Hi all,
I know this comes from upstream (and most likely from the rsyslog project itself), but what's your opinion about Google Ads in system documentation files?
[peckel@mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago) [peckel@mucnvjmppmtr01 ~]$ grep google /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/* /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/rsyslog_secure_tls.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_ca.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_ca.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_ca.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_ca.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_ca.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_client.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_client.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_client.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_client.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_client.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_errmsgs.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_errmsgs.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_errmsgs.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_errmsgs.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_errmsgs.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_machine.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_machine.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_machine.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_machine.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_machine.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_scenario.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_scenario.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_scenario.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_scenario.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_scenario.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_server.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_server.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_server.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_server.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_server.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_summary.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_summary.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_summary.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_summary.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_summary.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_udp_relay.html:google_ad_client = "pub-3204610807458280"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_udp_relay.html:google_ad_slot = "5958614527"; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_udp_relay.html:google_ad_width = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_udp_relay.html:google_ad_height = 125; /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-5.8.10/tls_cert_udp_relay.html:src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js%22%3E
I find it rather disconcerting if there are commercial ads embedded in help texts I find on my open source servers.
Best regards,
Peter.