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.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page xiv
|
The heading at the bottom of the page used to read:
"We'd Like to Hear from You"
It now reads:
"How to Contact Us"
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Anonymous |
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Feb 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page xv-xvi
The following information was added to the preface following |
the "How to Contact Us" heading:
"You can also send us messages electronically. To be put
on our mailing list or to request a catalog, send email to:
info@ora.com
To ask technical questions or comment on the book, send
email to:
bookquestions@ora.com
We have a web site for the book, where we'll list examples,
errata, and any plans for future editions. You can access
this page at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781565923225/
For more information about this book and others, see the
O'Reilly web site:
http://www.oreilly.com"
The addition of this text threw off the page break for page xvi.
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Anonymous |
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Feb 01, 2000 |
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Page 5
para. 2, line -3: "less rigid then" changed to "less rigid than" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 29
para. 3, line 4: "172.16.26.32/19" changed to "172.16.26.32/27" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 33
line -2: "need" changed to "needed" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
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Page 33
para. 3, line 1 |
"Originally, the RFCs implied that you should not used subnet numbers
of all 0s or all 1s."
should read
"Originally, the RFCs implied that you should not use subnet numbers
of all 0s or all 1s."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 44
para. 2, line 1: |
cat head -20 /etc/services
now reads:
head -20 /etc/services
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 44
para. 4, line 1: |
"Despite its size, the /etc/protocols file ..."
now reads:
"Despite its size, the /etc/services file ..."
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 73
para. 2, line 4: "ARP" changed to "RARP" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 85
indented paragraph "Security": The text "...do not work because the |
router changes the addresses..." should be "...do not work because NAT
changes the addresses...".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 89
line -8: "8 bit" changed to "8 bits" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 89
In line 4 of the last paragraph, changed "253 hosts per subnet" to |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 91
line -4 and line -3 |
"A network with internal gateways to other subnets and a single gateway
to the world"
should be
"A network with internal gateways to other subnets and one gateway
to the world"
(all on one line and in italics.)
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 147
para. 3, line 2: "connection command-line" changed to |
"connect command-line" ("connect" is in bold)
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 166
para. 1, line 3: The interface on the last line of the example output |
is '1e0' (one, e, zero) but should be 'le0' (the letter l, e, zero)
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 170
|
para.5, the netstat -rn outputnow reads:
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refcnt Use Interface
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 132 lo0
172.16.12.0 172.16.12.2 U 31 686547 le0
172.16.1.2 172.16.12.3 UGHD 0 514 le0
default 172.16.12.1 UG 3 373964 le0
And on page 171:
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refcnt Use Interface
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 132 lo0
172.16.12.0 172.16.12.2 U 31 686547 le0
172.16.1.2 172.16.12.3 UGHD 1 514 le0
default 172.16.12.1 UG 3 373964 le0
172.16.1.0 172.16.12.3 UG 0 0 le0
172.16.6.0 172.16.12.3 UG 0 0 le0
172.16.3.0 172.16.12.3 UG 0 0 le0
172.16.9.0 172.16.12.3 UG 0 0 le0
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
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Page 183
para. 3, line -5: "10 link-state" changed to "8 link-state" |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 222
code sample 2, line -3, end of the line |
"mail exchanger = peanuts.nuts.com" changed to
"mail exchanger = almond.nuts.com"
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 229
second paragraph from the bottom |
"...grants read and write access to almond and peanut..."
changed to
"...grants read and write access to almond and pecan..."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 236
second paragraph from the bottom: "This auto_master entry |
automatically..." changed to "The net entry automatically...".
("net" is in constant-width font.)
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
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Page 258
para. 5, description of "Backward compatibility," |
removed first four words: "with Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)""
(these words were meant to be an index tag, not part
of the text. The paragraph now begins, "A DHCP ...")
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 259
code sample, line 6 |
option domain "nuts.com";
now reads:
option domain-name "nuts.com";
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 261
paragraph 4: the text |
"...addresses from 172.16.12.50 to 172.16.12.250..."
changed to "...addresses from 172.16.3.50 to 172.16.3.250..."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 267
para. 2, telnet session example: The POP3 server in this telnet |
session shows two different version numbers: 1.004 and 1.001.
Change "Version 1.001" to "Version 1.004".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 267
bottom: changed "rerun the test using telnet localhost |
pop-3" to "rerun the test using telnet localhost pop3".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
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Page 287
bullet item 3, "else ($|); use text2;" split into |
two bullet items:
else ($|);
use text2;
("$|" is in constant-width font, and "text2" is in
constant-width italic font.)
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
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Page 341
para. 3, line 1: "The three features" changed to |
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 403
In the paragraph just before of the section "Words to the |
Wise," the last line had an extra period. It used to read:
"internal firewall.."
It now reads:
"internal firewall."
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Anonymous |
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Feb 01, 2000 |
| Printed |
Page 420
replaced first full paragraph and example |
Retrieve RFCs through e-mail by sending mail to
info@isi.edu. Leave the "Subject:" line blank. Request
the RFC in the body of the e-mail text with the lines Retrieve:
RFC and Doc-ID: RFCnnnn, where nnnn is the RFC
number. In this example, we request RFC 1258.
mail rfc-info@isi.edu
Subject:
Retrieve: RFC
Doc-ID: RFC1258
^D
(In the paragraph, "Retrieve: RFC" and "Doc-ID: RFCnnnn"
are in constant-width, nnnn is in italics the second time.)
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 1998 |
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Page 507
list item 3: "Iorigin" changed to "origin" |
("origin" is in constant-width italic font.)
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 526
description of "use-host-decl-names flag;" |
changed line 2 from "as its hostname." to
"as the hostname. If flag is "true," the hostname is
supplied to the client. By default, the flag is "false."
("flag" is in constant-width italic font.)
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
| Printed |
Page 527
line -8, description of "option time-off seconds;" |
changed "(ETC)" to "(UTC)"
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Anonymous |
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Aug 01, 1998 |
