On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 14:11:25 +0300
"Adrian Penisoara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>   Iata o initiativa de a se calcula niste statistici privint
> utilizarea FreeBSD. Poate fi util comunitatii pentru suportul
> comercial, dar trebuie avut grija cum e realizat.
> 
> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 03:34:08 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: cvs commit: ports/sysutils Makefile ports/sysutils/bsdstats
>   Log:
>  Initial port for bsdstats script
> 
>  Submitted by: John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> Package description:
> 
> The purpose of this port is to attempt to produce reasonably accurate
> statistics on FreeBSD deployment, to be used for both marketing, and
> advocacy purposes by the project.
> 
> The major problem that we are trying to address is vendors who do not
> feel that FreeBSD presents enough of a market to bother supporting.
> 
> WWW: http://bsdstats.hub.org
> 
> 
> sysutils/bsdstats/files/300.statistics:
> 
> monthly_statistics_mailto="[EMAIL PROTECTED],root"
> if [ -r /etc/defaults/periodic.conf ]
> then
>     . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
>     source_periodic_confs
> fi
> 
> oldmask=$(umask)
> umask 066
> 
> case "$monthly_statistics_enable" in
>     [Yy][Ee][Ss])
>       HN=`/bin/hostname`
>       SYS=`/usr/bin/uname -r`
>       ARCH=`/usr/bin/uname -m`
>       /usr/bin/fetch -qo /tmp/getid
> http://bsdstats.hub.org/scripts/getid.php?hn=$HN\&sys=$SYS\&arch=$ARCH
>       ;;
>     *)  rc=0;;
> esac
> 
> umask $oldmask
> 
> 
> Ce parere aveti ? Imi pare ca cel putin $HN ar trebui modificat sa nu
> contina numele masinii, ci doar domeniul, e.g.:
> 
>    HN=`hostname -s`
>    HN=`hostname | sed -e "s/^${HN}/XXX/"`
> 
> Daca se doreste a identifica "unique hists", fie se foloseste IP
> source, fie se poate genera un ID unic in momentul primei executii si
> se adauga la URL-ul din fetch.

Sa detectezi ce sistem de operare e folosit de o masina e relativ usor,
deci nu cred ca e o problema din p.d.v. al securitatii. IP source nu
merge pentru ca sunt destula masini dupa un NAT. Ideea unui id unic
insa mi se pare OK. md5 /var/run/dmesg.boot ?

> Si nu am inteles de ce monthly_statistics_mailto contine o adresa
> privata -- testing ?

E al tipului care a pus in practica idea; cred ca sunt niste mailuiri
de la el pe advocacy@ in ultimile 2 saptamani.

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