Like all technical documents, The
TCP/IP Guide must be revised on a regular basis, to correct problems and
make updates to reflect changing technology. The fact that the Guide is
self-published in electronic form allows it to be updated much more often
than is possible with a printed book. To differentiate between successive
revisions of the Guide, I use a version numbering system; the version
number of the Guide is displayed in the footer of each page of the document.
The version number takes the form “N.N”, where each “N” is
an integer. The right-most digit is the minor version number; it is
incremented whenever a new version of the Guide is published that contains
only relatively minor fixes and improvements. The left-most digit is the
major version number, and is changed only when significant changes are made
to the Guide, such as a large number of fixes and enhancements, or the
addition of substantial new content.
The following table shows the version history of The
TCP/IP Guide:
Version # |
Date |
Description
and Changes from
Previous Versions |
1.0 |
January 1, 2004 |
Initial release of The
TCP/IP Guide. |
2.0 |
June 7, 2004 |
Extensive rewrite of
version 1.0 of The TCP/IP Guide. The
Guide was thoroughly reviewed by two TCP/IP experts and numerous technical
errors and clarity problems were addressed. Most of the larger topics have
had subheaders added to make them more readable. Hundreds of other minor
glitches, typos and problems have also been corrected. |
3.0 |
September 27, 2005 |
This is actually a minor
update to version 2.0, containing a few dozen error corrections and
clarifications. This version corresponds to the content of the newly
released print book of The TCP/IP Guide (which is why it was given version
number 3.0 instead of 2.1.) |
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