Why Ubuntu is calling Canonical?
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
What exactly is the connection?
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
tcpdump that shit
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
Canonical is the company that create Ubuntu
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
Sniff the packets and see if you can determine what the data is.
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
It may be the basic ubuntu telemetry (relatively non-invasive, but still a concern for the privacy-minded) sent by this tool unless you opted out at install:
https://github.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-report
from that page:
So it would not surprise me if it was scheduled to send, failed, and then re-triggered upon activation of a new network connection (the VPN)
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
It's almost certainly related to cloud-init, (the canonical tool for handling deployment automation) or Ubuntu pro. They're pre installed as a convenience to paid users of those services, that's the (IMHO, quite reasonable) model they use to fund the distro. I would expect that some or all of that traffic would disappear if you disable/remove those two services.
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When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255 netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111 country: GB ... organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE org-name: Canonical Group Limited country: GB org-type: LIR address: 5 New Street Square address: EC4A 3TW address: London address: UNITED KINGDOMWhat is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
I haven't trusted Ubuntu since the Amazon ad debacle.
Wiped my drive, installed Debian, and haven't looked back.
Fuck Canonical.
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I haven't trusted Ubuntu since the Amazon ad debacle.
Wiped my drive, installed Debian, and haven't looked back.
Fuck Canonical.
I don't use Ubuntu cause of snap. What happened with Amazon ads?
Also ive never found any benefit from ubuntu-server over base debian. What the fuck is the difference?
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I don't use Ubuntu cause of snap. What happened with Amazon ads?
Also ive never found any benefit from ubuntu-server over base debian. What the fuck is the difference?
Back inbthe mid 00s, Canonical decided to send our searches to Amazon and show us ads in the system search results.
Debian is the parent of Ubuntu. It's more stable, and doesn't have the corporate influence to enshitify it.
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Back inbthe mid 00s, Canonical decided to send our searches to Amazon and show us ads in the system search results.
Debian is the parent of Ubuntu. It's more stable, and doesn't have the corporate influence to enshitify it.
Thats wild. Fuck Canonical.
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My guess would be an online connectivity check. Most systems try and reach some domain to say if they have network or not. Would be a logical place for them to try.
Or NTP sync
