Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:15:16 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD Question <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSDStats project, interesting returns from OpenBSD Message-ID: <200609141515.25539.gerard@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <3ee9ca710609141029t3d7b9893t237b6c76ea848d80@mail.gmail.com> References: <62007.209.103.215.99.1158241221.squirrel@email.polands.org> <20060914172015.GA54814@xor.obsecurity.org> <3ee9ca710609141029t3d7b9893t237b6c76ea848d80@mail.gmail.com>
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--nextPart4123685.RTihek7mCW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 14 September 2006 13:29, Andy Greenwood wrote: > What about making it a sysinstall option? Not in the base install, but > the option is presented when setting up a new box. > > On 9/14/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:53:04PM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: > > > On Thursday 14 September 2006 12:09, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > One should not conclude anything until the numbers are much larger > > > > than they are now, because small fluctuations from e.g. regional > > > > promotion of bsdstats in one country but not another, or one large > > > > company deploying it on all machine, will dramatically change your > > > > "conclusions". > > > > > > I was just wondering if there is any consensus on adding BSDStats to > > > the base system? If would appear to be a logical step to take so as > > > to insure that all users of FBSD would be counted. An end user could > > > always disable the sending of data by disabling it in the > > > /etc/rc.file. I feel that unless it is part of the base system and > > > turned on by default, too many users will never take part in the > > > reporting process. > > > > I highly doubt that it would be enabled by default in FreeBSD, since > > many of our users (or their employers) would consider it a privacy > > breach to have their systems reporting back automatically. That is sort of what I meant. Have it installed as part of the base system= =20 in much the same manner as portsnap is. The required entry would be placed= =20 in the /etc/rc.conf file but commented out or set to 'NO', which ever=20 method is felt to be better. Perhaps the initial MOTD might reference it=20 and point to where more info regarding it might be found. Just a suggestion and please don't top post. It makes it hard to follow a=20 thread. =2D-=20 Gerard A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read test. Q: Why is top posting such a bad idea? A: Top posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? TOPIC: Posting Etiquette --nextPart4123685.RTihek7mCW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFCapNs3R1WQUU6lgRAmdvAJ44f1vOXsk+E4hkdGpqf47Au0boDwCgx4pq qk2E8blc66yzVVor/NP+B+4= =6w8G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4123685.RTihek7mCW--
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