Errata

Errata for The Myths of Security

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Version	Location	Description	Submitted by	Date submitted
Other Digital Version	33-34 Second paragraph (starting "The more computers a bad guy has")	ePub ebook Reading Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 Page 33-34 Second paragraph (starting "The more computers a bad guy has") Typographical error - words in wrong order and missing comma: "Having more computers makes it easier to get spam through, and to keep generating fraudulent clicks if the work across is distributed as many machines...." Should read: "Having more computers makes it easier to get spam through, and to keep generating fraudulent clicks, if the work is distributed across as many machines...." (Note the additional comma after "fraudulent clicks" (as the statement is a subordinate clause) and the rearrangement of words "the work across is distributed" -> "the work is distributed across"	Jonathan Haddock	Sep 24, 2009
Printed	Page 61 2nd paragraph	At the beginning of the second paragraph on page 61, I believe that: "Once you block something you recognize..." should be: "Once you block something you don't recognize..."	Anonymous	Dec 24, 2009
Printed	Page 137 second paragraph	In the second paragraph on page 137, should: "(i.e., a small attack service)" be changed to: "(i.e., a small attack surface)"?	Anonymous	Dec 25, 2009
Printed	Page 206 second paragraph	In the section "Bad guys may stop packaging their programs", the sentence: "Bad guys will probably need make..." should be: "Bad guys will probably need to make..."	Anonymous	Dec 27, 2009