Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 22:34 +01:00 from Ben Hutchings: > It is of course possible for all kinds of sensitive information to end > up in the kernel log. But it appears near the top of the bug report so > if people are concerned about that then they are likely to notice this > and delete it. > > The kernel log is readable by any program running on your system, but > you can change that: > > # sysctl kernel.dmesg_restrict=1 > # echo >>/etc/sysctl.conf kernel.dmesg_restrict=1 > > Unfortunately, basically all the information that's useful for > understanding what's in the system affected by a bug is also useful for > identifying the system. If you want to keep a computer secret then you > must avoid sending bug reports from it or about it.
Oh, you're right... thanks. It's a quite nice info to put somewhere into Debian Wiki, if it's not there yet :) ---- Best wishes, Bob
