Thanks very much

On Sep 5, 11:46 am, Stellit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> just follow thing link belowhttp://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/
>
> have fun
>
> On Sep 5, 2008, at 12:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>
> > Where can I find the nightly builds?
>
> > On Sep 5, 10:14 am, Stellit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> just use chromium nightly build rather than chrome from google.com/
> >> chrome. Chromium nightly build is more "safe" than chrome from google
> >> side.
> >> And you'd better update chrome ur self rather than "Updater".
>
> >> regards,
> >> Stellit
>
> >> On Sep 5, 2008, at 11:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >>> If you're using the official web installer 
> >>> (seehttp://www.google.com/chrome/?hl=en)
> >>> to get Google Chrome, in addition another program will be downloaded
> >>> and installed on your box - the Google Updater. This small tool
> >>> resides permanent in memory and stays even active if you choose to
> >>> abandon Chrome by uninstalling it (maybe fixed somehow in the  
> >>> future).
>
> >>> So lets have a small look on the Google Updater:
> >>> If you're checking for an update for Chrome (via menu) the Google
> >>> Updater gets active. It sends a HTTP(!) request to tools.google.com.
> >>> The request header looks like this:
>
> >>> POST /service/update2?
> >>> w=3:u33IULhCnzW9wBlvFrT1ILtFQDuzPkshhzt4Ls93HeJd-8fXB3LeeTgd1N7b-
> >>> eztU3eD5K5opEFOGELtUyYOwOhZgICKNaE3PRN4TQlxmKYrF9sKyxty86kTrPZTm_2JgXUYrflv
> >>>  MJqFSjILxaPDUkLjd7Av
> >>> -7aMnJqXDOSlQxY
> >>> HTTP/1.1
> >>> If-Match: "zwx7omnGt-2HnRyZbaA4wDP1Ff4"
> >>> Cookie: c=ANcH4TLRgw9du6N-
> >>> l77_wxbdFP6AX1f7xGBJ0WhXdyPM4PmnObRJKgRdv
> >>> -7fI465UpSlRX8meBCQ14WZrn3jt-
> >>> hheBM2PCfw2g
> >>> User-Agent: Google Update/1.2.131.11;winhttp;cup
> >>> Host: tools.google.com
> >>> Content-Length: 558
> >>> Connection: Keep-Alive
> >>> Cache-Control: no-cache
> >>> Pragma: no-cache
>
> >>> The request data contains some interesting xml markup:
>
> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >>> <o:gupdate xmlns:o="http://www.google.com/update2/request";
> >>> protocol="2.0" version="1.2.131.11" ismachine="0"
> >>> machineid="{6BDEBB78-7CA6-4529-826F-BE8262C42075}"
> >>> userid="{11660812-092F-437C-95A4-8766595570E4}"
> >>> requestid="{43C554F0-A20A-4598-93AF-FAC026AAD1A3}">
> >>> <o:os platform="win" version="5.1" sp="Service Pack 2"/>
> >>> <o:app appid="{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}"
> >>>  version="0.2.149.27" lang="de" brand="CHMG" client=""
> >>>  installsource="ondemandcheckforupdate">
> >>>  <o:updatecheck/>
> >>>  <o:ping active="1"/>
> >>> </o:app>
> >>> </o:gupdate>
>
> >>> If attributes like machineid or userid raise your eyebrows, you'll
> >>> start to investigate a little bit more. A quick look up in your
> >>> Windows Registry reveal some new stored keys (among others).
>
> >>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\mi
> >>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ui
>
> >>> Flying through the src of chromium I couldn't locate code that is
> >>> responsible for creating these keys. Conclusion: the Google Updater
> >>> must be the culprit. Seems as the Updater is tagging your system  
> >>> with
> >>> a machine-id and your Windows user account with an user-id. These to
> >>> values are send with each update request to the Google servers.
>
> >>> This leads me to a few questions:
>
> >>> Google claims Chrome respective Chromium is open source (see
> >>>http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss/msg/6376a7793f3f0051)
> >>> .
> >>> What about the Google Updater? Where is the src code for this  
> >>> program?
> >>> (Please point me to the right direction if I missed that out.)
>
> >>> What's the reason behind tagging each box and each user account with
> >>> such GUIDs? Where does Google document these features of the Google
> >>> Updater? What about users that don't want to get tagged this way?
> >>> (Yeah, I know about Mozilla doing something similar, but there are
> >>> significant differences. And I know about the Chrome EULA - not the
> >>> Updater EULA).
>
> >>> Why does Google use HTTP instead of a HTTPS request? Ok, first I  
> >>> have
> >>> to be glad about that fact, it made it easier to get the request
> >>> details. But for the future it seems to be more secure to use HTTPS
> >>> for such purposes.
>
> >>> Will the Google Updater be integrated with the Google Update Service
> >>> used by Google Pack? Will this Google Update Service get open  
> >>> sourced
> >>> too?
>
> >>> How to configure the Google Updater? Where you can choose the update
> >>> interval or choose to disable automatic update checks (besides
> >>> renaming the .exe or disabling the auto-start for the Google  
> >>> Updater)?
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