@Simos: Not sure about the Twitter storm you're referring too. The http request being sent to motd.ubuntu.com is embedding information like system uptime in the user-agent header. That appears to be used to determine which information to send back in the http response. What's not clear, is if it's being collected or not. Also, while unattended-upgrades for -security may be a default, it may also be disabled, so I don't think you can assume that. That said, I do think it's a good point that if you're automatically receiving security upgrades, how much the motd news that covers such things actually matters. Is your recommendation to disable motd-news by default and make it opt-in?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1701068 Title: motd.ubuntu.com currently shows media item (HBO's Silicon Valley using Ubuntu) Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: In Ubuntu 17.04 or newer, there is a script at /etc/update-motd.d/50 -motd-news that reads https://motd.ubuntu.com/ and displays that text with the rest of the MOTD. Currently, https://motd.ubuntu.com shows a news item about HBO's Silicon Valley which has a reference to Ubuntu. Instead, https://motd.ubuntu.com should show relevant items to those that use Ubuntu Server (relevant security issues, etc), instead of items for desktop users. ============================= Welcome to Ubuntu 17.04 (GNU/Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64) * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage * How HBO's Silicon Valley built "Not Hotdog" with mobile TensorFlow, Keras & React Native on Ubuntu - https://ubu.one/HBOubu ============================== ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: base-files 9.6ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 28 12:31:24 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-02 (56 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: base-files UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1701068/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
