boot chart hidden upload ?!

sktsee sktsee at tulsaconnect.com
Mon Oct 8 18:23:37 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 11:16 +0100, (=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=)
-- Fernando wrote:
> Hi there.
> I've installed bootchart, and I have to say its nice to see where our computer uses it time, while booting.
> Nevertheless, while looking at the code of /etc/init.d/stop-bootchart, I saw this piece of code:
> 
> upload_chart()
> {
>     for item in $(cat /proc/cmdline); do
>         case $item in
>             bootchart=*)
>                 boottype=$(echo "$item" | awk -F, '{print $2}')
>                 ;;
>         esac
>     done
>     wget -O /dev/null -q --post-file $CHARTS/$base-$count.png http://bootchart.err.no/upload/$(lsb_release -si)/$(lsb_release -sc)/$(uname -r)/$(uname -m)/$boottype
> }
> 
> Does this mean, that this apps, tries to upload our private results to a server without our knowledge?
> 

No. It only uploads your data if you specify bootchart=upload on the
commandline (in grub)

-- 
sktsee






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