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The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
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Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
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Page iii
changed the CA office's address to the list of cities |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page xxx and xxxi
updated the CA office's address and changed all the |
"ora.com"s to "oreilly.com"
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page xxx, xxxi
The following information was added to the preface |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 2000 |
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Page 19
para. 2, line 4: "PGP then decrypts the signature block using your |
public key" changed to "PGP then verifies the signature block using the
sender's public key"
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 25
Line 19, the words |
"Simson's pulic key"
now read:
"simson's private key"
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
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Page 47
Figure 2-7: a dotted line with a key labelled K10 was added between |
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 72
para. 3, line 5: changed "numbersr" to "numbers" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 73
para. -2, line 2: "Patent number 4,200,700" changed to "Patent |
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 83
para. 2, line 3: changed "LMI Erickson (a European |
telecommunications company)" to "LM Ericsson"
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 90
In the first line under the heading "Phil Zimmermann Meets Public Key," |
change "mathematics... are" to "mathematics... is."
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Anonymous |
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Page 166
next-to-last para., line 1: changed "chose" to "choose" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 178
line 7: changed "Nobody knows me" to "Nobody knows my name" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 179
code sample 1, line -6: |
Enter the new user ID: Simson L. Garfinkel <simsong@mit.edu>
"Simson L. Garfinkel <simsong@mit.edu>" is now in constant width bold
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 190
in example 1, moved line starting with "Date..." so that it's |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 193
code line 3: changed "9781565920989" to "pgp -ka" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 197
para. 1, line 1: changed "ASCII with Line Breaks" to "Text with |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 202
code in the box, changed 1st "9781565920989" to "pgp -m" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 219
In the first paragraph in the sidebar, change "Snerfu" to "Snefru." |
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Anonymous |
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Page 225
In the middle of the page, right after "Notice that I don't |
need..." is the verification example:
unix% 9781565920989 text
This now reads:
unix% 9781565920989 text.asc
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Anonymous |
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May 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 231
line 2 of text: changed "mail]" to "mail"; also fixed the |
running head's format (it was set to be a left-hand page instead of
right-hand)
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 240
code sample 2, line 3: "Nobody knows me" changed to |
"Nobody knows my name" (still in constant width strikeout font.)
and line -2: added a "2" in constant width bold, so that the line looks
like this:
(1=I don't know. 2=No. 3=Usually. 4=Yes, always.) ? 2
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 242
line -3: changed "<simsong@mit.edu>" to "<simsong@acm.org>" |
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 252
code sample 1, line -3: after "Enter pass phrase:" added |
"Nobody knows me." in constant width strikeout font.
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 256
just before 2nd code: changed "This Jeremiah's" to "This is |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 278
line -2 on page: changed "ENCRYT..." to "ENCRYPT..." |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 283
Change "VEBOSE" to "VERBOSE." |
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Anonymous |
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| Printed |
Page 286
para 3, line 1: changed "key MIT server's" to "MIT key |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 286-291
changed every occurrence of "9781565920989-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu" |
to "9781565920989.public-keys@pgp.ai.mit.edu" (for both upper and lower case.)
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Anonymous |
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Oct 01, 1998 |
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Page 312
3rd line of def. list: removed the extraneous "I" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 321
line 2: changed "did" to "done" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 367
5th line from the bottom: changed "developed" to "develop" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 377
5th line from bottom: changed "Ptrotocols" to "Protocols" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 379
line 4: corrected spelling of "Compliance" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 387
col 2, line -2: changed "randseend" to "randseed" |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
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Page 391
fixed the "prime numbers" entry: deleted extra line break and |
made subentries indented one level instead of two
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
| Printed |
Page 395
added the following to the end of the next-to-last para. |
Whenever possible, our books use RepKover (tm), a durable and flexible
lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect
binding is used.
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1997 |
