The following typographic conventions are used in this book:
Italic is used to indicate new terms and for comments in code sections. It is also used for URLs, FTP sites, filenames, and directory names. Some code sections begin with a line of italicized text, which usually specifies the file that the code belongs in.
Constant width
is used for code sections and
program names.
Constant width italic
is used to indicate
replaceable parts of code.
Constant width bold is used to indicate text typed by the user in code sections.
We capitalize the names of software packages or protocols, such as
Tripwire or FTP, in contrast to their associated programs, denoted
tripwire
and ftp
.
We use the following standards for shell prompts, so it’s clear if a command must be run by a particular user or on a particular machine:
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