0000809: IceWeasel performs many requests upon start

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000809	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2013-12-25 23:05	2013-12-26 00:48

Reporter	bozg	Assigned To	muts
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	1.0.5

Summary	0000809: IceWeasel performs many requests upon start
Description	If you start the preinstalled IceWeasel, a couple of dns and http requests will be performed without any interaction. Some occurs because of the configuration and bookmarks, others are due to the preset homepage. When you use e.g. Wireshark to monitor the connection, you may see queries for www.yahoo.com, duckduckgo.com, www.google.com, en.wikipedia.org, www.amazon.com, www.ebay.com [search engines], as well as docs.kali.org, forums.kali.org, www.offensive-security.com, www.offsec.com, sb-ssl.google.com. Are these requests necessary? They can at least be used for fingerprinting. If this wasn't intended, it could be removed.
Steps To Reproduce	1) Open Wireshark 2) Capture the ethernet interface 3) Start IceWeasel

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-12-25 23:05	bozg	New Issue
2013-12-26 00:48	muts	Note Added: 0001237
2013-12-26 00:48	muts	Status	new => closed
2013-12-26 00:48	muts	Assigned To	=> muts
2013-12-26 00:48	muts	Resolution	open => no change required

muts 2013-12-26 00:48 reporter ~0001237	Thanks for this report. We do not consider this to be an issue with the default browser. If you have special requirements which involve avoiding these types of "fingerprints", you may build your own image to suit your needs.