

"In might seem" -> "It might seem"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 216
3rd line from bottom

"list of search of engines" -> "list of search engines"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 216
3rd line from bottom

"list of search of engines" -> "list of search engines"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 246
2nd para in section "Timestamps"

"(change time, or ctime)" and "(modified time, or mtime)" are misplaced and need to be swaped.
(Compare with the -- correct -- comments in the code at bottom of page.)

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 246
2nd para in section "Timestamps"

"(change time, or ctime)" and "(modified time, or mtime)" are misplaced and need to be swaped.
(Compare with the -- correct -- comments in the code at bottom of page.)

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 247
The bottom of the page

delete a space after the comma.
"-o noatime, remount" should be "-o noatime,remount"
and
"-o ro, remount" should be "-o ro,remount".

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 247
The bottom of the page

delete a space after the comma.
"-o noatime, remount" should be "-o noatime,remount"
and
"-o ro, remount" should be "-o ro,remount".

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 252
1st list entry

"Telnet, shell on port" -> "Telnet, shell on high port"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 252
1st list entry

"Telnet, shell on port" -> "Telnet, shell on high port"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 262
1st new paragraph of page, after the two chmod examples

The book says,
...thus, if the umask is set to 600, all new files are created with read and write rights...
should be:
...thus, if the umask is set to 177, all new files are created with read and write rights...

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 262
1st new paragraph of page, after the two chmod examples

The book says,
...thus, if the umask is set to 600, all new files are created with read and write rights...
should be:
...thus, if the umask is set to 177, all new files are created with read and write rights...

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 274
mid of page

"This produces a list of all SUID binaries ..." and the following line of code are redundant;
they repeat the previous 2 paragraph and code lines.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 274
mid of page

"This produces a list of all SUID binaries ..." and the following line of code are redundant;
they repeat the previous 2 paragraph and code lines.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 275
4th paragraph in "Login Security"

Official URL of Linux Documentation Project is changed from
http://www.linuxdoc.org to http://www.tldp.org

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 275
4th paragraph in "Login Security"

Official URL of Linux Documentation Project is changed from
http://www.linuxdoc.org to http://www.tldp.org

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 319

The introducing sentences for the two lists refer both to the same year (2002).
The first list should say 2003.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 319

The introducing sentences for the two lists refer both to the same year (2002).
The first list should say 2003.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 330
1st line in section SMB Attack

"Service Message Block" -> "Server Message Block"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 330
1st line in section SMB Attack

"Service Message Block" -> "Server Message Block"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 333
3rd paragraph line 3

"Adminstrative" -> "Administrative"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 333
3rd paragraph line 3

"Adminstrative" -> "Administrative"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 377
line 14

"visitble" -> "visible"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 377
line 14

"visitble" -> "visible"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 397
end of 5th line

"segmen" -> "segment"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 397
end of 5th line

"segmen" -> "segment"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 416
line 11-12

"http://ngrep.courceforge.net/" -> "http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 416
line 11-12

"http://ngrep.courceforge.net/" -> "http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 439
1st paragraph line 3

The dot at the end of line should be removed (it's not the end of the sentence -- see next line).

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 439
1st paragraph line 3

The dot at the end of line should be removed (it's not the end of the sentence -- see next line).

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 441
bottom of page, list entry "1."

There are two colons at end of line, one is redundant.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 441
bottom of page, list entry "1."

There are two colons at end of line, one is redundant.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 445
References

The last entry is redundant (repeats the 4th entry).

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 445
References

The last entry is redundant (repeats the 4th entry).

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 447
4th paragraph, 5th line from bottom

One redundant "a" at end of line.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 447
4th paragraph, 5th line from bottom

One redundant "a" at end of line.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 453
1st paragraph line 4

"RFC 918" -> "RFC 1918"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 453
1st paragraph line 4

"RFC 918" -> "RFC 1918"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 456
2nd-to-last line

"oneof" -> "one of"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 456
2nd-to-last line

"oneof" -> "one of"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 465
last section title

"framwork" -> "framework"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 465
last section title

"framwork" -> "framework"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 475
list item 1

web address changed to http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 475
list item 1

web address changed to http://sourceforge.net/projects/aide

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 494
figures 22-9 and 22-10

Wrong screenshots! 22-9 should show the IE tab of Evidence Eliminator (currently in figure 22-10),
and 22-10 should show the NSN (Netscape) tab.

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 494
figures 22-9 and 22-10

Wrong screenshots! 22-9 should show the IE tab of Evidence Eliminator (currently in figure 22-10),
and 22-10 should show the NSN (Netscape) tab.

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Other Digital Version 513
table A-9, last row

"Preceding an address" -> "Preceding an address specifies indirection"

 Anonymous  Jun 2008
Printed Page 513
table A-9, last row

"Preceding an address" -> "Preceding an address specifies indirection"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008
Printed Page 533
2nd paragraph line 3

"European-managed" -> "European managed"

 Anonymous  Jul 2008