Sorry for the delay, I didn't see the previous comments. I've sponsored
to Xenial now, Artful is not supported anymore so marking that one as
wontfix. Unsure it makes sense to do an upload to trusty at this point
** Changed in: ubuntu-geoip (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
** Description changed:
Impact
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It's better to use https where we can. There were concerns about location
leakage for users using a proxy (such as Tor).
Test Case
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+ 1) Install patches / patched package
+ 2) Confirm that the 'geoip url' is set to a correct 'https' value, and that
this value is set as the default:
+ `$ gsettings get com.ubuntu.geoip geoip-url` should display
`https://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup`
+ `$ gsettings reset com.ubuntu.geoip geoip-url && gsettings get
com.ubuntu.geoip geoip-url` should continue to display
`https://geoip.ubuntu.com/lookup` (this will confirm that the `https` value is
set as the default.
+ 3) Confirm that the the correct location is being retrieved by the Ubuntu
geoip service:
+ apt install geoclue-examples
+ and then geoclue-test-gui
+ . . . should show correct location information.
+
Regression Potential
--------------------
As long as Canonical maintains https://geoip.ubuntu.com, things should be
fine here. Minimal fix.
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Original Bug Report
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geoip.ubuntu.com does not utilize HTTPS and leaks unencrypted over HTTP. This
can potentially be utilized by nation state adversaries to compromise user
privacy. This service is called multiple times per day by the OS in order to
track users.
$ nc -zv geoip.ubuntu.com 80
Connection to geoip.ubuntu.com 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!
$ nc -zv -w 3 geoip.ubuntu.com 443
nc: connect to geoip.ubuntu.com port 443 (tcp) timed out
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