It would be voluntary to download the module in the first place so not necessary to be able to 'turn off'.
Cheers, Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nitzan Kon > Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 8:13 AM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool forAsterisk servers? > > If you want an honest opinion... ;) > > Anonymous statistics take bandwidth and resources, not to mention > may be a security risk (you never know how people may use sniffed > data!). If you add a statistics module to *, please make sure there > is an easy way to TURN IT OFF... :P > > What would be the benefit of having it on, anyway? > > Thanks! > > -- Nitzan > > --- On Fri, 5/16/08, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk > servers? > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Commercial and Business-Oriented > Asterisk Discussion" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:01 AM > > Ok guys I'm only going to leave this survey up for a few > > more days; > > > > > > > > Click this link and answer what you think - it's only 4 > > questions and > > will take you less than 30 seconds to answer. > > > > http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 > > > > > > > > Lets support the Asterisk community and get an honest > > opinion on what > > people think about anonymous statistics. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Dean Collins > > Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:19 PM > > To: Asterisk Users List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Subject: Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk > > servers? > > > > I think it would be great for someone to write a small > > 'anonymous collection module' that an Asterisk > > sys-admin could download > > and install on their asterisk server which uploaded the > > stats to a > > community website where the data was anonymous but still > > valuable for > > the community. > > > > > > > > Even if it just collected number of new installations > > globally > > this would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to > > their customers > > who continually ask "I've heard about this > > Asterisk open source stuff > > but how many are there installed globally anyway?" > > > > > > > > So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to > > the > > development of an analytics tool like this. Please answer > > with your > > honest thoughts so we can gauge demand within the community > > for this > > tool. > > > > > > > > If people respond to this survey and show interest in > > sharing > > their information with the community then something > > we'll put together a > > working group to establish design parameters etc but for > > the moment just > > go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not > > > > > > > > http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 > > > > > > > > Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only > > collect anonymous information. > > > > > > > > Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets > > does > > your Asterisk server have connected, but it will never > > collect their IP > > addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will > > be able to see > > what information is being collected in a text file before > > it uploads and > > will be able to control all stats it collects. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dean_______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by > > http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
