Errata
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".
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 Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page iii changed the CA office's address to the list of cities |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page xxx and xxxi updated the CA office's address and changed all the |
"ora.com"s to "oreilly.com" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page xxx, xxxi The following information was added to the preface |
"How to Contact Us |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 2000 | |
| Printed | 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 |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 25 Line 19, the words |
"Simson's pulic key" |
Anonymous | May 01, 1999 | |
| Printed | Page 47 Figure 2-7: a dotted line with a key labelled K10 was added between |
Bob and Dawn |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 72 para. 3, line 5: changed "numbersr" to "numbers" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 73 para. -2, line 2: "Patent number 4,200,700" changed to "Patent |
number 4,200,770" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 83 para. 2, line 3: changed "LMI Erickson (a European |
telecommunications company)" to "LM Ericsson" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page 90 In the first line under the heading "Phil Zimmermann Meets Public Key," |
change "mathematics... are" to "mathematics... is." |
Anonymous | ||
| Printed | Page 166 next-to-last para., line 1: changed "chose" to "choose" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 178 line 7: changed "Nobody knows me" to "Nobody knows my name" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 179 code sample 1, line -6: |
Enter the new user ID: Simson L. Garfinkel <simsong@mit.edu> |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 190 in example 1, moved line starting with "Date..." so that it's |
now line 2 |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page 193 code line 3: changed "9781565920989" to "pgp -ka" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 197 para. 1, line 1: changed "ASCII with Line Breaks" to "Text with |
Line Breaks" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page 202 code in the box, changed 1st "9781565920989" to "pgp -m" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 219 In the first paragraph in the sidebar, change "Snerfu" to "Snefru." |
Anonymous | |||
| Printed | Page 225 In the middle of the page, right after "Notice that I don't |
need..." is the verification example: |
Anonymous | 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 |
Anonymous | 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.) |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 242 line -3: changed "<simsong@mit.edu>" to "<simsong@acm.org>" |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | ||
| Printed | Page 252 code sample 1, line -3: after "Enter pass phrase:" added |
"Nobody knows me." in constant width strikeout font. |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 256 just before 2nd code: changed "This Jeremiah's" to "This is |
Jeremiah's" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page 278 line -2 on page: changed "ENCRYT..." to "ENCRYPT..." |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 283 Change "VEBOSE" to "VERBOSE." |
Anonymous | |||
| Printed | 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.) |
Anonymous | Oct 01, 1998 | |
| Printed | Page 286 para 3, line 1: changed "key MIT server's" to "MIT key |
server's" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | |
| Printed | Page 312 3rd line of def. list: removed the extraneous "I" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 321 line 2: changed "did" to "done" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 367 5th line from the bottom: changed "developed" to "develop" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 377 5th line from bottom: changed "Ptrotocols" to "Protocols" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 379 line 4: corrected spelling of "Compliance" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 387 col 2, line -2: changed "randseend" to "randseed" |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 | ||
| Printed | Page 391 fixed the "prime numbers" entry: deleted extra line break and |
made subentries indented one level instead of two |
Anonymous | 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 |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 1997 |