Errata for Practical UNIX and Internet Security

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Instead of trying every combination of letters, starting with AAAAAA (or whatever), crackers use hit lists of common passwords such as wizard or demo. In the book, only the 'ard' of 'wizard' is in italics. Seems like the whole word should be in italics ******* The following is a list of errata submitted by readers, to which the authors offer an explanation as to why these changes will not be made. *******

Note from the Author or Editor:
Fixed in the 3rd edition

paragraph did read: "...process group wheel..." It now reads: "...unix group wheel...".

"...not to give one..." It now reads: "...not give one..."

The paragraph beginning with "Note that some versions..." did read: "...on remote machines..." It now reads: "...on client machines..."

"...makes possible mathematically verifying..." It now reads: "...makes it possible to mathematically verify..."

A footnote has been added for the "Restricting Logins" title that reads: "There may be mechanisms and methods under other versions of Unix for restricting accounts and managing dormant accounts. We present the most common methods in these sections of the book."

"This command can..." It now reads: "This file can..."

Middle of the page, the line that read: It is typically /var/adm/acct or /var/adm/acct. now reads: It is typically /var/adm/acct.

logged in.", has been moved to column 3, line 2.

The first line of Item 5 did read: "...man pages host_access and host_options." Now reads: "...man pages hosts_access and hosts_options." (colophon, 974) The last two sentences of the first paragraph did read: "Whenever possible, our books use RepKover, or Otabind, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit..." They now read: "Whenever possible, our books use a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds this binding's limit..."

has been changed to read: "netnews (see Usenet)"

deleted.

Usenet.

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.