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Internet in a Nutshell

Errata for Internet in a Nutshell

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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".

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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 xi
para. 3: changed "out culture" to "our culture"

Anonymous    Jan 01, 1998
Printed
Page vi
changed the starting page for Chapter 4 from 69 to 68 to reflect

changes made for last reprint

 Anonymous    Apr 01, 1998
Printed
Page 12
line 3 of text: changed "Figure 1-5" to "Figure 1-4"

Anonymous    Apr 01, 1998
Printed
Page 68-71
inserted the missing table (4-1), which added a page, so this

chapter now starts on p. 68 and ends on 71.

Here is the new table:

Table 4-1: Internet Servers and What They Provide

Server Protocol Information It Provides
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ftp File Transfer Protocol Text and binary files that are
organized in a hierarchical
structure, much like a family tree

gopher Transfer Control Text and binary files that are
Protocol/Internet organized in a menu structure
Protocol (TCP/IP)

http Hypertest Transfer Hypertext/hypermedia files (i.e,
Protocal multimedia documents that contain
links to images, sounds, or other
multimedia documents on the
World Wide Web)

mail Post Office Protocol Messages sent via electronic mail
(POP) Version 3 and
Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP)

news Networks News Transfer Newsgroups that are organized in
Protocol (NNTP) a hierarchical structure
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 Anonymous    Jan 01, 1998
Printed
Page 91
bullet item -2: the URL

"http://www.linkmonster.com/whatsnew.html"
no longer has a space in it

and bullet item -1: the URL
"http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/"
no longer has a space in it

 Anonymous    Apr 01, 1999