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Re: Central register of package use

> On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> 
> > What I'm thinking of is something along the lines of a cron job running
> > 
> > #!/bin/bash
> > HOSTNAME=hostname -f
> > dpkg --get-selections |grep -ve deinstall -ve purge | \
> > 	mail -s "$HOSTNAME selections" selections@debian.org
> 
> Good idea, although it would be best to know the versions of each package
> in use.
> 
> Additionally, this functionality for each individual Debian system should
> be in a separate package.  And it should be very clear that the package is
> NOT required.  I'd suggest putting it in the "Extra" section.  And explain
> to the user very clearly what is going on.  We want to avoid at all costs
> any problem with people complaining about people spying on systems and/or
> people complaining about unknown mails.
> 
> John Goerzen          | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org)

I agree.  And when the user selects it, the postinst script will display a
warning, and prompt the user.  Also, the mail should be cc:'d to the system
administrator.

Also, when the mail is sent to selections, it should not be made available
to the public in such a way that someone can determine which packages are
running on someone's system.  I think that could be a major security hole
because "hackers" could just scan the listing for someone who has a
vulnerable version of sendmail installed, for example.  I think we also
have the same issue in regards to people running dwww on open web servers.

Cheers,

 - Jim

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