feature: collect sysDescr and sysObjectID for stats to improve os detection (#5510)

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Tony Murray
2017-01-30 11:45:22 -06:00
committed by Neil Lathwood
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#### What is submitted ####
- All data is anonymous.
- Generic statistics are taken from the database, these include things like device total, type and os, port types, speeds and total, total bgp peers. Take a look at the code for full details.
- Pairs of sysDescr and sysObjectID from devices with a small amount of sanitation to prevent things like hostnames from being submitted.
- We record version numbers of php, mysql, net-snmp and rrdtool
- A random UUID is generated on your own install.
- That's it!
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- We store it, not for long - 3 months at the moment although this could change.
- We use it to generate pretty graphs for people to see.
- We use it to help prioritise issues and features that need to be worked on.
- We use sysDescr and sysObjectID to create unit tests and improve OS discovery
#### Questions? ####
- Q. How often is data submitted? A. We submit the data once a day according to running daily.sh via cron. If you disable this then opting in will not have any affect.