{"id":15522,"date":"2007-12-28T17:50:02","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/whats-with-adobe-the-shady-server-name.html"},"modified":"2007-12-28T17:50:02","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T17:50:02","slug":"whats_with_adobe_the_shady_server_name-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/28\/whats_with_adobe_the_shady_server_name-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What's with Adobe & the shady server name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks for all the feedback on this morning’s post<\/a> about Adobe, Omniture, and (non) spyware in CS3. <\/p>\n

In truth, I think I did miss a key point<\/u>: in this instance the objections seem to center not so much on whether Adobe apps are contacting a server, but rather that the server is named “192.168.112.2O7.net,” rather than something obvious and communicative like “adobestats.omniture.com.”  People are rightly asking why that is, and unfortunately I don’t know the answer.  I’m way out of my depth on the details of IP addresses, ports, etc., so I hesitate to comment further.<\/p>\n

Instead I’ll work on getting some details from people with more expertise.  Given where we are in the holiday period, it may take a little time.  I’ll post more info as I get it.  Thanks for your patience.<\/p>\n

This is a great example of why I said that “Adobe could and should do a better job taking security concerns into account<\/u>.”  Even if an application’s behavior is ultimately innocuous, it’s important to be transparent and forthcoming about what’s going on.  I don’t want software sneaking around behind my back any more than the next guy does, and Adobe (like all companies) needs to make sure it’s not abusing users’ trust. \n<\/p>\n

[Update<\/b>: I posted updates here<\/a> and here<\/a>. The complete set of posts is here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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