[tor-bugs] #10682 [TorBrowserButton]: Disable update pings for Torbutton and Tor Launcher
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Tue Jan 21 10:39:58 UTC 2014
#10682: Disable update pings for Torbutton and Tor Launcher
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Reporter: mikeperry | Owner: mikeperry
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone:
Component: TorBrowserButton | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: tbb-security
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
Points: |
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Comment (by gk):
Disabling the ping is not so easy it turns out. The radio button you are
alluding to just disables the auto-install of an update which gets fetched
though, if available. (btw that pref is directly saved into the
extensions.sqlite database (applyBackgroundUpdates)). If we already want
to prevent the ping (which is a good idea IMO) we could just give
Torbutton and TorLauncher a custom update URL pointing to our servers (and
returning nothing) or just to 127.0.0.1. Not sure if the latter works at
all but it might be the best solution if we avoid unnecessary update
traffic in the first place.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10682#comment:3>
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