diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO.sgml
index d473d802..0ac3ecc8 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Security-Quickstart-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ port                 count
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 <para>
- You can get a copy of the GNU GPL at at <ulink
+ You can get a copy of the GNU GPL at <ulink
  URL="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ulink>.
 
 </para>
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ You can get a quick list of enabled services:
     Most IRC servers require it. Many mail servers use it, but don't really
     require it. Try your mail setup without it. If
     <application>identd</application> is going to be a problem, it will
-    be because there is a time out before before the server starts sending or
+    be because there is a time out before the server starts sending or
     receiving mail. So mail should work fine without it, but may be slower. A
     few <application>ftp</application> servers may require it. Most don't
     though.
@@ -6263,7 +6263,7 @@ Active Internet connections (servers and established)
  <application>BIND</application> use an unprivileged port for some types 
  of traffic. In this case, this is <application>BIND 9.x</application>. 
  So no real alarms here either. The unprivileged port here is the one 
- <command>named</command> uses to to talk to other nameservers for name 
+ <command>named</command> uses to talk to other nameservers for name 
  and address lookups, and should not be firewalled. 
 
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