This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 9.6ubuntu9
--------------- base-files (9.6ubuntu9) zesty; urgency=medium
* Fix LP: #1649352 - use https://motd.ubuntu.com in the default file - enforce that every news server must be https - take at most the first 10 lines, and first 80 chars per line - remove all control characters (except newline)
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:19:53 -0600
This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 9.6ubuntu9
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base-files (9.6ubuntu9) zesty; urgency=medium
* Fix LP: #1649352 /motd.ubuntu. com in the default file
- use https:/
- enforce that every news server must be https
- take at most the first 10 lines, and first 80 chars per line
- remove all control characters (except newline)
-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Dec 2016 09:19:53 -0600