Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:38:38 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@gmail.com>, Grant Moritz <volunteer@avcon.org.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mistake in FreeBSD manual Message-ID: <C04444BE.AE52%ceri@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420603200213w70a0b634m3a9a3c8ec627e5dd@mail.gmail.com>
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On 20/3/06 10:13, "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/20/06, Grant Moritz <volunteer@avcon.org.au> wrote: >> >> Hey, >> In the FreeBSD manual >> ([1]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network- >> inetd.html) under the section "25.2.5 Security" at the end of the >> first paragraph there is an error in grammar. >> "Some daemons, such as fingerd, may not be desired at all because they >> information that may be useful to an attacker." >> Doesn't make sense to me just thought I would pass along the >> observation you guys. > I think that an average english reader would not notice > that, inserting the word "provide" subconciously. That's what I did when I wrote it, when I proofread it, and again when I read it above. Sorry, I must be mentally blind to it! Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere
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