As with any user agent string sent by any web browser, the intention is such that the server can customize the response appropriately for user.
e.g. There may be a bug that affects ARM64 users, but not any other architecture. There might be a kernel vulnerability that is only exploitable machines that have been running a long time, or perhaps machines which are definitely not vulnerable to a regression, if they've been running for longer than the regression. In this way, the news server can generate the most relevant message-of-the-day for a given system. Or, hopefully, everything is hunky dory, and then we can wish Grace Hopper or Alan Turing a happy birthday (a la Google Doodle) in your Ubuntu system's MOTD :-) Moreover, it's always easy to disable or customize the urls to the local user or administrator's liking, or firewall it off entirely. The goal is useful, helpful, tailored information in the MOTD. To actually make the "message of the day", a dynamically and informative "message of the day". Cheers! Dustin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637800 Title: add a motd script for news To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1637800/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
