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 |
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Printed | Page xiv |
The heading at the bottom of the page used to read: |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page xv-xvi The following information was added to the preface following |
the "How to Contact Us" heading: |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page 5 para. 2, line -3: "less rigid then" changed to "less rigid than" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 29 para. 3, line 4: "172.16.26.32/19" changed to "172.16.26.32/27" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 33 para. 3, line 1 |
"Originally, the RFCs implied that you should not used subnet numbers |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 33 line -2: "need" changed to "needed" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 44 para. 2, line 1: |
cat head -20 /etc/services |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 44 para. 4, line 1: |
"Despite its size, the /etc/protocols file ..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 73 para. 2, line 4: "ARP" changed to "RARP" |
Anonymous | 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 |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 89 In line 4 of the last paragraph, changed "253 hosts per subnet" to |
"254 hosts per subnet." |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page 89 line -8: "8 bit" changed to "8 bits" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 91 line -4 and line -3 |
"A network with internal gateways to other subnets and a single gateway |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 147 para. 3, line 2: "connection command-line" changed to |
"connect command-line" ("connect" is in bold) |
Anonymous | 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) |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 170 |
para.5, the netstat -rn outputnow reads: |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 183 para. 3, line -5: "10 link-state" changed to "8 link-state" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 222 code sample 2, line -3, end of the line |
"mail exchanger = peanuts.nuts.com" changed to |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 229 second paragraph from the bottom |
"...grants read and write access to almond and peanut..." |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 236 second paragraph from the bottom: "This auto_master entry |
automatically..." changed to "The net entry automatically...". |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 258 para. 5, description of "Backward compatibility," |
removed first four words: "with Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)"" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 259 code sample, line 6 |
option domain "nuts.com"; |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1999 | |
Printed | Page 261 paragraph 4: the text |
"...addresses from 172.16.12.50 to 172.16.12.250..." |
Anonymous | 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. |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 267 bottom: changed "rerun the test using telnet localhost |
pop-3" to "rerun the test using telnet localhost pop3". |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 287 bullet item 3, "else ($|); use text2;" split into |
two bullet items: |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 341 para. 3, line 1: "The three features" changed to |
"Three features" |
Anonymous | 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: |
Anonymous | Feb 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page 420 replaced first full paragraph and example |
Retrieve RFCs through e-mail by sending mail to |
Anonymous | Dec 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 507 list item 3: "Iorigin" changed to "origin" |
("origin" is in constant-width italic font.) |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 526 description of "use-host-decl-names flag;" |
changed line 2 from "as its hostname." to |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 527 line -8, description of "option time-off seconds;" |
changed "(ETC)" to "(UTC)" |
Anonymous | Aug 01, 1998 |