Re: Nmap Book: Weekend Adopt-A-Chapter program!

[stripes <stripes () tigerlair com>]

I'll take the Preface and Chapter 1.

-Anne

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 05:46:39PM -0700, Fyodor wrote:
> I didn't really get around to announcing it yet, but I posted more
> than half of the content of my upcoming Nmap book at
> http://nmap.org/book/toc.html .  I hope you enjoy it!  And I plan to
> release more free online chapters after the book is released.
>
> As for the release, I'm hoping I can release the book at Defcon on
> August 8!  The only problem is that is less than a month from now, and
> printing + shipping books is kinda slow.  So I need to finish the book
> text by Monday.
>
> Sorry for so little notice, but I'm looking for help with a final
> review of the book this weekend.  I can't just make quick & easy
> changes to book contents once they are printed like I can with web
> pages.  I'm trying to review it all myself, but I might not finish and
> I may also miss things.  And the open source mantra is that many eyes
> make all bugs shallow, after all!  Plus, weekends are a great time to
> curl up with a nice book about port scanning!  So this is a call for
> volunteers who want to do an in-depth review of a single chapter.  It
> is too late to do major restructuring, so the goal is to find typos,
> grammar problems, capitalization/spelling inconsistencies, and
> especially content issues (errors, out-of-date content, and small
> omissions).  Adding a few sentences or small paragraphs is OK.  For
> example, I caught a problem yesterday where the book was referencing
> the idle scan (-I) feature which no longer exists in Nmap.  So it
> helps if the reviewers have excellent English skills and are familiar
> with Nmap too.
>
> You can choose from any of the 9 chapters plus the preface available
> at:
>
> http://nmap.org/book/toc.html
>
> To claim a chapter, simply send an email to this list noting the
> chapter you want to claim.  That way everyone knows which ones have
> been claimed and can claim a different chapter for themselves.
> Claiming an already-claimed chapter is OK, since more eyes never hurt.
> But it is usually best to take an unclaimed one if there still is one
> remaining.
>
> Then just read the html chapter carefully and send a report to me or
> to the list by 10AM Pacific Standard Time (5PM UTC) on Monday
> detailing your suggested changes.  If you suggestions relate to adding
> content, try drafting the sentences or paragraphs rather than just
> making a vague recommendation.  Otherwise I don't always understand
> what you are asking for.
>
> There is still room in the acknowledgements section for people who
> help by finding many bugs which are fixed or suggestion useful
> improvements :).
>
> It is important that the Monday deadline be met, because I hope to
> freeze the book on Monday afternoon and then produce a cover based on
> the number of pages in the frozen book.  So I may be able to make typo
> fixes after that, but may not be able to make changes which affect the
> page count.
>
> If you get done with a report on one chapter early, feel free (and
> encouraged) to claim another one.
>
> So who wants to start by adopting a chapter?
>
> Cheers,
> -F
>
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